Michael Skouras

Associate, London

Biography

Overview

Michael Skouras is an associate in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London. He is a member of our EMEA Private Equity team.

Michael focuses on advising private equity sponsors and other financial investors on a range of complex cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, co-investments, minority and growth capital investments.

In 2020, Michael was seconded to Bain Capital Private Equity's European legal team. Prior to joining White & Case, Michael worked at a leading international law firm in London.

Bars and Courts
Solicitor, England and Wales
Education
BA (Hons)
University of Exeter
Languages
English

Experience

Examples of recent experience include representation of:

CVC Capital on its acquisition of Packeta.

Oaktree Capital on its sale of Avenga Group.

Providence Equity Partners on the acquisition of d&b.

The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Meopta.

The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Tescan.

The Carlyle Group on its on-going investment in the Unifrutti Group.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management on its acquisition of Norgine.

The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company (LiveU) on the acquisition of EasyLive.

Verallia on its acquisition of Allied Glass from Sun European Partners LLP.

Howden (a portfolio company of General Atlantic, CDPQ and Hg) on its acquisition of Aston Lark from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Bowmark Capital.*

Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of Valeo Foods Group from CapVest.*

Bain Capital Private Equity and its portfolio company (Kantar) on the acquisition of Numerator from Vista Equity Partners.*

General Atlantic on its minority investment in Visma.*

General Atlantic on its acquisition of a majority interest in Kiwi.com.*

Generation Investment Management on its strategic investment in Octopus Energy.*

Advent International and its portfolio company (Culligan) on the acquisition of Harvey Water Softeners.*

Providence Equity Partners and its portfolio company (Node4) on the acquisition of TNP, a leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner.*

CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Metropolitan Hospital Group.*

*Prior to joining White & Case