John F. Anderson

International Counsel

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Tel: +44 20 7786 9176

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John Anderson is an international counsel in the London office, and a member of the Funds/Investment Management, Private Equity and Special Situations ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- Tikehau Capital in its $300 million inaugural collateralized fund obligation.
- Temasek in the establishment of Decarbonization Partners, an investment partnership with BlackRock.
- Park Square Capital in the formation of Park Square Capital Partners IV, a €2.2 billion subordinated debt fund.
- Pantheon as lead investor in Ergon svt Long Term Value Fund SCSp, a €270 million single-asset fund invested in svt, the leading European provider of passive fire protection products, installation and restoration management services.

Education

Yale Law School, 2000, J.D.
University of California at Berkeley, 1996, B.A.

John Anderson is an international counsel in the London office, and a member of the Funds/Investment Management, Private Equity and Special Situations Groups. He advises EU and US clients with complex regulatory, tax, financing and other structuring issues in all aspects of fund formation, most notably for senior and subordinated debt, venture debt and other credit fund strategies.Mr. Anderson advises across the spectrum of alternative assets structures and jurisdictions, including open-ended, closed-ended and hybrid format funds, commingled funds and separate account arrangements, European funds with Irish, Luxembourg or UK structures, US-based funds and funds based in typical offshore jurisdictions.Mr. Anderson works closely with the Firm’s finance and insurance practices advising on US and non-US rated notes feeders, collateralized fund obligations, preferred equity financings and other structured finance products.Mr. Anderson also regularly advises on fund platform development matters, including greenfield manager setups and restructurings, joint-venture arrangements and carried interest and related team incentives planning, as well as on co-investment and secondaries transactions.Mr. Anderson represents a range of private fund sponsors and other market participants, including, AlbaCore Capital, Centricus, Credit Suisse, CVC Credit, Helios Investment Partners, KKR, Oaktree, Pantheon, Park Square Capital, Prudential, SVB Capital, Temasek and Tikehau.Mr. Anderson is recommended by The Legal 500 UK (2023) for his work advising on fund structures and regulatory issues.Mr. Anderson received his B.A. with honors in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2000. He is admitted to the bar in New York and is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.