The private equity industry has changed massively in recent years, with PE houses morphing into massive, multi-asset private capital firms - so what does it take to run the legal team at one of these hugely influential businesses?
After months of discussions with private equity and leveraged finance partners at the top law firms in London, as well as a host of in-house lawyers, Legal Business has come up with the definitive list of the leading London-based private equity GCs - the Private Equity Elite.
We'll be rolling out our extended coverage of this in the coming days, including Q&As with all the major players, but for starters, here are the 24 who made the grade. You can access more details via the links in the comments.
Babett Carrier, GC, Cinven
Susanna Berger, GC for Europe, KKR
Rachel Thompson, group GC, Bridgepoint
Melanie Sanchez, global GC, investments, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Leigh Partridge, head of legal (Europe), CPP Investments | Investissements RPC
Katherine Brody, GC of EMEA, Silver Lake
Alexandra Openshaw, GC, Montagu
Andrew Stevens, GC, Inflexion
Heather Mitchell, chief risk officer, head of EMEA and global GC for Investments, The Carlyle Group
Jarlath Pratt, assistant GC (Europe), GIC
Tom Patrick, GC, Charterhouse
Mark Coker, chief legal officer, Lone Star Funds
Seda Yalcinkaya, GC – International, Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Will Rosen, GC (Europe private equity), Bain Capital
Chris Bulger, GC, Vitruvian Partners
Jonathan Pugh-Smith, GC, funds, Bregal Investments
Simon Tinkler, senior legal adviser, CD&R LLP
Peter Gibbs, GC, Permira
Samantha McGonigle, GC, Hg
Alastair Richardson, head of legal (private equity), 3i Group plc
Jeremy Dennison, GC, Livingbridge
Stuart Banks, European GC, Hellman & Friedman
Simon Cresswell, GC, Apax Partners
Daisy Raven, GC, Triton Partners
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