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Ben Rodham

Partner, London

"I am trusted by leading financial sponsors to deliver their most important transactions across Europe and beyond."

Overview

Ben co-heads the global financial sponsors sector at Linklaters. Ben has been named by Private Equity News as one of the twenty most influential private equity lawyers in Europe. A regular fixture on Europe’s most high-profile private equity transactions, Ben is recommended as a leading private equity lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR and is described as being ‘one of the best in the business for large cap PE transactions. All over every aspect of transactions while being superbly commercial and pragmatic. Very user friendly.’

Ben is also a trustee for the Social Mobility Foundation.

Work highlights

  • Brookfield on its recommended cash offer for Network International, valuing the Middle East and Africa payments business at approximately £2.2billion.
  • iCON Infrastructure on their acquisition of Alliance Medical from Life Healthcare.
  • OTPP on its investment in group.ONE and the Dogado group alongside Cinven.
  • Telemos on the sale of Sanoptis, a leading European ophthalmology services group, to Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.
  • Brookfield on its proposed preferred equity investment in GEMS Education, a UAE-based education and ancillary services provider.
  • Apax Partners on the sale of Unilabs, a global lab business to AP Moller.
  • BC Partners on its offer for Kin and Carta plc.
  • Warburg Pincus and Towerbrook on their announced P2P of the AA plc – valuing the group at c.£3bn.
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the carve-out of Lloyd’s Register’s Business Assurance & Inspection Services division (LRQA) and subsequent bolt-on acquisition of Hong Kong headquartered Elevate.