Jason Glover focuses his practice on private fund formation, particularly private equity funds. As the former Managing Partner of our London office, Jason has been instrumental in developing the Firm’s U.K. capabilities. He is recognized as a leading private equity funds lawyer, having represented many of the most prominent European and developing market private equity firms in structuring complex global funds. His clients include Actis, Affinity, Apax, Bridgepoint, CapVest, Cinven, Coller Capital, CVC, EQT, Mid Europa, Oakley Capital, Softbank Group and Triton. His practice also includes structuring complex employee leveraged co-investment plans for leading global banks as well as advising fund managers seeking to establish ‘carried interest’ and other compensation plans. Jason has also advised a number of management teams on their spin-outs from institutions. Recent work highlights include:
- Apax Partners in the formation of Apax X, an $11 billion global fund
- Bridgepoint in the establishment of Bridgepoint Europe VI, a €5.75 billion European buyout fund
- CapVest in the establishment of CapVest V, a €2.75 billion European buyout fund
- Cinven in the formation of Cinven VI, a €7 billion European buyout fund
- Coller Capital in the formation of Coller VIII, a $9 billion secondary buyout fund
- Oakley Capital in the formation of Oakley Capital Private Equity V, a €2.85 billion fund
- EQT in the establishment of the €15.7 billion EQT Infrastructure V fund, the €15.6 billion EQT IX fund and the €22 billion EQT X fund
- Triton in the formation of Triton V, a €5 billion European buyout fund
- Bridgepoint in a strategic minority investment by Dyal Partners
- BC Partners in a strategic minority investment by Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
During his career, Jason spent three years working in the private equity industry. As operations director for AIFAL, then the second-largest private equity manager in Asia, Jason was responsible for the day-to-day operational management for several funds, including Asian Infrastructure Fund. He gained further commercial experience as COO of what is now Duke Street Capital, where his role included active fundraising for an LBO fund that quadrupled funds under management. Subsequently he headed up the global private funds practice at Clifford Chance until 2010, when he moved to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Jason received his LL.B. from the University of Bristol in 1988. He has been recognized among the “50 Most Influential People in European Private Equity” by
Financial News for five consecutive years, as well as among the “20 Most Influential in Legal Services” in Europe. He was named “Global Private Funds Lawyer of the Year” by
Who’s Who Legal for each of years 2008 through 2012 and again in 2016, 2019 and 2022. He was recognized in the inaugural “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” list in 2023 and was also named in 2023 as one of the “Fifty Most Influential Lawyers" in Europe for the third consecutive year.
Chambers 100 has ranked Jason in the top 10 of the best U.K. business lawyers. He was also identified by
Private Equity International as one of the 100 most influential persons in global private equity (and was the highest-ranked lawyer in such list). Jason is a former Chair of the IBA Private Funds Committee and a former member of the Board of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association. He previously served as a member of the Firm's Executive Committee.