Rajiv Kakkad
Managing Associate
Rajiv is a private equity lawyer specialising in all aspects of private equity, including buyouts, investments, bolt-ons, exits and continuation vehicle deals.
Managing Associate
Rajiv is a private equity lawyer specialising in all aspects of private equity, including buyouts, investments, bolt-ons, exits and continuation vehicle deals.
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Rajiv advises institutional investors, management teams and companies on all aspects of private equity transactions: buyouts/investments, bolt-ons, exits, continuation vehicle secondaries transactions and portfolio management.
Rajiv's commercial approach, backed by an understanding of the markets in which his clients operate given his broad-ranging experience in all aspects of private equity, ensures his clients can complete transactions knowing that they are well-advised. Rajiv’s practice has covered advising private equity houses on investments and exits (including Agathos Management, bd-capital, Soho Square Capital and FPE Capital), advising management teams on large cap deals (such as the management team of the personal lines broking business of The Ardonagh Group (Atlanta, valued at £1.2b) on its merger with Markerstudy Group and the management team of RiverStone Europe on its acquisition by CVC Capital Partners) , advising institutions on GP-led continuation vehicle transactions (on both the sellside and the buyside) and working with investee companies on bolt-ons and portfolio management.
Aside from his responsiveness, can-do personality and commitment to his client’s strategic objectives, it is Rajiv's broad-ranging experience of all aspects of private equity and secondaries transactions across multiple jurisdictions which positions Rajiv well to act as a trusted advisor for a range of clients in an ever-evolving private equity landscape.
Agathos Management Transactions
Advised Agathos Management on numerous buyouts and bolt-ons, including buyouts of Plowman Craven, Enfuse Group and Lexxic.
Soho Square’s Investment in Netomnia
Advising Soho Square Capital on its investment in Netomnia, subsequent funding rounds and Netomnia’s merger with BRSK to create the second largest Altnet in the UK.
Osprey Investors Investment in Xplor
Advised Osprey Investors on its investment in Xplor Technologies LLC and Xplor’s subsequent merger with Clubessentials, creating a combined organization serving more than 130,000 customers worldwide and processing $47 billion in annual payments volume.
Kline Hill Partners Secondaries Investments
Advising Kline Hill Partners as lead investor on its secondaries investments in a continuation fund established by GEC, a multi-asset continuation fund raised by Phoenix Equity Partners and a continuation fund established by Presidio.
Bowmark Capital Transactions
Advised Bowmark Capital on its investments in Altia Solutions and Cornwall Insight Group, as well as its exit of The Leaders Romans Group.
Greenpeak
Advised GREENPEAK, a leading mid-market buy and build specialist in the DACH region, on its inaugural GP-led secondaries transaction forming a multi-asset continuation fund in which HarbourVest Partners was principal lead investor.
Ardonagh
Advised the management team of the personal lines broking business of The Ardonagh Group (Atlanta, valued at £1.2b) on its merger with Markerstudy Group.
