Leveraging its global international network and full-service offering, the ‘very professional and knowledgeable’ team at Clifford Chance provides ’pragmatic, efficient and business-focused advice’ to a variety of major sponsors, including Permira, Cinven and Partners Group, on high-profile multi-jurisdictional transactions on both the buy and sell side. Appreciated for her ‘ability to think outside-the-box’, dual Luxembourg and UK-qualified partner Saskia Myners has ’a sound knowledge of the market and its actors’, working on large-scale LBO transactions as well as growth finance mandates. Christian Kremer and Katia Gauzès co-head the overarching corporate team, with Gauzès recently active on a number of major energy-related transactions for private equity sponsors.
Testimonials
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‘The team is very professional and knowledgeable.’
'The team provides pragmatic, efficient and business-focussed advice.'
‘Saskia Myners is close to her clients, dedicated and thinks outside of the box.'
- 'Saskia Myners gets things done and has a sound knowledge of the market and its actors. She has her clients' interests at heart and with her no-nonsense approach provides the steadfast support needed in complex transactions.’
Key clients
- Global Infrastructure Partners
- Bayerische Versorgungskammer
- Permira
- TPG Rise Climate
- Actis
- Stirling Square Capital
- EQT
- Prologis
- HG Capital
- KKR
- Blackrock
- CVC Capital Partners
- Cinven
- Partners Group
Work highlights
- Advised Stirling Square Capital Partners, a leading pan-European mid-market private equity firm, on an agreement with Eurofins Scientific to acquire Eurofins Digital Testing in a primary transaction.
- Advising a consortium led by KKR and also consisting of Teslin on the public offer for all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in Accell Group.
- Advised Partners Group on its recent transaction to increase its equity stake in Swiss watchmaker Breitling.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Katia Gauzès, Christian Kremer