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 is recognised as a Rising Star for Private Equity by IFLR1000 UK (2025) and as a Key Lawyer by The Legal 500 UK (2026) for Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+).
A client testimonial in The Legal 500 UK describes him as a “rising star who should also be recognised as a detailed individual who is able to commercially understand all aspects of what we would like to achieve on deals/legal projects.”
Will is recognised as a Rising Star for Private Equity by IFLR1000 UK (2025) and as a Key Lawyer by The Legal 500 UK (2026) for Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+).
A client testimonial in The Legal 500 UK describes him as a “rising star who should also be recognised as a detailed individual who is able to commercially understand all aspects of what we would like to achieve on deals/legal projects.”
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
- Hanover Investors on its majority investment in Llanelec Precision Engineering
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and portfolio company Improve International on Improve's acquisition of the College of Health
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and portfolio company Improve International on Improve's acquisition of Central CPD
- FTV Capital on its investment in Validus Risk Management
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its majority 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
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and portfolio company Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS) on GLAS’s acquisition of the Watiga group Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and
- portfolio company Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS) on GLAS’s acquisition of the Serica group
- 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 majority 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 majority investment in New Era Energy, a leading UK distributor of liquid fuels and related consumables
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its majority 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 majority investment in the Creditinfo Group
- Insight Partners in its majority investment in Exclaimer Group