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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Regarded as ‘an exceptional team with strong technical skills and commercial understanding’, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP‘s cross-disciplinary team works with a number of PE firms on both mid-market and high cap transactions. The PE offering is headed up by John Taylor, whose recent workload covers the financial services and healthcare sectors. Gavin Williams specialises in infrastructure acquisitions and investment deals, while David D’Souza is noted for his experience in the energy and tech sectors, to name a few. Other key figures include Malcolm Lombers, a highly experienced M&A partner, and Joseph Dennis, praised for his ’strong work ethic and exceptional negotiation skills.’
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Testimonials
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‘Very responsive and knowledgeable.’
‘Their responsiveness and insight into the private equity market is unrivalled.’
'An exceptional team with strong technical skills, commercial understanding and effective communicators.'
'Joseph Dennis demonstrates a strong work ethic and exceptional negotiation skills. He was able to take complete ownership of certain workstreams and see through successful negotiations on legal documents for a sale process and new aggregator setup in an effective and efficient manner.'
Key clients
- Blackstone
- Cabot Square Capital
- H.R.L. Morrison & Co Limited
- DWS Asset Management
- Acquiline
- GIC
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Headway Capital
- Inflexion Private Equity Partners
- Vimian Group
- BC Partners
- Carlyle Group
- Brookfield
- OMERS
- DIF
Work highlights
- Advised Blackstone on the non-US elements of Emerson's sale of a majority stake in its Climate Technologies business to private equity funds managed by Blackstone, in a transaction valuing Climate Technologies at $14bn.
- Advised DWS on the sale of c.48% stake in TCR, owned by funds managed by DWS, to 3i Infrastructure for £334m.
- Advised Cabot Square Capital on the disposal of SPF to Howden.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Taylor