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Private funds

Akin

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Akin provides a diverse offering covering a range of funds, including buyout, growth, venture, credit, infrastructure and real estate. The practice is particularly recommended for its expertise in advising sovereign wealth funds and debt credit funds. The team is headed by buyout and green energy funds specialist Daniel Quinn. John Daghlian is an expert in private equity funds, and Mary Lavelle  has broad knowledge spanning fund formations and secondary transactions. Associate Qasam Mahmood has deep expertise in ongoing fund management, as well as formation and structuring.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Qasam Mahmood is a dedicated and talented senior legal counsel who has provided thoughtful advice and who has proven time and time again that he can come up with creative and out of the box solutions to highly complex legal issues.’

  • ‘Danny Quinn is an exceptional lawyer with deep market knowledge of the private funds industry.’

  • ‘Mary Lavelle, is actively engaged in all of our work which we highly appreciate. She is a hard-working and commercial lawyer that has supported us through numerous projects.’

  • ‘Mary Lavelle - good commercial approach, thorough and thinking through the angles, responsive.’

  • ‘Felicity Stansfield - responsive, highly proactive. Taking ownership of the transaction.’

  • ‘Large team with deep and wide ranging experience.’

  • ‘John Daghlian - in legal valhalla for PE funds and secondaries, a wealth of knowledge and experience.’

  • ‘Simon Ellis - good knowledge and responsive.’

Key clients

  • Acumen Capital Partners
  • Adelis Equity Partners
  • Admaius Capital
  • Ahren Innovation Capital
  • Aliph Capital
  • Aliter Capital
  • Apollo Global Management
  • Coller Capital
  • EchoVC Partners
  • eEquity AB
  • Everstone
  • Expedition Growth Capital
  • Glendower Capital
  • Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
  • Harbour Litigation Funding
  • Intermediate Capital Group
  • KawiSafi Ventures
  • Key Capital
  • MVOF Management Limited
  • National Trust of Scotland
  • Oakfield Capital Partners
  • Ocean Fund LP
  • Oriens
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • RIT Capital
  • Rubicon Partners
  • Stratus Group
  • Sunridge Partners
  • Turkven Private Equity
  • Varsity Capital
  • Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited
  • Zetland Capital Partners

Work highlights

  • Advised Adelis Equity Partners on the formation of a Fund Continuation Vehicle to acquire SSI Diagnostica Group, a portfolio company of Adelis Equity Partners Fund I, alongside the company’s management and board, Adelis Equity Partners Fund III and the Adelis team.
  • Advised the European development finance institutions British International Investment, Norfund and Finnfund on their investment, as the cornerstone investors, in The African Forestry Impact Platform for $200m and their indirect investment in AFIP’s seed investment.
  • Advised Turkven in the raising of its fourth fund, which is focused on growth opportunities in Turkey.

Lawyers

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John Daghlian
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John Daghlian is a partner in Akin’s investment funds group. He has advised on some of the largest and most complex secondary transactions for over two decades. He acts on a broad range of international and domestic private equity-driven transactions, including the establishment of private funds; private equity portfolio transactions; management buy-outs; secondary buy-outs; publicly traded funds; mergers and acquisitions; and general partner removal. He specializes in problematic situations. To learn more about Mr Daghlian, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/john-daghlian.html
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel Quinn

Other key lawyers

John Daghlian, Daniel Quinn, Mary Lavelle, Chris Jeanes, Simon Ellis, Qasam Mahmood, Felicity Stansfield

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