Walkers' Private Equity Group offers a dedicated multi-disciplinary team that is the preeminent provider of offshore expertise in all aspects of this complex and fast-evolving practice area.
Walkers has developed a dedicated and enthusiastic team of professionals with a broad-ranging depth of experience gained from many years' practice in the world's leading onshore law firms. Our Private Equity Group acts for the majority of the world's largest and most successful private equity firms, and is focused on creating value for clients by providing efficient, commercially aware and technically excellent advice. We advise on all aspects of:
Walkers' international reach has allowed us to meet the demands of an industry that is expanding rapidly through Europe and the emerging markets, and with our global team of professionals in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Jersey, Hong Kong and London, all focused on the development of our global Private Equity practice, we are able to provide a seamless offshore service to our clients around the world.
Walkers' Private Equity Group recognises that in particularly testing market conditions, we need to match our clients' focus on adding value to the transactions that we undertake with them. To this end, we work in close partnership with our clients and their onshore counsel, and regularly conduct seminars with US lawyers whose practice areas extend to offshore jurisdictions. We also dedicate a significant amount of time and resource to internal training programmes, so that lawyers are knowledgeable about our clients and about the marketplace in which they operate, and we exploit our technical knowledge to ensure that our advice is commercial and tailored to the specific requirements of the relevant transaction.
Walkers' Private Equity Group has acted on some of the largest fund formations and international leveraged buy outs undertaken in recent years. More information in this regard is available on request.