Rebecca Pearce
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity Transactions
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Advises private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and institutional investors on complex cross-border transactions.
- Significant experience across mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, co-investments, minority investments, and corporate advisory work across multiple sectors and jurisdictions.
Rebecca Pearce is a counsel in the firm's Corporate practice. Rebecca's practice focuses on private equity transactions and domestic and cross-border M&A, with particular experience acting for financial sponsors across a broad range of industries including technology, infrastructure, financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and industrials. Her deal experience spans the full transaction lifecycle - from structuring and negotiation through execution and post-closing matters - including management equity arrangements, co-investment structures, bolt-on acquisitions, and exits.
Prior to joining Akin, Rebecca practiced at another major global law firm, where she advised on a broad range of private equity and M&A transactions with a focus on UK and European markets. Rebecca trained at another leading international law firm, where she gained experience across multiple disciplines including corporate M&A, financial services, trade and sanctions, complex commercial litigation, white collar and securities litigation, and intellectual property.
- Aequitas on the sale of ownership interest in Hoegh Evi to Igneo Infrastructure Partners
- Apax portfolio company Zellis Group on its acquisition of Benify from Vitruvian (together with a related minority investment by Vitruvian)
- Blackstone on the £1.2bn recommended cash offer for St Modwen Properties plc
- BC Partners:
- on its investment in Fedrigoni for an enterprise value of EUR 3bn;
- on the acquisition of a significant stake in Valtech, a global digital services and business transformation agency
- Bain Capital:
- on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eleda, a leading Nordic infrastructure development and services provider with over SEK 15bn in revenues;
- on its acquisition of Finova from Norland Capital and simultaneous acquisition of Iress UK’s mortgage sales and origination software business
- CPP Investments:
- on the acquisition of a minority stake in Regnology;
- on the acquisition of a minority stake in team.blue for an enterprise value of EUR 4.8bn
- EQT:
- and its portfolio company IVC Evidensia on the acquisition of VetStrategy, a leading Canadian veterinary care provider;
- on the additional substantial investment and renewed long term commitment in IVC Evidensia
- GTCR on the acquisition of Zentiva, a European generics pharmaceutical company from Advent for an enterprise value of EUR 4.1bn
- K1 portfolio company Applearn International on its sale to Nexthink
- Nordic Capital on the EUR 2.143bn sale of Itiviti, a leading provider of trading technology and services to NYSE listed Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.
- Preservation Capital on the acquisition of Parmenion Capital, a provider of investment services and technology solutions for financial advice firms from Standard Life Aberdeen
- Sentinel Capital Partners portfolio company Trimech on its acquisition of Solid Solutions Group, a leading provider of 3D computer aided design
- Summit Partners on the acquisition of 18 Weeks Support and various add on acquisitions
- Warburg Pincus on the agreement with Macquarie Capital Principle finance to jointly acquire a majority stake in Premier Technical Services Group, a provider of fall arrest and protection equipment
List includes matters worked on prior to joining Akin.
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