Linklaters

📢 A team led by Ben Rodham and Ben Suen advised Benefit Street Partners on the sale of TFP Fertility Group to Amulet Capital Partners, LP, continuing Linklaters’ leading track record in financial sponsor-backed healthcare transactions. Read more on our website 👉https://lnkd.in/ebCxnf_A

📢 A cross-border Linklaters team has advised Allianz on the expansion of its strategic global cyber insurance partnership with Coalition, Inc. Led by Dr Daniel Pauly and Dr. Thomas N. Broichhausen, the international cross-practice Linklaters team includes lawyers in over 20 countries worldwide. The complex global transaction balances commercial and regulatory requirements and combines carve-out with investment elements for our client. Read our press release for more information 👉https://lnkd.in/eTkT2vbz

Congratulations to Sarah Opie who has been appointed the Head of Pensions Disputes!   Sarah has significant experience advising employers and trustees on pensions disputes, including benefit issues in the context of insurance de-risking transactions, regulatory interventions and challenges to trustee decisions.

🏆 Congratulations to Alex Woodward and Ben Rodham, named once again among Private Equity News’ Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers of 2026. As co‑heads of Linklaters’ Private Equity and Financial Sponsors practice, Alex and Ben continue to advise leading sponsors on their most complex and high‑profile transactions. The firm has continued to invest heavily in its Private Capital capability, including the addition of twelve Private Capital M&A partners in London over the past four years, and is one of only three firms ranked Band 1 for Private Equity across Chambers Global, Europe and UK 2026.   Many congratulations to both on this outstanding and well‑deserved recognition.   Read the full article on Private Equity News (paywalled): https://lnkd.in/gSebD2pE

📢 A cross-border Linklaters team advised CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd on the buy-out by Vodafone from the VodafoneThree joint venture, with a deal value £4.3 billion. Our international team was led by Corporate Partners Robert Cleaver, Hugo Stolkin (both London) and Roger Cheng (Hong Kong) as well as TMT Partner Rich Jones (London). Read more on our website 👉https://lnkd.in/eYZpp9hh

📢 A cross-border team led by Toby Grimstone and Atish Shah alongside Alliance Mukengeshayi and Alice Harwood advised Bank of America and BNP Paribas on the financing in connection with KONE Corporation’s agreement to combine with TK Elevator. The combination would bring together two global elevator and escalator companies in a cash and share transaction with an enterprise value of EUR 29.4 billion. Read more on our website👉https://lnkd.in/dsN7yANp

In complex legal matters, the real challenge is often turning vast, unstructured data into insight you can act on. Our Applied Intelligence team brings lawyers and data scientists together to do exactly that — building AI around the specific problems our clients are trying to solve, and getting to the insight faster.   This is our AI strategy in action — expanding what a global elite law firm can deliver for clients in a rapidly changing world. https://lnkd.in/dhfB9-B7

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Toby Grimstone as our new global co-head of banking, joining existing global co-head Ben Crosse. Toby blends an extensive global breadth of practice with experience across a number of sectors and is skilled at delivering solutions for clients that bridge challenging legal, cultural and practical differences. His appointment takes effect on 1 May 2026 and we look forward to the firm’s banking practice group continuing to thrive and grow under his leadership. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dKp_FYn4

We are delighted to have advised Glencore as part of the successful refinancing of Tullow Oil's financial indebtedness including its $1.285bn senior secured notes and the Glencore $400m secured notes facility. The transaction was implemented consensually with Glencore and by way of a consent solicitation of the senior secured notes which obtained 99.7% support from noteholders. The comprehensive, complex refinancing transaction was designed to extend Tullow’s debt maturity profile, support the delivery of its investment programme, and create a stable platform for value-maximisation of its asset base. As part of the transaction, the maturity dates of the senior secured notes and Glencore’s junior notes were extended by two years. Glencore will also provide Tullow Oil with a revolving cargo prepayment facility of up to $100m. Congratulations to the Glencore team on this significant milestone! The Linklaters team was led by Rowland Light (Partner, Restructuring & Insolvency, London), Toby Grimstone (Co-global Head of Banking) and Ewan Smith (Managing Associate, Restructuring & Insolvency, London). You can read our full press release: https://lnkd.in/e2jijUAa

Investment decisions for financial sponsors are increasingly shaped by factors beyond traditional financial and operational considerations. Regulation, technology, geopolitical developments, and sustainability expectations are now central to how value is assessed, protected, and realised across portfolios.   This year’s Issues for Financial Sponsors and their Portfolio Companies 2026 publication examines a range of developments with direct implications for sponsors and their portfolio companies, including the EU's digital package, agentic AI, cyber resilience, antitrust enforcement, sustainability risk and workforce change, and highlights the governance choices that can support effective oversight and long-term value creation.   If you’d like to explore how a strong governance premium can help sponsors and portfolio companies manage risk, build resilience, and seize strategic opportunities, read our publication 👉 https://lnkd.in/dwMteB6M