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Baker McKenzie

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Drawing on its considerable global footprint, Baker McKenzie regularly advises on a range of upper mid-market and high-cap transactions for PE firms and portfolio companies across the healthcare, TMT, infrastructure, and financial services sectors, among others. The team is led by David Allen, an 'extremely impressive' partner whose recent engagements include multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and disposals. Allen often works in conjunction with Alex Lewis, who draws similarly high praise for his 'commercial' and 'effective' transactional practice. Global private equity chair Karen Guch continues to work with market-leading sponsors on both buy and sell-side mandates, while Justin Hutchinson is particularly noted for his capabilities in cross-border work.

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  • ‘The firm's top partners, particularly David Allen and Alex Lewis, are extremely impressive. You can tell they have taken a lot of time to consider all the commercial angles to ensure they can present clients with the most effective plan.’

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Key clients

  • Platinum Equity
  • Bain Capital

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Work highlights

  • Acted for Core Equity on its acquisition of the Portman Dental Group in 2018 and subsequent add-ons.
  • Advised Silver Lake in connection with the disposal of the Spanish, French, Mexican and MENA financial services comparison platforms, branded Rastreator and LeLynx.

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