Stuart’s practice focuses on advising institutional investors, management shareholders, founders, and investee companies on a full range of UK and international transactions, including leveraged buyouts, co-investments, minority deals, carve-outs, bolt-on acquisitions, disposals, reorganizations, and general corporate advisory matters.

Stuart has in-depth experience advising on a full range of transactions including leveraged buyouts, consortium deals, bolt-on acquisitions, carve-outs, co-investments, minority deals, divestments, secondary transactions, public-to-privates, joint ventures, reorganizations, and restructurings together with advising on general corporate matters.

Stuart joined the firm in 2025, having previously worked in the Private Equity and Financial Sponsors group at a major UK law firm. He also spent 13 months on secondment at a leading pan-European private equity sponsor.

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Notable Experience (including prior to joining cleary gottlieb)

  • Bridgepoint on the acquisition of a majority stake in ht.digital, a leading, UK headquartered provider of digital asset assurance and technology solutions.

  • Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille SA on its strategic investment in and partnership with Equine Care Group.

  • The controlling shareholders of the Hakim Group on a strategic financing partnership with ICG.

  • RSK Group Limited on its £500m preferred equity fundraise with Searchlight Capital, Ares and Penta Capital. 

  • Inflexion on its take private of DWF Group plc. 

  • Apax Global Impact on its investment in Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. 

  • Inflexion and other selling shareholders on the sale of Atcore to Travelsoft. 

  • Nest Corporation on its minority investment in, and strategic partnership with, IFM Investors. 

  • Ascential plc on the sale of WGSN Limited to Apax. 

  • Equistone on its investment in ADM Group. 

  • IK Partners on its investment in DA Languages. 

  • Graphite Capital on its investment in Babble Cloud. 

  • Equistone and other selling shareholders on the sale of Wealth at Work Group to Aquiline Capital Partners.

  • August Equity on its investment in Business Systems UK. 

  • Equistone and other selling shareholders on the sale of ComplEat Food Group to PAI Partners. 

  • The Access Group on numerous bolt-on acquisitions including the acquisition of Servelec Group from Montagu Private Equity. 

  • 3i Group and other selling shareholders on the sale of Aspen Pumps to Inflexion. 

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