Cormac McGrady joined the private equity transactions group of Ropes & Gray's London office as an associate in 2022. Cormac works on a wide range of domestic and multi-jurisdictional private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, co-investments, and joint ventures, as well as corporate advisory work for private equity portfolio companies.
He also advises on private equity secondary transactions, with a focus on preferred equity investments, and acquisitions and dispositions of stakes in fund managers.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray Cormac practiced in the London office of another prominent US law firm.
Experience
- Advised Bain Capital on its sale of the Zellis group to Apax Partners, valuing Zellis at £1.25 billion
- Advising CVC Capital and its portfolio company System C Healthcare on the acquisition of Clevermed and Oxford Computer Consultants
- Advising funds advised by Permira on their approximately $5.8 billion acquisition of Mimecast*
- Advising AEA Investors on its sale of a majority stake in Scan Global Logistics as part of a deal valued at approximately $1.5 billion*
- Advising Liberty Global Ventures on its joint venture arrangements with InfraVia Capital Partners in connection with greenfield development of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband infrastructure across certain underserved German municipalities*
- Advising Francisco Partners on its sale of LiveU to funds advised by the Carlyle Group*
- Advising Catalent, Inc. on its acquisition of the business and assets of the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre UK*
- Advising funds advised by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC on the £2.8 billion acquisition of UDG Healthcare*
- Advising Fenergo Limited and its shareholders on its sale to funds advised by Bridgepoint and Astorg*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray
Credentials
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