Geoffrey Bailhache
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above
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About
Provided by Geoffrey Bailhache
Practice Areas
Geoffrey Bailhache is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Geoff has deep experience as a former Managing Director and General Counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Blackstone, where he spent more than 10 years advising their Private Equity and Tactical Opportunities, Energy and Infrastructure Groups on complex, cross-border private equity mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take private transactions and dispositions, among other corporate matters. Based in London, he has extensive experience spanning across geographies and industries. Geoff was recently named to Private Equity News’ list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” for 2024 and was recognized among the top 5 private equity bankers and lawyers in EMEA for 2023 and Europe’s top M&A and finance lawyers for 2022 by MergerLinks. In 2023, Geoff was included in The Lawyer’s Hot 100.
Career
Joined the Firm as a Partner in 2021.
Professional Memberships
Former Board Member, Invest Europe.
Personal
University of Nottingham, LL.B. (2001).
Chambers Review
UK
Geoffrey Bailhache is well known in the market both for his skilful handling of private equity deals and his prior role as managing director of a major private equity house. He is deeply experienced in the full range of private equity mandates including acquisitions, disposals, leveraged buyouts and strategic minority investments.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Geoffrey is an outstanding private equity lawyer. He cuts to the chase."
"He has an excellent ability to maintain an eye for detail, gets a deal done and is pragmatic."
"Geoffrey is very solid and very fair to work with."
"Geoffrey is an outstanding private equity lawyer. He cuts to the chase."
"He has an excellent ability to maintain an eye for detail, gets a deal done and is pragmatic."
"Geoffrey is very solid and very fair to work with."
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