UK Guide 2026 : UK-wide
Ranked Individuals
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Proskauer Rose has an impressive global client base consisting of sponsors and institutional investors. The team maintains a standout buyout fund formation practice as well as a flourishing buy and sell-side secondaries practice that acts for some of the largest funds of funds. The firm is also notable for its work relating to debt and venture funds.
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Regarding private equity, Proskauer Rose advised Energy Impact Partners regarding the formation of the Energy Impact Partners Flagship Fund III.
Regarding secondaries, Proskauer Rose advised Ardian as lead investor in a new fund vehicle managed by Accel-KKR, with an aggregate deal value of USD2.3 billion.
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They offer a top quality service with top responsiveness. They’re always available and provide us with a great level of advice.
Proskauer has very deep experience and expertise in private equity secondaries. They have worked on some of the most complex and largest secondary transactions.
They are very responsive and are always available for queries in a very timely manner. They provide very commercial solutions to difficult or thorny questions.
They have extensive knowledge and experience in the private equity space, and have a large team across various specialities, which they can tap into for specialist advice.
They have excellent industry knowledge and are probably the most experienced secondaries-focused legal team in the industry.
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Bruno is one of the best and most talented lawyers I have worked with in my career.
Bruno is very client-focused and has excellent clarity of thought with regards to providing legal advice.
Bruno is very smart and a good negotiator.
Bruno is very experienced. He has good negotiation skills and is solution-oriented.
He is very commercially-minded and solution-oriented.
Nigel van Zyl advises major sponsors on international fund formation. His practice is broad, and in addition to his market-leading work on buyout funds, he is also able to assist clients with real estate, credit and venture funds.
Nigel is extremely knowledgeable and experienced. He imparts confidence to the client for critical decision-making in more complex or innovative matters.
Nigel has a very strong reputation in the European market. He is very solution-focused, pragmatic and a nice guy. He can remember every detail of every agreement, which is impressive.
Nigel gives a very strong performance and has good commercial judgement.
Nigel has advised a number of GPs, so for the investor side he is great to go to. I go to him for that commercial viewpoint.
He is incredibly responsive and accessible, and is on top of all of our matters. We appreciate that he provides clear recommendations to achieve an outcome, rather than an analysis without solutions.
James Oussedik is experienced in the formation of credit funds. He is particularly noted for his work with debut managers.
He delivers pragmatic and commercial advice and is a very effective communicator.
James has good patience, calmness and an appeasing nature, but also has a good breadth of knowledge.
James is very responsive and understands the needs of our business.
Duncan lives and breaths private equity and does every type of fund. He has an excellent reputation.
Warren Allen maintains a respected secondaries practice and is noted for his experience across a range of matters, including on preferred equity and GP-led transactions.
Warren is very strong, always available and pleasure to work with.
Warren is an absolute pleasure to work with and is always one step ahead on any transaction.
Warren is accomplished, very calm and is a very objective individual. He is very pragmatic.
Warren always quick to respond with a very high level of service. He consistently provides very thoughtful, commercial and technical responses.
Peter is very approachable, super knowledgeable and helpful.
We greatly appreciate Peter's professionalism.
Peter is a pleasure to work with.
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Venture Capital
Europe 2026
Practice area: Investment Funds: Private Equity
Location: UK
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