Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Sitting within the firm's wider European platform, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‘s London team handles multijurisdictional M&A for a range of financial sponsors and investors, with a particular focus on emerging markets. Katherine Ashton, who leads the private fund transactions group, is well-equipped to advise on M&A, secondaries, fund restructurings and recapitalisations. The US-qualified (New York) E Raman Bet-Mansour co-leads the team, supporting private equity groups and their portfolio companies across a range of domestic and cross-border transactions - particularly those involving European markets. Co-head Dominic Blaxill oversees public and private M&A, capital raises, and corporate advisory instructions, while co-head Geoffrey Burgess brings financing and venture capital capabilities to the fore on a series of mandates.