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Whether you are a private equity sponsor, fund, co-investor, family office or a limited partner, our private equity team offers the experience, the global reach, sector knowledge, and dedicated legal advisors needed to execute your transactions in confidence across the globe.

Our fund clients also include alternative and multistrategy asset managers such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. We're your strategic collaborators from fund formation, to buy out, portfolio management through to exit.

We have regulatory lawyers to guide you on investments in highly regulated sectors. These include financial services, insurance, energy, TMT, education, health care, and life sciences.

We regularly counsel investors on their investments in sectors such as hotels and leisure, real estate, business services, consumer and retail, transport and logistics, industrials, automotive, and chemicals.

We can service your ongoing portfolio company, management incentive plans, and tax structuring work cost effectively.

We work closely with our investment fund lawyers on secondary transactions and they also advise sponsors and investors on fund formation and fund investments. Our fund formation team provides the legal support and regulatory insight you need for the formation, marketing, and operation of both onshore and offshore investment funds.

By using our project management skills, we can help you execute your investment strategy successfully.

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Ed Harris

Partner

Ed Harris

Partner

London

Meet the Private Equity team

We advised One Rock Capital Partners on the sale of its portfolio company SRLH Holdings Inc., or SummitReheis.

We advised Brookfield Business Partners on its acquisition of an 85% stake in Greenergy.

We advised Funko, a portfolio company of ACON Investments, on its acquisition of Underground Toys Limited.

We advised KRG Capital Partners on its sale of Vention Medical to MedPlast Inc. and Nordson.

We advised Mountaingate Capital on its acquisition of Elite SEM Inc.

We advised Activa Capital in relation to its investment in HR Path.

We advised Terra Firma on its acquisition of the hotel chain Welcome Hotels from the Warsteiner Group.

We've advised Pamplona on numerous transactions, including on its acquisitions of BBB Industries and CharterNEX.

We've advised One Rock Capital Partners on various transactions, including its acquisition of two chemicals businesses based in Germany.

We advised EQT on the sale of Blizoo Macedonia and Blizoo Bulgaria to Telekom Austria.

We advised KIRKBI on its acquisition of Armacell, alongside Blackstone.

We've advised ACON Investments on numerous transactions including its acquisitions of Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC and Igloo Products Corp.

We advised Investindustrial on the disposal by Investindustrial Group and KKR of Avincis Group to Babcock International Group PLC for an enterprise value of €2bn.

We've advised Wyevale Garden Centres (a portfolio company of Terra Firma) on more than 10 bolt-on transactions.

We advised HIG Capital Partners on its acquisitions of Pan y Bollería Artesanal de Panaria, S.L. and Salmaneco, S.L.

We advised Rothschild (Five Arrows Principal Investments) on its acquisitions of Prospitalia and Pirum.

We advised ACON Investments as well as co-investors Fairfax Financial and Albright Capital in a buyout of APR Energy.

We advised Powerhouse France on its acquisition of Financiere SELEC.

We advised Groupe IDI on its investments in Amalric, Alkan, and Pennel & Flipo.

We've advised Navis Capital Partners on numerous transactions including its acquisition of an 80% equity stake in ISA Industrial Limited and the sale of REL.

We've advised Actis on numerous transactions including its sales of Mouka Limited and Anthelio Healthcare Solutions.

We advised Quadriga on the sale of Punker Holding GmbH to Cross Private Equity.

CVC as it joined KKR in the acquisition of Superstruct Entertainment, one of the world’s premier live entertainment groups.

Ventiga Capital Partners on its sale of Infare, a premier provider of competitor air travel data, to OAG, a leading data platform for the global travel industry, in a deal valuing the combined entity at over US$500m.

Tikehau Capital on its investment in Phast Invest, the holding company of the Prodware Group.

Wendel on its €965m acquisition of the Scalian group, a leading European engineering consulting firm in digital transformation, project management, and operational performance.

KSL Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Sereno Hotels, the owner-operator of the ultra-luxury hotels Il Sereno in Lake Como, Italy, and Le Sereno on the Caribbean island of St. Barthelemy.

Activa Capital on the sale of its stake in the Explore Group, a leading provider of construction and commercial project tender information, to Intescia.

Bencis on the sale of Ceban Pharmaceuticals B.V., the Dutch market leader in compounding, to Frankfurt stock exchange listed Medios, the leading provider of Specialty Pharma Solutions in Germany.

Mountaingate Capital on its strategic investment in global customer experience and loyalty management firm, Bond.

Equitix on the acquisition of a sustainability portfolio from Enpal.

Tikehau Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in CReators of the Outside WorlD (CROWD), a pan-European leading provider of cycling infrastructure and sustainable street furniture, from Convent Capital.

Accel-KKR and its portfolio company Reapit on its acquisition of Inspect Real Estate Holdings Pty Ltd, a provider of workflow productivity software for the real estate industry.

Navis Capital Partners on the sale of its entire interest in TES-Envirocorp to SK ecoplant for an enterprise value of US$1bn.

Quadriga Capital on investments in medium-sized growth companies in the DACH region across health care, tech-enabled services, and smart industries, and on its investment in ETERNA Mode GmbH.

Oaktree Capital Management on its disposal of Saloro S.L.U., one of the largest tungsten mines in Spain, to EQ Resources Limited, an ASX-listed miner in Australia.

Awards and recognitions

Top 10 by volume for European buyouts

Mergermarket

2024

Top 10 by volume for European buyouts

Mergermarket

2023

Hogan Lovells is admired for its wide-ranging expertise, servicing numerous sectors including healthcare, energy, infrastructure, financial services and TMT.

Chambers UK

2024

Acts for a broad spectrum of private equity houses and alternative asset managers, including specialist investors, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. The group is noted for its strength in cross-border transactions, with experience in the U.S., EMEA and Asian markets.

Chambers UK

2024

“…robust knowledge of the industry.”

USA, Chambers Global

2023

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Whether you are a private equity sponsor, fund, co-investor, family office or a limited partner, our private equity team offers the experience, the global reach, sector knowledge, and dedicated legal advisors needed to execute your transactions in confidence across the globe.

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Awards and recognitions

Top 10 by volume for European buyouts

Top 10 by volume for European buyouts

Hogan Lovells is admired for its wide-ranging expertise, servicing numerous sectors including healthcare, energy, infrastructure, financial services and TMT.

Acts for a broad spectrum of private equity houses and alternative asset managers, including specialist investors, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. The group is noted for its strength in cross-border transactions, with experience in the U.S., EMEA and Asian markets.

“…robust knowledge of the industry.”

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