Kate Simpson is a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group. Kate advises on the establishment and structuring of a wide range of UK and international investment funds, secondary private equity portfolio transactions on both the buy and sell side, as well as synthetic secondary and co-investment structures. She also advises a number of investors into private equity and property investment funds.
Representative matters Kate has handled include:
Private Equity Fund Formations:
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Montagu V – formation of a €2.75 billion European private equity fund
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Silverfleet Capital Partners II – formation of an €850 million European private equity fund
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HgCapital 7 – formation of £2 billion European buy-out fund
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Fundraising for a UK FinTech
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Fundraising for a European venture capital manager
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Fundraising for a European technology fund for the asset management arm of a Gulf bank
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