Particularly noted for its expertise in the financial services industry, Slaughter and May continues to build its dedicated private equity practice under the stewardship of Harry Bacon and Filippo de Falco, working with an ever-growing roster of sponsors on domestic and cross-border transactions. Both Bacon and de Falco advise widely on public and private M&A, reorganisations, governance matters, disposals, and IPOs. Robin Ogle works closely with market-leading infrastructure funds on a host of acquisitions and sales in the energy and infrastructure sectors, while Aleezeh Liaqat - who was promoted to partner in March 2024 - has latterly co-led on a number of the team's most consequential transactions.
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Key clients
- Apollo Global Management
- BlackRock
- Blackstone Tactical Opportunities
- Corsair Capital
- Fortress Investment Group LLC
- GHO Capital
- HPS Investment Partners
- Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP
- Investindustrial
- Palamon Capital Partners
- Pollen Street Capital
- Trill Impact
- Varde Partners
Work highlights
- Advising BlackRock Diversified Infrastructure Funds Group and KKR’s Global Infrastructure Investors Fund III on their joint disposal of 100% of their respective indirect interests in ADNOC Oil Pipelines LLC for aggregate consideration of approximately $1bn.
- Advised Pollen Street and its portfolio company Markerstudy Group on its £2.5bn merger with the Atlanta Group.
- Advised Iridium Investments Two Limited and the trustees of his family trust on the lifecycle of their investment in the House of Creed perfume business, from their investment in 2020 to ultimate exit as part of a sale of the business to Kering which completed in October 2023.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Harry Bacon, Filippo de Falco