Rebecca Villarreal is an M&A partner and member of the Private Capital Team.
Rebecca advises private investment funds, their portfolio companies and management teams on transactions across the financial and business services (in particular within insurance), real estate, industrials and chemicals, technology and consumer sectors throughout Europe. Rebecca has structured and negotiated the full spectrum of private equity deal types including leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, public-to-privates, growth capital, minority investments, consortium deals and co-investments, as well as the equity aspects of distressed situations.
Rebecca has been recognized as a notable M&A lawyer by IFLR 1000.
Education
- University of Virginia Law School, J.D.
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University of Texas, Austin, B.B.A.
with honors
Admissions & Qualifications
- United Kingdom
Awards & Recognition
IFLR 1000 United Kingdom: M&A: Notable Practitioner 2021-2022
The Legal 500 United Kingdom: Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £750m+ 2024
The Legal 500 United Kingdom: Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity: Transactions: High value deals (£250m+) 2024
Matters
Representative matters:
- Auctane, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on its acquistion of Packlink
- HGGC, in connection with its investment in Specialist Risk Group
- Lovell Minnick Partners, in connection with the potential acquisition of London & Capital
- A sovereign wealth fund, in connection with a number of growth equity investments
- HGGC in connection with the sale of a majority stake in Davies, a leading specialist professional services and technology business serving the global insurance market*
- HGGC in connection with its acquisition of Specialist Risk Group, a specialist insurance broker*
- Oakhill Advisors in its equity investment in start-up specialty Lloyds insurer Inigo*
- SK Capital in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of an interest in Venator Materials Plc*
- Lovell Minnick Partners in connection with its investment in insurance services company Charles Taylor*
- Davies Group, a portfolio company of HGGC, in its acquisition of Keoghs, a legal services firm for the insurance sector*
- Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division on its acquisition of B&B Hotels*
- Gazit-Globe Limited in its offer for Atrium European Real Estate Limited*
- HGGC in connection with its sale of a minority stake in its portfolio company Davies Group to Alberta Investment Management Corporation*
- HGGC in its acquisition of Davies Group, a leading provider of outsourced insurance claims and risk services to the risk and insurance industry*
- Summit Partners in its minority investment in Siteimprove A/S, a provider of web governance software*
- Summit Partners in its sale of a stake in Welltec International, a provider and developer of well technology and solutions for the oil and gas industry*
- PIMCO in connection with its investment in LAR Espana*
- Blackstone in carve-out and reorganisation transactions in relation to the O’Flynn Group*
- Sun European Partners in its acquisition of the Finlays group, a horticultural business based in Africa and Europe*
- Olympus Partners and its portfolio company Liquibox in the acquisition of Maverick Engineering and Maverick Flexibles*
*at prior firm.