Piers Edinborough
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Piers Edinborough

Associate

Email

piers.edinborough@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4052

Offices

London

V-CARD
Piers has experience advising a range of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle, including leveraged buy-outs, platform M&A and management incentive plans both to corporates and other private equity sponsors.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Apax Partners LLP (Apax) on its acquisition of the professional services unit from Evelyn Partners. The transaction will carve-out the professional services business from Evelyn Partners, who will continue to operate their financial services and wealth management business post-completion.
  • Advising Apollo, alongside consortium partner Rettig Oy Ab, in its acquisition of Purmo Group (HEL: PURMO) (previous firm experience).
  • Advising 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).
  • One Equity Partners and Buckthorn Partners in their acquisition of Acteon Group, the international offshore energy infrastructure services business, from entities controlled and/or advised by KKR (previous firm experience).

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a solicitor, England and Wales, 2024

Academic

PGDL (Distinction), Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2022

PGDL (Commendation), Law Conversion Course, BPP University, 2021

BSc (First Class with Head of School Commendation), Politics and International Relations, University of Bristol, 2020

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.