John Young is a London-based international counsel and member of the firm’s Funds/Investment Management Group. He advises asset managers on a wide ...
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Experience
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- The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of Abingworth, a life sciences investment firm.
- FitzWalter Capital in the formation of FitzWalter Capital Partners I, its $920 million inaugural fund.
- Fifth Wall in the formation of its European Real Estate Technology Fund, a €140 million fund targeting investments in high-potential European startups, and potential co-investing opportunities alongside Fifth Wall’s North American Real Estate Tech funds.
- Mizuho, a leading global bank, in its acquisition of Capstone Partners, an investment banking firm.
- Canopius, a Centerbridge Partners portfolio company and a leading global specialty (re)insurer, in its $780 million loss portfolio transfer agreement with RiverStone International.
- EQT in funds and regulatory aspects of its €450 million acquisition of Life Sciences Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm.
- CANDRIAM and its affiliate New York Life Investments Alternatives in their strategic partnership with Kartesia Management, and the related acquisition of a minority stake in the firm.
- LGT Capital Partners in the formation of Crown Global Secondaries V, a $4.5 billion private equity secondaries fund.
Education
- Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 1998, L.P.C.
- City University London, 1997
- University of Oxford, 1996, MA