Will Summers
Biography
Overview
Will Summers is an associate in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London. He is a member of our EMEA Private Equity team.
Will has extensive experience advising private equity houses and financial sponsors on a range of complex cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, joint ventures and leveraged buyouts.
Will has previously been seconded to the Firm's Hong Kong office and to Oaktree Capital Management.
Experience
Representation of The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Memsource, a leading translation software provider in the Czech Republic
Representation of Anchorage Capital Group and M&G Investments on the £500 million disposal of PHS Group
Representation of Avast (following an investment by CVC) on its £2.4 billion IPO and admission to the Premium Listing Segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
Representation of management of Noble Group in relation to its US$3.5 billion global restructuring
Representation of Mid Europa Partners on a number of matters, including:
- its €575 million acquisition of Bambi, Imlek and Knjaz Miloš, a confectionary, dairy and beverage conglomerate in the countries of former Yugoslavia, and the subsequent disposals of Bambi and Knjaz Miloš
- its acquisition of intive, a software development and digital transformation partner based in Poland, Germany and Argentina
- its acquisition of a majority stake in JS Hamilton, the leading Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) business in Poland
- its capital structure and management incentive arrangements in relation to a number of portfolio investments
Representation of Oaktree Capital Management on a number of matters, including:
- its disposal of Groupe Kley, one of the leading student housing operators in France
- its disposal of Zodiac Milpro, a Paris-based manufacturer of technical rigid-inflatable boats
- its capital structure and management incentive arrangements in relation to a number of portfolio investments
Representation of Alvogen (following an investment by CVC and Temasek) in relation to its investment in Alvotech
Representation of HgCapital on its acquisition of Raet, a leading HR solutions provider with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and South America
Representation of Montagu Private Equity on:
- its acquisition of DEAS, Denmark's largest asset and property management services provider
- its acquisition of Covidence, the global technology leader in miniature covert video surveillance equipment
Representation of Goldman Sachs on its investment in Twiga Foods, a Kenya-based food logistics startup
Representation of Novator Partners on its acquisition of Nextel Chile (now trading as WOM), now the third largest mobile telecommunications provider in Chile
Representation of Better Capital on its acquisition of iNTERTAIN, owner of the Walkabout pub chain
