Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce the hire of Jeremy Dennison as a partner in the Private Equity & Financial Sponsors (PEFS) group, further strengthening its market leading Private Equity offering.
Jeremy Dennison rejoins Travers Smith from Livingbridge where he was a Partner & General Counsel with responsibility for overseeing all legal, compliance and ESG matters. Jeremy started his career at Travers Smith and worked at the firm for over eight years before joining Livingbridge in 2018.
The firm's PEFS practice, part of the wider Asset Management sector group, is led by Partner Will Yates, with support from Partners Adam Orr and Emma Havas.
The firm's Asset Management sector group has been further strengthened by the recent arrival of highly rated funds lawyer John Daghlian. John is working closely with partners Tosin Adeyeri and Victoria Bramall to grow the firm's market leading and award winning secondaries practice.
Jeremy and John's arrivals follow the recent hire of Funds Partners Joel Grossmark, who joined in September 2024 and Tosin Adeyeri, who joined in October 2023, bolstering the firm's Asset Management offering. The firm also recently welcomed Ryan Ayrton as an infrastructure debt partner in the Finance team, further strengthening its cross-practice Infrastructure sector group.
Edmund Reed, managing partner commented:
"We are focused on investing in talented lawyers in the areas we consider of strategic importance to our clients – in this case our thriving private equity and asset manager client base - both by developing and promoting our own people and through targeted lateral hires. It is fantastic to see Jeremy rejoin the Travers Smith ranks as a partner and John join as a Senior Consultant as we push forward at pace with our ambitions to be a leading law firm that thrives in our chosen markets."
Will Yates, head of Private Equity & Financial Sponsors commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Jeremy to the Private Equity & Financial Sponsors group as a partner. Jeremy will form part of our strong partner team and market leading offering to private equity and asset management clients, drawing on his deep industry experience."
Jeremy Dennison commented:
"I have had a fulfilling and successful seven years at Livingbridge working with some of the best in the industry but now feels like the right time in my career to return to private practice, and Travers Smith in particular.
The rapidly changing private markets and legal services landscapes present exciting opportunities for a high-quality, independent PE-focused law firm, with the necessary depth and breadth of private markets expertise– I believe Travers Smith is that firm. As a client I have experienced the difference first hand – exceptional client service at a fair price and delivered by knowledgeable and entrepreneurial lawyers who enjoy the freedom to take a commercial approach and support their clients over the long term. I am excited to be joining the PEFS partner team and contributing to its ongoing success."
Recent highlights for the PEFS Group include advising:
- Sixth Street Partners and Patron Capital on the £1.35bn acquisition of Cala Homes from Legal & General Group plc.
- Nest Corporation on the acquisition of a minority shareholding in Industry Super Holdings, the holding company of IFM Investors.
- Inflexion on its carve-out investment in GlobalData Plc's Healthcare division, a deal which won Transaction of the Year at the AIM Awards 2024.
- Phoenix Equity Partners and management on the sale of Redington to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- August Equity Partners on its investment into Fargo Systems.
- New client Long Ridge Equity Partners on its investment in QX Global Group.
- ETC Group, a London-based crypto ETP issuer with over $1 billion in assets under management on its acquisition by Bitwise Asset Management, the largest crypto index fund manager in America.
- Apax Global Impact Fund on its investment in Integrated Environmental Solutions.
