Adam Greaves
Partner

Practice Leader
Private Equity

Contact

(T) +44.20.7039.5251
(F) +44.20.7039.5999

Education

  • The College of Law, Guildford (Law Society Finals 1980); Cambridge University, Selwyn College (M.A. in Law 1979)

Bar Admissions

  • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Adam Greaves is a corporate lawyer with more than 25 years of experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance transactions and fund-raisings across a wide variety of sectors. He is head of Jones Day's U.K. Private Equity Practice.

Adam has worked for a range of private equity investors, including Alcuin Capital, Baird Capital Partners, BancBoston Capital, Bowmark Capital, Gresham, Indigo Capital, Inflexion Private Equity, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investments, Net Partners, and Sovereign Capital.

His private equity work includes acting for senior management on the £472 million ($777 million) buyout of SAV Credit backed by Värde, Inflexion Private Equity on the £78.3 million ($129 million) take private of Ideal Shipping Direct plc, and senior management of Cabot Financial Group on its tertiary MBO and related acquisition of Apex Credit Management to form a combined group with more than £5.6 billion of assets.

Adam also has acted as lead lawyer on a range of other transactions, including, in recent years, the £245 million ($478 million) sale of Linden Holdings Plc to Galliford Try plc, the sale by scheme of arrangement of Deltron Electronics plc to Abacus Group plc, and the successful bid by Contracting Solutions Group for Lorien plc.


Honors & Distinctions

  • Chambers UK — leading private equity lawyer (2003-2009)

    Chambers Global — leading private equity lawyer (2003, 2005-2007)

    Legal 500 UK (2008) — recommended in corporate, private equity, and venture capital

    Legal Experts UK (2008) — recommended in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity
Adam Greaves