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Provided by Ian Shawyer

UK

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Ian’s practice focuses on private equity transactions and complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

With over two decades of experience in private equity, Ian is a longstanding and trusted advisor to pan-European and international corporations, institutional investors, alternative asset managers, senior management teams, founders, and investee companies for both transactional and advisory matters.

Ian has in-depth experience advising on a full range of transactions, including leveraged buyouts, consortium deals, bolt-on acquisitions, carve-outs, co-investments, minority deals, recapitalizations, divestments, distressed M&A, public-to-privates, joint ventures, reorganizations, and restructurings.

Ian also advises global asset management clients on GP-stake transactions, GP succession planning (including restructuring ownership and governance arrangements), and structured secondary market liquidity solutions (including GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions).

Career

Ian joined Cleary Gottlieb as a partner in 2023 and is Co-Head of the EMEA Private Equity Group. He was previously Head of the Private Equity and Financial Sponsors group at a leading UK private equity transactional firm.

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England and Wales

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Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million - UK-wide
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Ian Shawyer concentrates his practice on handling domestic and international private equity deals. He acts for private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

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