Hammonds Private Equity practice is one of the leading private equity practices in the UK. We
were recently ranked in the top 5 in the UK (source: Unquote) by volume of private equity
deals worked on in the mid-market. The team of over 30 private equity lawyers in the UK is
complemented by lawyers across a number of countries, including the major commercial jurisdictions
in Europe, and is able to provide a full range of legal services across all of the jurisdictions,
including specialists in tax, finance, real estate, employment, pensions and intellectual
property.
We represent and advise private equity houses, public and private companies (including investee
companies), management teams and financial institutions on all aspects of private equity
including:
- Investments
- MBOs and MBIs
- Secondary buy-outs and buy-ins
- Public to private transactions
- Divestments
- Portfolio acquisitions
- Turnarounds and equity/debt restucturings
- Fund creation
- Acquisition finance
- Tax
Sector specialisms include chemical and pharmaceuticals, energy and utilities, engineering,
healthcare, leisure, recruitment, media and communications, property and construction, sports and
technology.
Our success has been based upon the following foundations:
- our dedication to private equity - our lawyers are full-time private equity
practitioners
- our experience of acting on high profile and complex transactions
- our strong national and European practice
- our loyal and active institutional client base
- first class legal advice fitting to the commercial context and the competitive market of
private equity
We pride ourselves on our people who are our greatest asset. They understand the deal dynamics,
the management of risk, the identity of the key issues and above else delivery of the deal.
Whether you are an institution, a management team or a seller to private equity, the Hammonds
Private Equity Team would be delighted to discuss how we may be able to help you to achieve your
objectives.
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