Linklaters landed its first mandate from private equity (PE) house BC Partners at the end of July, with PE partners Alex Woodward and Vincent Ponsonnaille leading on a $1.6bn deal for a majority stake in Israeli furniture makerKeter Plastic.
BC, which has traditionally usedDickson Minto, turned toLinklaters as it trumped rivals The Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners to acquire an 80% stake inKeter from the Sagol family. Woodward and Ponsonnaille worked alongside Linklaters finance partners Brian Gray and Kathryn Merryfield, and tax partner Édouard Chapellier.
