Harriet Steel
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Harriet Steel

Associate

Email

harriet.steel@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4060

Offices

London

V-CARD
Harriet advises clients on private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts, minority investments, platform M&A and preferred equity investments.
Harriet works with clients investing in a broad range of sectors, including infrastructure and energy, manufacturing and industrials, financial services and real estate.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Brookfield on its strategic partnership with Barclays to grow and transform its payment acceptance business.
  • A global alternative investment management firm on its preference share investment into an Italian leisure business. 
  • Apollo, alongside consortium partner Rettig Oy Ab, on its acquisition of Purmo Group (HEL: PURMO) (previous firm experience).
  • Apollo on the acquisition of Miller Homes, one of the UK’s leading homebuilders from Bridgepoint (previous firm experience).
  • Stonepeak on its agreement with the AA, the leading provider of roadside assistance services in the UK and a successful insurance business, and the AA’s majority shareholders, TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. Per the agreement, Stonepeak will invest £450 million in the AA through a combination of common and preferred equity at an enterprise value of approximately £4 billion (previous firm experience).
  • Stanley Capital Partners on its investment in Roboyo, a market-leading independent consultancy company helping large corporates implement and manage a full spectrum of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) powered automation technologies (previous firm experience).
     

 

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a solicitor, England and Wales, 2021
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.