Paul Buchan

Primary Focus & Experience

Paul's practice focuses on private equity transactions. He represents a broad range of private equity houses, financial sponsors and other stakeholders on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, bolt-ons and reorganizations across numerous sectors and geographies. Paul has advised on transactions employing a variety of structures including schemes of arrangement and portfolio transfers as well as more mainstream direct secondaries.

Select highlights of Paul's transactions include the representation of:

• Vitruvian Partners on the sale of Phlexglobal to PharmaLex*
• Dentex Healthcare Group and its shareholders on the sale of the company to Portman Healthcare*
• IFGL and Vitruvian Partners on the acquisition of Friends Provident International*
• The Key on its acquisition of Arbor Education and the related disposal of a controlling stake in the combined business to CBPE*
• Stirling Square on the carve-out of Consensus Support Services from the Caring Homes Group*
• Actis on its assumption of management rights in a number of Abraaj funds, including Abraaj Private Equity Fund IV, a global buyout fund, and Abraaj Africa Fund III, a fund for investment in sub-Saharan Africa*
• Scottish Rugby on the investment by CVC in the Pro14 League*
• Scottish Rugby on the investment by CVC in the Six Nations Tournament*

Recognition & Accomplishments

Prior to joining Milbank LLP, Paul was a partner in the London office of a boutique law firm specializing in corporate law and private equity matters.

*Handled prior to joining Milbank LLP.