A leading practitioner in his field, Adam Signy practices in our London office and focuses on mergers and acquisitions—particularly private equity transactions and public company takeovers —as well as equity capital markets. He has represented private equity firms, corporate clients and banks across a range of industries.
Consistently ranked in the top tier by legal directories, Adam is described by Chambers as “a pre-eminent corporate lawyer who offers deep experience in significant M&A deals. Major banks, corporates and private equity funds look to him for high end legal counsel.”
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Work Highlights
- Rosebank Industries plc on its establishment and ongoing “Buy, Sell, Improve” strategy
- Arle Capital Partners in its $1.12 billion sale of the Capital Safety Group
- Melrose in all of its significant transactions since its establishment in 2003 together with the associated fundraisings and returns of capital to shareholders, including the £3.3 billion sale of Elster to Honeywell International Inc., the tender offer for Nortek Inc., the £8.1 billion hostile offer for GKN plc and the demerger of GKN Automotive to form a new London listed company, Dowlais Group plc
- KKR in its acquisition of Pets at Home and its interest in the Inaer Group
- Expro International, a portfolio company, on the sale of its Connectors and Measurements division to Siemens AG
- PPL Corporation in its £4 billion acquisition of the UK Central Networks electricity distribution businesses from E.ON
- Blackstone Real Estate Partners in the acquisition of its interest in the Broadgate Estate and on the €12.25 billion sale of Logicor
- Blackstone Capital Partners and CVC Capital Partners on the IPO of Merlin Entertainments
- Bridgepoint Group on its IPO and on the platform acquisitions of the EQT Credit business and Energy Capital Partners resulting in a FTSE200 global private markets asset manager with €67 billion AUM
Education
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The College of Law, Lancaster Gate, 1979
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University of Sussex, 1976 B.A.
(Hons.) Economics
Adam Signy is a Partner in the Firm’s London office. Adam focuses on mergers and acquisitions—particularly private equity transactions and public company takeovers —as well as equity capital markets. He has represented private equity firms, corporate clients and banks across a range of industries.
Consistently ranked in the top tier by legal directories, Adam is described by Chambers as “a pre-eminent corporate lawyer who offers deep experience in significant M&A deals. Major banks, corporates and private equity funds look to him for high end legal counsel”
Adam’s recent work highlights include:
- Rosebank Industries plc on its establishment and ongoing “Buy, Sell, Improve” strategy
- Arle Capital Partners in its $1.12 billion sale of the Capital Safety Group
- Melrose in all of its significant transactions since its establishment in 2003 together with the associated fundraisings and returns of capital to shareholders, including the £3.3 billion sale of Elster to Honeywell International Inc., the tender offer for Nortek Inc., the £8.1 billion hostile offer for GKN plc and the demerger of GKN Automotive to form a new London listed company, Dowlais Group plc
- KKR in its acquisition of Pets at Home and its interest in the Inaer Group
- Expro International, a portfolio company, on the sale of its Connectors and Measurements division to Siemens AG
- PPL Corporation in its £4 billion acquisition of the UK Central Networks electricity distribution businesses from E.ON
- Blackstone Real Estate Partners in the acquisition of its interest in the Broadgate Estate and on the €12.25 billion sale of Logicor
- Blackstone Capital Partners and CVC Capital Partners on the IPO of Merlin Entertainments
- Bridgepoint Group on its IPO and on the platform acquisitions of the EQT Credit business and Energy Capital Partners resulting in a FTSE200 global private markets asset manager with €67 billion AUM