Dentons recruits SJ Berwin partner to lead private equity practice

Plant, who has been a partner in SJ Berwin's corporate finance group since 2007, advises private equity houses on domestic and cross-border leveraged buyouts. He also represents clients on general M&A and joint ventures.

While at SJ Berwin, where he qualified in 1998, Plant acted for clients including Duke Street, Transdigm and the management team of ERM on its sale from Bridgepoint to Charterhouse Capital in 2011.

He has also represented CVC Capital Partners on a number of deals, including its aborted £3bn bid for ETF platform iShares from Barclays Global Investors in 2009, and the private equity house's $1.7bn (£1.1bn) acquisition of Samsonite Corporation.

In 2011, legacy SNR Denton acted across the table from Plant on Brasserie Blanc's acquisition of the Chez Gerard restaurant chain. Plant led an SJ Berwin team for Brasserie on that deal, while Chez Gerard's administrator Deloitte turned to SNR Denton restructuring and insolvency partner Rachel Anthony.

Plant will join Dentons in early May.

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