Fabrice de la Morandière, Partner at Linklaters, and specialised in Private Equity explains: “The Private Equity sector has developed tremendously in recent years and has undergone an unprecedented period of professionalisation, internationalisation and growth. We have chosen to participate in the Private Equity Chair in order to increase understanding of the profession, spread our vision and experience of the sector, and also broaden our own knowledge by exchanging view with academics and students”.

Linklaters is a global law firm with more than 2,000 lawyers and with offices in 30 major business and financial centres in 23 countries. Our Paris office has been opened in 1973 and is currently staffed with more than 180 lawyers including 35 partners. We offer integrated legal and tax advice to a wide range of business sectors in all key areas of law.

Areas of expertise include

• Corporate (including M&A, Private Equity, Commercial, Competition/Antitrust);
• Finance (including Capital Markets, Banking, Restructuring & Insolvency, Projects, Financial Services, Public law/PPP); and
  
• Specialist practices (including Tax, Litigation and Arbitration, Employment, Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Telecommunications Media & Technology)
  

Linklaters private equity expertise spans advising private equity houses, investors, financial institutions and private equity enterprises at all stages – from establishing the fund through making investments, to the exiting of those investments.