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Investment Funds: Private Equity - UK

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Linklaters boasts a comprehensive investment funds group with a global reach, bolstered by significant teams in Luxembourg and Frankfurt. It is regularly called upon to advise on complex and high-value mandates across a broad range of asset classes. The department focuses on real assets and private equity formation, alongside fund restructuring work. It represents some of the largest international asset managers and sovereign wealth funds in both GP and LP mandates. The funds group is known to be a leader in the debt fund space, with an excellent direct lending funds practice.

Work Highlights

  • Linklaters acted as fund counsel for Barings European Core Property Fund.

Strengths

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Their advice is to the point, pragmatic and commercial.

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The Linklaters team combines deep technical strengths with a genuine and collaborative approach. They are consistently available, calm under pressure and easy to work with.

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Linklaters have a market-leading funds team and consistently provide us with the support and advice that we need across our ventures.

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew Keogh
2
Band 2

Matthew Keogh has a broad private funds practice that covers private equity, debt, venture capital and real estate funds. As well as acting for sponsors, he also acts for investors such as sovereign wealth and pension funds.

Matthew is available and easy to work with.

Matthew has lots of experience and a very good view of what our competitors are doing in the market.

Matthew gives a commercially reasonable answer, as well as balancing that with the technical, legal side of things.

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Rahul Manvatkar
3
Band 3
Rahul Manvatkar acts for sponsor clients on private equity, real estate and credit fund formation, as well as managed account and co-investment arrangements.

Rahul Manvatkar is exceptional and among the very best legal advisers we have worked with.

Rahul is technically excellent, personable, friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the market.

Rahul's client service is flawless: he is always available, always thoughtful and completely committed to helping us find the right path through complex issues.

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Emily Simmons
Associates to watch

Emily Simmons is a highly regarded associate who is noted for her expertise in fund formation, management and closes.

Emily's client service, availability and connectivity with the business is exceptional.

Emily is an enormously valuable partner and has got to know our business very well.

Emily keeps calm even in the face of curveballs from the business and stressful situations.

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Gareth Crimp
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Gareth Crimp specialises in representing sponsors regarding the establishment of real estate funds.

Gareth understands the business perspective.

Gareth Crimp is one of the smartest minds in Linklaters and a go-to corporate funds lawyer.

He is very responsive, technically proficient and knows our documents inside out.

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Investment Funds: Private Equity
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Matthew Keogh
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Rahul Manvatkar
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Band 3
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Emily Simmons
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Investment Funds: Real Estate
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Matthew Keogh
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Rahul Manvatkar
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Gareth Crimp
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