Media Mention
GP-led Secondaries Report 2021 Private Equity International
24 February 2021
Ed Harris
PartnerLondon
Email ed.harris@hoganlovells.com
Phone +44 20 7296 2809
Fax +44 20 7296 2001
LanguagesEnglish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Ed Harris is partner in the London office. Ed advises on a broad range of corporate and funds transactions, with particular focus on private M&A, joint ventures, co-investments, secondaries, GP-led transactions and leveraged buy-outs. He acts for both private equity houses, institutional investors and corporates across a range of sectors.
Education and admissions
Education
LPC, Guildford Law School, 1996
CPE, Guildford Law School, 1994
B.A. History, Durham University, 1994
Bar admissions and qualifications
Solicitor, England and Wales
Representative experience
Advised Pantheon on Idinvest venture GP-led, involving the transfer of 12 assets from several growth and venture capital vehicles into a continuation fund
Advised Pantheon on the acquisition of five European renewable and concession-based assets in Marguerite GP-led deal
Advised Pantheon on the Avenue Capital Group GP-led deal
Advised Pantheon on stapled secondary offering of interests in Lyceum Capital (now Horizon Capital)
Advised Pantheon on acquisition of 29.1% of portfolio company interests owned by Candover Investments, as part of the spin-out of Arle Capital
Represented Investindustrial on numerous transactions, including €2.1bn divestment of Avincis, divestment of 49.9% in Portaventura, investment/divestment of Goldcar and GP-led of Investindustrial IV
Represented Terra Firma on numerous transactions including €2.57bn Annington Homes acquisition and €331m acquisition of Wyevale Garden Centre (and over 10 bolt-on transactions)
Represented Idinvest on stapled secondary offering of interests in Lyceum Capital (now Horizon Capital) and on the Three Hills Capital Partners GP-led deal
Represented pension schemes, family offices and SWFs on investments and divestments including the portfolio sale by Kodak to Pomona and portfolio sale by West Midlands Pension to Lexington
Represented KIRKBI on numerous transactions including its acquisition with Blackstone of Armacell Group from Charterhouse
Represented Ventiga Capital on P2P of Nordic Service Partners Holding, P2P of Thesis Asset Management, acquisition of Infare Solutions and acquisition of Retail Insights
Represented EQT on the disposal of cable business Blizoo to Telekom Austria
Advised the management team of Geo Networks on its disposal of US cable business Zayo
Advised the founders on the sale of life sciences business Internis to STADA
Advised the founders on the establishment of Landways and the subsequent investment by Columbia Capital
Represented Canadian software group Constellation Software on numerous transactions
Latest thinking and events
Published Works
GP-led transactions are in good health Estates Gazette
03 November 2020
Analysis
Private fund preferred equity and NAV financing opportunities and risks
Registered Content
09 October 2020
Published Works
COVID-19 and fund secondaries – how should pension schemes position themselves? Investment & Pensions Europe
28 August 2020
Press Releases
Eight private capital trends to watch
31 July 2020
Published Works
Taking advantage of the secondaries market FS Super
31 July 2020
