CMS has a long-standing and close relationship with the private equity industry across Europe, meaning that we are well positioned to provide advice on a broad range of transactions. We have built a solid reputation for advising on a high volume of deals in recent years, particularly in the high-end transactions and the mid-cap market.
Interdisciplinary, Cross-Border Approach
The CMS Private Equity Practice Group solves interdisciplinary or cross-border problems via teams of lawyers from the countries involved who have the legal expertise needed for the transaction concerned. In this way, we can offer you a comprehensive service with teams of experienced people during every phase of a transaction – from acquisition and financing through to reorganisation, refinancing and finally the exit.
Our legal services include:
- Letter of intent and legal due diligence
- Confidentiality agreement
- Investment and shareholders agreement
- Corporate restructuring
- Acquisition financing
- High yield offering
- Employee stock options and Management Incentive Schemes
- Portfolio management
- Exit strategies
- Management buy-outs and buy-ins, secondary buyouts and “take privates”
- Initial public offerings
- Dual track procedures
- Senior and mezzanine debt financing
- Legal aspects of structuring and marketing venture capital funds (both offshore and onshore
- Use of limited partnerships
- Effective tax structuring enabling efficient exit
Contact
To contact one of our legal experts, please see the contact list in the right column.