William Buchanan
Partner, Corporate & Financial Services
William Buchanan is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Private Equity Group in London. Will advises on a wide range of corporate matters and, in particular, focuses on private equity mergers and acquisitions. His practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors and other institutional investors on a range of complex, cross-border investments, including leveraged buy outs, minority investments, carve-outs, special situation transactions and growth and venture capital.
Will was recognised as a ‘rising star’ by The Legal 500 UK (2022).
Will was recognised as a ‘rising star’ by The Legal 500 UK (2022).
Experience
- Irenic Capital Management, the largest shareholder of FD Technologies, on the acquisition of FD Technologies by TA Associates
- Insight Partners on its majority investment in OptoScale, a leading Norwegian aquaculture technology company
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Zero100, an intelligence company for global operations and supply chain leaders
- Insight Partners on the sale of its majority stake in AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries, to EQT Private Equity
- Platinum Equity on its acquisition of Sunrise Medical, a world leader in advanced assistive mobility solutions, from Nordic Capital
- Insight Partners in its Series B investment in Sylvera, a UK carbon data provider
- Searchlight Capital Partners on its on its entry into exclusive negotiations in respect of the sale of portfolio company Flowbird Group, a leading global integrated parking and transportation solutions provider, to EasyPark Group
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Improve International Group, a leader in veterinary postgraduate training and education
- Briarwood Capital Partners in Keysight Technologies’ binding offer to key shareholders of the ESI Group, a French virtual prototyping software company
- Hanover Investors on its investment in New Era Energy, a leading UK distributor of liquid fuels and related consumables
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS)
- iCON Infrastructure LLP in its strategic partnership with Royal Caribbean Group
- Insight Partners on its minority investment, together with Five Arrows, in Kpler
- CVC and its portfolio company STARK Group on the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd
- Ardian and its portfolio company AD Education in the acquisition of the European operations of SAE Institute, a leader in audiovisual and creative media higher education
- Ardian and its portfolio company Cérélia in the acquisition from General Mills of its branded and private label dough businesses in Germany, the UK, and Ireland, including the Knack & Back and Jus-Rol brands
- Insight Partners as co-lead investor in UK carbon offset ratings provider Sylvera, in connection with its Series A funding round
- Bluewater on its acquisition of IMServ Europe Limited from Schneider Electric
- Insightful Science, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, in its acquisition of Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software and services company
- Insight Partners and other sellers on the sale of Duco Technology Limited to Nordic Capital
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in the Creditinfo Group
- Insight Partners in its investment in Exclaimer Group