Angus Baird is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department.

Angus represents clients including private companies, private equity sponsors, and private equity portfolio companies on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and general corporate matters across a range of sectors. 

Angus trained in the firm’s London office, working on a variety of matters across different practice areas, including corporate, restructuring and special situations, finance, and litigation (which included a particular focus on sanctions-related work).

Angus' Experience includes advising:

  • Permira on its strategic investment CDP, the data platform for environmental disclosure
  • Verisure, a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman, on its sponsor-backed IPO
  • LRG, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, on its acquisition of the Chancellors Group
  • Yellow Wood Partners on its acquisition of Elida Beauty from Unilever
  • CVC on its:
    • Investment in Ridge, the UK multidisciplinary built environment consultancy
    • Sale of Ethniki Insurance to Piraeus Bank
    • Investment in Hempel A/S
    • Investment in TechInsights Inc. alongside Oakley Capital
  • Platinum Equity on the equity arrangements relating to its acquisition of Sunrise Medical from Nordic Capital
  • Urbaser, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, on the sale of its Nordic business to Cube Infrastructure Managers
  • Moonbug Entertainment on its acquisition by a Blackstone-backed portfolio company

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2020
  • Jurisprudence, Brasenose College, University of Oxford, 2019

Languages Spoken

  • English