John F. Anderson

International Counsel

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Tel: +44 20 7786 9176

Overview

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

Experience

- 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 and Private Equity 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 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, CVC Credit, Helios Investment Partners, KKR, Oaktree, Pantheon, Park Square Capital, Prudential, SVB Capital, and Temasek.Mr. Anderson started his career at Debevoise, spending 14 years advising the firm’s major funds clients. In that time, he worked in both New York and London, developing an impressive international practice.Mr. Anderson also spent six years as a Partner and General Counsel at a leading private debt manager, playing an important role in its growth and establishing its in-house legal team, before re-joining Debevoise in London.Mr. Anderson is recommended by The Legal 500 UK (2022) 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.