PRIVATE EQUITY.
FUNDS. PORTFOLIO.
CROSS-BORDER M&A
BOTH SIDES.
WLA serves private equity houses, PE-backed companies, and investment funds across cross-border acquisitions, portfolio management, fund formation, and PE exits — co-practicing target jurisdiction corporate law alongside bidder jurisdiction simultaneously from day one of every mandate.
FROM LOI TO EXIT.
ALL JURISDICTIONS.
ONE CO-PRACTICE TEAM.
WLA co-practices every deal jurisdiction simultaneously — target side and bidder side, M&A law and employment law and tax and regulatory, from LOI to completion to exit. One brief. Both sides. All practices. No seams in the coverage.
CROSS-BORDER PE M&A
Full cycle PE M&A — target jurisdiction corporate law, merger control, FDI screening, due diligence, employment TUPE, and regulatory co-practiced simultaneously in every deal jurisdiction from LOI to completion.
FUND FORMATION
PE fund formation, LP documentation, co-investment vehicles, and regulatory registration co-practiced across every relevant jurisdiction simultaneously — Cayman, Luxembourg, Delaware, and destination markets.
PORTFOLIO COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Cross-border portfolio company legal — employment across markets, IP strategy, compliance, and regulatory co-practiced simultaneously in every jurisdiction where portfolio companies operate.
LEVERAGED FINANCE
Cross-border leveraged finance, syndicated loans, high yield bonds, and mezzanine financing co-practiced across every relevant jurisdiction simultaneously by the financing and corporate teams together.
CARVE-OUTS & SEPARATIONS
Complex cross-border carve-outs — TSA documentation, IP separation, employment transfer, and regulatory demerger compliance co-practiced simultaneously in every relevant jurisdiction.
PE EXITS
Trade sale, secondary PE, and IPO exits co-practiced in every jurisdiction simultaneously — local regulatory, employment transfer, and tax structuring as one co-ordinated exit programme.
PE DEAL FLOW
ACROSS THE
ACTIVE CORRIDORS.
PE mandates frequently cross WLA's active corridors. WLA holds both sides of every active corridor simultaneously — one brief covers the target and bidder jurisdictions from day one.
YOUR PE MATTER.
within 48 HOURS.