Ben Taggart’s practice focuses on private investment funds and international private equity transactions, including fund formation and advising institutional investors investing in such funds, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, co-investments, and consortium transactions.

Ben joined the firm in 2021.

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Notable Experience

Selected Private Funds Experience

  • JP Morgan (Global Special Situations) in connection with the fundraising of an evergreen special situations credit fund. 

  • Flexstone Partners in connection with various co-investments alongside sponsors.

  • A French private equity firm in connection with its joint venture with various investment professionals on the formation of a private equity fund focused on high-growth potential companies in Francophone West and Central Africa and a venture capital fund with a focus in Sub-Sahara Africa.

  • A leading sovereign wealth fund in relation to LP investment into various funds, including healthcare, technology, hedge and credit funds.

  • A leading UAE sovereign wealth fund in its $800 million investment as a limited partner in a leading private equity firm.

  • Flexstone Partners in the formation of Global Opportunities V, a private fund targeting small- and middle-market co-investments.

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Selected Private Equity Experience

  • TPG in connection with several consortium and co-investment transactions.

  • TPG Growth and the Rise Fund in several early-stage growth transactions.

  • A leading sovereign wealth fund in connection with a $75 million co-investment in a global payments platform.

  • Credit Suisse and UBS in connection with the spin-out of numerous European, U.S. and Asian alternative investment businesses.

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