Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million

Debevoise is one of very few firms to have senior English, U.S. and locally qualified corporate, fund formation and tax practitioners in Europe, concentrated in London but also resident in the firm’s Paris and Frankfurt offices.

The European team draws upon its strength and expertise in each jurisdiction as well as that of the global Debevoise network. It operates on a collaborative and interdisciplinary basis permitting it to remain at the cutting edge of current market practice. The European team also has particular experience advising on activity in Russia, India and across Africa.

As well as senior fund formation and buyout partners, the European team includes market-leading and multi-qualified tax, finance, capital markets and regulatory lawyers. In addition, the group’s proprietary database holds detailed business and legal terms for over 2,300 private equity funds as well as a vast library of private equity-led M&A and deal financing precedents. It also includes a global survey of the securities and investment management laws that affect private equity funds in more than 70 jurisdictions. This combination of knowledge and expertise means that the European group offers one-stop shopping at every stage of a private equity firm’s lifecycle. It does so through lean and efficient teams with a deep understanding of the private equity industry and its commercial dynamics. It also permits the team to track, anticipate and develop market trends and practices.