Ben Gaffikin
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Ben Gaffikin
Practice Areas
Corporate Advisory & Governance, M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital.
Career
Qualified in 1996. Graduate of University of Sydney, Australia (LLB, BEc). Ben has been a Partner in the firm's Corporate Group since 2005, having joined the firm in 2000. Prior to that, he was with Ashurst in London and Minter Ellison in Sydney. Ben's practice includes mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures and restructurings.
Ben is head of the firm’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Group where he regularly advises private equity sponsors, management teams and financial institutions in relation to acquisitions, disposals and restructurings. He has deep experience in the pharmaceutical, technology and retail sectors, where he has acted on several fundraisings, disposals, acquisitions, restructurings and corporate migrations.
Chambers Review
Europe
Ben Gaffikin offers knowledge in private equity investments and cross-border M&A transactions. He has experience assisting clients with both the sell and buy sides of deals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ben is excellent to work with. He is very attentive and understands the client's needs quickly."
"He is an excellent legal resource and leader of the team."
"He's fabulous: quite calm, pragmatic, understanding and very good on the commercial side of deals."
"He is very practical and stops us getting lost in legal jargon. He explains concepts in a very straightforward way and advises on what is less important and areas that can be compromised on."
"Ben is excellent to work with. He is very attentive and understands the client's needs quickly."
"He is an excellent legal resource and leader of the team."
"He's fabulous: quite calm, pragmatic, understanding and very good on the commercial side of deals."
"He is very practical and stops us getting lost in legal jargon. He explains concepts in a very straightforward way and advises on what is less important and areas that can be compromised on."
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