Daniel James Thomas Lloyd

Dan Lloyd is a Partner in the Private Funds Practice of the London Office. Dan’s practice focuses on the formation and operation of private investment funds across a broad range of investment strategies, and other aspects of private investing in alternative asset classes, including separate account arrangements, co-investments and the structuring of executive carried interest and co-investment arrangements. Recognized as a 2023 “Legal Rising Star” by Private Funds CFO, a 2022 “Private Equity Star” by Law.com International, a 2021 “Private Equity Rising Star” in Fund Formation by Law360 and a 2021 “Private Equity Rising Star” by Legal Week, Dan has represented many of the largest and most well-known sponsors of private equity funds, including Apax Partners, Astorg, BC Partners, Bridgepoint, Carlyle, Charterhouse, Cinven, Coller Capital, CVC Capital Partners and EQT, on significant private equity fund formations.

Some keynote representations include:

• Astorg on the €1.4 billion closing of the Normec Continuation Fund
• Bridgepoint on the establishment of Bridgepoint Europe V, a €4 billion fund, Bridgepoint Development Capital IV, a £1.5 billion fund and Bridgepoint Europe VI, a €5.8 billion fund
• Bridgepoint on its addition of ECP to its platform, to create a €57 billion global private markets asset manager
• Bridgepoint on a strategic minority investment by Dyal Partners
• CVC on the establishment of its €26 billion private equity fund, CVC Capital Partners IX; its $6.8 billion Asia-focused private equity fund, CVC Capital Partners Asia VI; its €4.6 billion long-term private equity fund, CVC Strategic Opportunities II; its €22 billion private equity fund, CVC Capital Partners VIII; its €16 billion private equity fund, CVC Capital Partners VII; its $1 billion technology fund, CVC Growth Partners; its $3.5 billion private equity fund, CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV; and its €10.9 billion private equity fund, CVC Capital Partners VI
• Carlyle on the establishment of Carlyle Europe Partners V, a €6.4 billion fund
• Cinven on the establishment of its €10 billion private equity fund, the seventh Cinven fund, in 2019 and its €7 billion private equity fund, the sixth Cinven fund, in 2016
• Astorg on the establishment of Astorg VII, a €4 billion fund, Astorg VIII, a €4.2 billion fund and Astorg MidCap, a €1.3 billion fund
• EQT on the establishment of EQT VIII, a €10.75 billion fund
• Apax on the establishment of Apax IX, a $9 billion private equity fund
• Charterhouse on the establishment of Charterhouse Capital Partners X, a €2.3 billion fund
• Coller on the establishment of Coller International Partners VII, a $7.15 billion fund

Dan obtained an LL.B. Law 2.1 from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2005. He also received his L.P.C. from the College of Law, London, in 2006.