Our Approach

We pride ourselves on forging long-term relationships with private equity sponsors; initial contingent fee support to  foster and develop relationships. We make the effort to understand our private equity clients’ businesses and investment objectives and include lawyers in client dedicated teams with industry-specific experience so that we can tailor pragmatic and innovative solutions to complex problems. Experienced tax lawyers are a permanent part  of our transaction team and ensure that the investment structure chosen meets the specific needs of our clients.

One-stop Shop

Our international private equity team offers a one-stop shop covering all relevant aspects of private equity transactions. We have extensive experience in structuring, managing and executing transactions across the asset class, as well as assisting on any related financing. We also advise on structural, tax, warranty insurance and ancillary  legal issues, as well as fund structuring. Our private equity lawyers leverage our firm’s deep practice groups to serve our private equity clients, including our extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, technology, cybersecurity, finance, ERISA, real estate, IP, securitization, ESG, environmental law, bankruptcy, restructuring and other  practice areas.

Our Capabilities

Our advice extends to all stages of the private equity life cycle:

Fundraising

• Fund formation & structuring
• Regulatory & tax
• Fund management
• Fiscal compliance

Investments

• Acquisition finance
• Due diligence
• M&A: buyouts, minority stakes, LBOs, MBOs, public-to-private, public takeovers
• Antitrust & compliance
• Management package

Portfolio

• Monitoring: tax, employment, corporate/commercial
• Restructuring & refinancing
• Shareholder rights
• Dispute resolution

Exits

• Auction sales, IPO, or dual track process
• Preparations for sale

• "Expert private equity practice handling various types of matters such as mid-market and high-end transactions, financing and LBOs…Works in collaboration with the firm's finance and tax departments to offer a full range of services to private equity funds. Well placed to handle cross-border transactions." – Chambers Europe (France, Private Equity)
• "International firm popular with private equity funds and their portfolio companies for advice on acquisitions and disposals. One client praises the team for its 'very helpful, insightful and practical advice,' adding: 'They are very responsive, diligent and timely.'" – Chambers Europe (Germany, M&A)
• "They guided our deal team through a complex multi-jurisdictional deal. They were able to quickly understand our business case and ensure the legal position was explained to us clearly.  They were very strong in helping defend our negotiating positions when required." – IFLR1000 (Hong Kong, Private Equity)
• "Whenever we need legal advice in Hong Kong, China, Europe and USA, Mayer Brown can always find the right person to deal with us professionally. We will definitely continue working with Mayer Brown in future." – IFLR1000 (Hong Kong, M&A)
• "The work has always been rock solid and the team is well coordinated, on time and responsive, as situations always seem to be time-pressured and fast-moving," reports a source. A client commends the team's ability to "understand extremely complex aspects of our business quickly and generate novel solutions to commercial issues." – Chambers USA (Corporate/Private Equity)