Secondaries Investor Highlights Akin Gump among Top Firms for Secondaries Work in 2020
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(London) – Akin Gump advised on 62 secondaries transactions last year totaling roughly $21 billion, according to Secondaries Investor’s Law Firm Survey 2021.
Fully 90 percent of those transactions were GP-led deals, of which 90 percent of those were private equity, with the remainder in real estate.
LP-led transactions accounted for 10 percent of the firm’s secondaries transactions, which included a mix of private equity, venture capital, real estate and credit.
Most notably, the publication reports, Akin Gump closed two single-asset deals worth approximately $2 billion.
Last year, Akin Gump was recognized for its secondaries work by being shortlisted for Private Equity International’s PEI Awards in the category of Secondaries Law Firm of the Year in Europe. To learn more, please click here.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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