Neil has been named as one of the Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers for 2025 by Private Equity News and included in The Lawyer Hot 100, 2025 where he was profiled as a ‘deals powerhouse’ and ‘a remarkable force in sponsor-side work’. He was also highlighted as a rising star by Legal Business in their article Banking and finance focus: Back to the future, named in the 40 under 40 Rising Stars in Private Equity (Legal Week 2019) and led the teams that won Loan Deal of the Year (Ethypharm), High Yield Deal of the Year (Modulaire) at the IFLR Europe Awards, 2022 and Loan Deal of the Year (Action) at the IFLR Awards, 2024.
Neil has advised a number of top tier private equity funds and financial sponsors including Brookfield Private Equity, CVC Capital Partners, 3i, a global alternative investment management firm, Partners Group,Exponent, ICG Private Equity, Stonepeak, Fiera Capital, Advent, Triton, Providence Equity Partners, Hg Capital, PAI and Warburg Pincus.