Sydney Clément practices corporate law with a focus on private equity, M&A, and real estate private equity. She advises private equity funds, asset managers, sponsors, and private companies on domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, reorganizations, fund formation, primary and secondary market transactions, and general corporate matters.
Recent transactions include advising CBRE Investment Management on its investment into NW1 Partners and URBZ Capital's Dutch Industrial Outdoor Storage vehicle; Goldman Sachs on the related joint venture and management arrangements with Generation Partners and Now Student Living Limited with respect to their £110 million acquisition from AIG of two student accommodation properties in Bournemouth and Cardiff; Macquarie Asset Management on the sale of its Romanian renewable energy business (Evryo Power) to PPC; TransDigm Group Incorporated on the disposal of Mastsystem Int'l Oy to Lagercrantz Group AB; Crosstree Real Estate Partners on the acquisition of a site at Tottenham Hale, London for a purpose-built student accommodation development; TransDigm Group on its acquisition of FPT Industries, a division of GKN Aerospace that manufactures fuel systems and flotation devices; and Pantheon Ventures in a number of primary and secondary investments.
Experience
- The University of Law, Moorgate (Legal Practice Course with distinction 2023; Graduate Diploma in Law with distinction 2021); Durham University (B.Sc. Hons. in Anthropology 2019)
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
- French and Spanish