George Burt advises investment funds and corporations on complex equity transactions, with a focus on preferred equity and joint ventures, as well as private equity funds and multinational corporations on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.George has experience in a variety of sectors across both emerging and established markets.

Representative Work

Private Equity and Private Capital

Advised Bain Capital Special Situations in the £1.2 billion investment it co-led with Pollen Street Capital in the merger between The Markerstudy Group and Atlanta Group.
Advised Bain Capital Special Situations on its acquisition of Sunshine Leases.
Advised Bain Capital Special Situations on its acquisition of the Andros Portfolio.
Advised The Carlyle Group on in its agreement to acquire Altera Infrastructure Group’s FPSO business from Brookfield.
Advised The Carlyle Group’s portfolio company SierraCol on its acquisition of a minority interest in SierraCol Energy Arauca LLC from Repsol.
Advised a private equity firm on the acquisition of a European pharmaceutical and healthcare business.
Advised a private equity firm on its co-investment in the $4.3 billion acquisition of a stake in a multidisciplinary high-tech company.
Advised TPG’s The Rise Fund in relation to its investment in Cellulant, the pan-African digital payments provider.
Advised UFG Private Equity in relation to multiple divestments.
Advised Admaius Capital Partners as the lead investor in its $100 million investment in MFS Africa, the largest digital payments network in Africa.
Advised a private equity firm on its investment in a leading manufacturer of hydrogen sensors.
Advised a private equity firm on its divestment of a fibre broadband provider.
Advised a private equity firm on its divestment of a shipping company.
Advised Coller Capital on multiple secondary transactions.
Advised a private equity firm as lead-investor in a £700m GP-led transaction.
Advised Africa Capitalworks on its investment in Dorman Long Engineering, an international engineering company operating across the oil and gas, telecoms and energy industries.
Advised Pantheon Ventures on multiple co-investment and secondary transactions.
Advised Investec Investments and SC Lowy in relation to Gaucho Restaurant Group's acquisition of M Restaurants.
Advised Sun Capital Partners on its investment in ROXi.
Advised Equinor Energy Ventures on its investment in Reactive Technologies.
Advised Ares Management on its acquisition of VetPartners.
Advised Santander on the spin-out of its fintech venture capital fund, Santander Innoventures.

Mergers and Acquisitions

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Advised Intrum AB on its €3 billion capital partnership with Cerberus Capital Management.
Advised Intrum AB on a €1 billion asset sale to Cerberus Capital Management.
Advised Nexperia BV on the $177 million sale of Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturer.
Advised Edison Energy on its acquisition of Alfa Energy, the international energy and sustainability consultancy.
Advised Fidelity Bank on its acquisition of Union Bank UK Plc.
Advised on the sale of Capricorn Digital, owner of Baxi, one of Nigeria's leading super-agent networks to MFS Africa, the largest pan-African digital payments platform.
Advised Geiser Asset Holdings in relation to the sale of GeoProMining.
Advised the Anergi Group in relation to its restructuring and sale of interests in the Cabeolica Wind Project and Kpone Power Plant.
Advised Ascendas Reit in relation to its acquisition of a portfolio of European data centers.
Advised IPCOM NV (an Alpha Group portfolio company) in relation to its bolt-on acquisition of AIS Technical Limited.
Advised Sedgwick Claims Management in relation to its acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey.