Meet Ashurst at IPEM Cannes 2025

From 28 to 30 January 2025, Ashurst will attend the IPEM exhibition which takes place each year in Cannes, France.

Our team will be pleased to meet you at stand K205, located on level 0 "Riviera" of the Palais des Festivals.

Our Private Equity Department

Over the last fifteen years we have become the leading private equity firm, advising investors and lenders on complex mid-market and large-scale transactions, both domestic or cross-border. Our unique ability to offer integrated expertise in corporate, finance, tax, competition, restructuring, employment and real estate aspects of leveraged buy-out transactions means that our lawyers are entrusted with innovative and complex transactions.

Our expertise ranges from smaller private company deals through to multi-billion Euro cross-border public or private acquisitions as well as disposals, spin-offs and mergers. The size and expertise of our teams provide the strength and depth necessary to deliver high-quality advice to national and multinational companies, financial institutions and private equity houses on a variety of complex transactions. We also provide ongoing corporate advice.

We advise on all types of private equity funds, from single country venture capital funds to the largest international buyout funds. The breadth of our private equity fund formation practice means that we are continually negotiating fund terms with leading institutional investors and have excellent understanding of market practice.

Our strong team covers all fundamental areas of the Private Equity Lifecycle. We are at the forefront of new private equity-related products and associated structuring techniques, offering advice on the full cycle of: fund formation, transactions, financing, portfolio enhancement, exit and fund realisation. This is a unique combination which we are able to deploy globally. We understand the key factors which drive your decisions and because we advise across the range of private equity activity, we always see the complete picture.

Your Key Contacts at IPEM Cannes 2025

France

Noam Ankri, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Gaspard Bastien-Thiry, Counsel, Corporate Transactions

Nicolas Bombrun, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Eric Fiszelson, Partner, Global Loans

Charles-Douglas Fuz, Counsel, Corporate Transactions

François Hellot, Partner, Head of Corporate Transactions CEMEA

Anne Reffay, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Pierre Roux, Partner, Global Loans

Isaure Sander, Counsel, Corporate Transactions

Vincent Trevisani, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Belgium

Arnaud Wtterwulghe, Partner, Global Loans

Dubai

Vasi Papadopoulos, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Simon Rahimzada, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Germany

Marina Arntzen, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Stefan Bruder, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Anne Grewlich, Partner, Global Loans

Jan Krekeler, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Italy

Annamaria Pinzuti, Partner, Projects & Energy Transition

Riccardo Rossi, Partner, Global Loans

Luxembourg

Alexandra Clouté, Partner, Tax

Arnaud Julien, Partner, Investment Funds

Spain

Nick Pawson, Partner, Global Loans

UK

Jacob Gold, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Markjan Van Schaardenburgh, Partner, Corporate Transactions

Our private equity expertise EMEA 2025

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