Gemma Roberts
Goodwin‘A strong team with a good depth of knowledge’, Goodwin combines M&A and PE expertise with embedded European and US debt finance skill to serve a growing roster of financial sponsors, funds and management teams across a range of sectors. Regularly engaged on a number of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, practice head Richard Lever is noted for his M&A, corporate finance, and investment fund work. A diverse roster of clients turn to James Grimwood for substantial leveraged buyouts, minority investments, joint ventures, and venture growth deals. Gemma Roberts is praised as an ’outstanding lawyer’ with a far-reaching transactional practice, while Michael Miranda has recently added a series of cross-border disposals to an already varied deal sheet. Carl Bradshaw also comes recommended for his multi-sector specialism and his skill in financial restructuring. Christian Iwasko, Michelle Tong, and Priya Rupal left to join Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in March 2024.
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‘A strong team with a good depth of knowledge. A well-resourced and diverse team.’
‘Gemma Roberts is an outstanding lawyer.’
Key clients
- Accel-KKR
- Aurelius Investments Limited
- Bregal Investments
- Canopy Growth
- ECI Partners
- Lloyds Development Capital
- G Square Private Equity
- Graphite Capital Management
- H.I.G. Capital
- Kreos Capital
- Mayfair Equity Partners
- McWin
- TA Associates
- Warburg Pincus
Work highlights
- Advised TA Associates and Warburg Pincus on their agreement to jointly acquire a majority stake in Epassi Group from majority shareholder Bregal Milestone.
- Advised Accel-KKR on its acquisition of a stake in StoreForce.
- Advised H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of CLC Group from its owner the Armitage Family Trust and various employee shareholders.
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Practice head
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Richard Lever