Milbank‘s London corporate practice excels in European M&A and private equity, often managing transactions in aviation, energy, infrastructure, and growth equity. Turned to by FTSE 100 and Fortune 250 companies, financial institutions, infrastructure funds and energy companies, the London team is led by Lisa O’Neill and Andrej Wolf. O’Neill draws superlative praise for her ability to handle large-scale public and private M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, reorganisations and commercial contracts, while Wolf is noted for his expertise in the private equity arena.
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‘Lisa O'Neill is by far the greatest M&A lawyer we have ever worked with.'
Key clients
- Public Power Corporation S.A.
- PK Airfinance
- One Equity Partners
- Dubai Aerospace Enterprise
- Summit Partners
- BC Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Public Power Corporation S.A. in connection with the completion of its acquisition of all the equity interests held by Enel S.p.A. and its subsidiaries in Romania for a total consideration of approximately €1.24bn.
- Advised PK Airfinance on its agreement to acquire the majority of an approximately $920 million portfolio of secured aviation loans from Standard Chartered, with Apollo affiliates agreeing to purchase the balance of the portfolio.
- Advised Eurobank S.A. in connection with the completion of the sale of its Serbian subsidiary, Eurobank Direktna, to AIK Banka a.d. Beograd. Eurobank Direktna was owned by Eurobank Holdings (70%) and former Direktna Banka shareholders (30%).
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Lisa O’Neill, Andrej Wolf