Anu Balasubramanian

Anu is the chair of our European Private Equity practice. She is regarded as one of the most respected private equity lawyers in London and a key, trusted adviser for private equity clients in the execution of their most complex, cross-border mandates. The Financial Times listed her as “One of the 10 most innovative lawyers in Europe” and Private Equity News included her in the 20 Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers for 2024 and 2025. She is ranked in the “Hall of Fame” by Legal 500 UK and has been ranked for a number of years in Chambers UK and IFLR. Clients describe her as “an exceptional attorney with an unwavering commitment to excellence” and as having “sound commercial acumen combined with technical ability.”

• Francisco Partners on a number of transactions including:
  • its investment in Orisha alongside TA Associates*
  • the acquisition of Macrobond from Nordic Capital
  • its acquisition of Keyloop
  • its investment in nShift alongside Marlin Equity Partners
• Abry Partners on a number of transactions including:
  • the acquisition of AA Ireland*
  • the acquisition of Burgess Hodgson LLP*
  • the acquisition of Chambers and Partners from Inflexion Private Equity
  • the sale of Options IT to Vitruvian Partners*
  • the sale of Reward Gateway, alongside Castik Capital, to Edenred
  • its acquisition of Aker Systems*
• Oakley Capital on a number of transactions including:
  • the sale of Ocean Technology Group to Lloyds Register*
  • its investment in ProductLife Group, in a joint venture alongside 21 Invest*
  • the carve-out of Flemming Dental, Excent and Antinorway from EDG (owned by Nordic Capital)*
  • its acquisition and merger of Primavera and Ekon*
  • its acquisition of vLex
  • the sale of atHome group to Mayfair Equity Partners
• Wipro Limited on a number of transactions including:
  • the acquisition of certain assets forming part of the Wealthtime Business*
  • its strategic partnership with the Phoenix Group
  • its acquisition of Designit
• Link Mobility on a number of transactions including:
  • the acquisition of SMSPortal
  • the acquisition of Message Broadcast
  • its listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange
• TeamViewer on the acquisition of 1E from Carlyle*
• Marlin Equity Partners on its investment in OpenAsset*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

• Private Equity News, one of the "Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers in Europe" (2024-2025)
• The Legal 500 UK, "Hall of Fame" for Private Equity (2020-2025)
• Chambers & Partners, ranked with clients describing her as "very knowledgeable, responsive and focused on the issues which matter" (2024-2025)
• Women in Business Law Awards EMEA, Private Equity Lawyer of the Year (2022, 2024)
• Financial Times, one of “The 10 Most Innovative Lawyers in Europe” (2020)
• British Legal Awards, Dealmaker of the Year (2019)
• The Deal Awards Europe, Private Equity Dealmaker of the Year (2019)
• TMT M&A Awards, TMT Lawyer of the Year (2019)

Publications:

• Quoted, “Are SPACS Here to Stay or Will Regulation Destroy Them?” Law Monthly, May 28, 2021