Katie Peek advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Katie draws on extensive transactional experience and comprehensive knowledge of private equity market practice to guide clients on:

  • Acquisitions
  • Disposals
  • Restructurings and fund-to-fund transactions
  • Consortium and joint venture arrangements
  • Growth investments
  • Management incentive schemes and other ongoing corporate advice

She leads transactions efficiently and pragmatically to achieve clients’ commercial objectives, and maintains strong relationships with deal teams and portfolio companies throughout the life cycle of their investment.

A recognized leader at the firm, she has served on the Associates Committee and Recruiting Committee.

Katie's recent experience includes advising:

Acquisitions

  • Permira on the joint acquisition and combination of Kedrion Biopharma and Bio Products Laboratory, two leading providers of medicinal products derived from human blood plasma
  • KSL Capital Partners on acquiring a majority stake in Third Space, the UK luxury health and fitness brand, alongside existing sponsor Encore Capital
  • Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of Cupa Group, a Spain-based company that produces and distributes roofing slate
  • EQT Partners on acquiring RIMES Technologies, a leading managed data services and RegTech solutions provider with operations across the US, Europe, and Asia
  • EQT Partners on acquiring Facile.it, an Italy-based company that operates a car insurance brokerage and price comparison website
  • Platinum Equity on acquiring Iberconsa, a global provider of frozen seafood products
  • Platinum Equity on its US$4.2 billion acquisition of Urbaser, a Madrid-based integrated waste management company
  • BDT Capital on its acquisition of UK-based fishing brand Fox International

Disposals

  • Goldman Sachs, Bowmark Capital, and Aston Lark on the sale of the Aston Lark group, one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers
  • The Carlyle Group on selling majority control of Nature’s Bounty, a global manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of health and wellness products, to KKR
  • The Carlyle Group and Nature’s Bounty on the £1.77 billion sale of Holland & Barrett, one of Europe’s largest health and wellness retailers
  • Findus Group on the disposal of Young’s Seafood, a leading UK chilled and frozen food supplier
  • Leonard Green & Partners on selling a 25% stake of TopShop/TopMan, a UK-based operator of a chain of clothing retail stores
  • Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, on its disposal of Harry’s of London, a men’s shoe retailer
  • Telenor on its €2.8 billion sale of its assets in Central and Eastern Europe to PPF Group

Fund-to-Fund Transactions

  • Inflexion on its reinvestment into K2 Partnering Solutions, a global technology and staffing specialist
  • Hellman & Friedman on the c. €15 billion GP-led secondary/ fund-to-fund transfer of its controlling interest in Verisure Securitas Direct
  • Partners Group and International Schools Partnership (ISP), a leading international group of K-12 schools, in relation to the investment by Partners Group and OMERS in ISP, valuing ISP at an enterprise value of €1.9 billion

Consortium Arrangements

  • Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR on a strategic co-control partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers, a leading telecoms tower company in Europe
  • Hellman & Friedman on the disposal of a minority interest in the Verisure Securitas Direct group to GIC and further minority interests to GIC and Corporación Financiera Alba
  • EIG on its US$12.4 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company

Growth Investments

  • One Equity Partners in its major strategic investment in Infobip, a global cloud communications platform for the world’s largest enterprises
  • Bloom & Wild, a flower delivery business, on its Series C financing round
  • Osler Diagnostics, a health technology company, on its Series C financing round
  • An Asian investor on its investments in:
    • Sound Cloud, a major music and audio platform
    • Claroty, a cybersecurity software company
    • Fabric, a logistics solutions provider

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LPC, College of Law, London, 2012
  • GDL, College of Law, London, 2011
  • BA International History (first class), London School of Economics, 2010