Luke Powell Managing partner

Managing partner

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Luke is the firm’s managing partner, having been appointed in May 2022.

From 2018 to 2022, Luke was the co-head of our corporate and M&A team and he remains a partner in the group advising on all aspects of M&A transactions. Luke has experience in many sectors but particularly specialises in financial services, asset management and private equity (both buy-outs and secondaries).

Clients for whom he acts regularly include Chrysalis Investments, Federated Hermes, Glendower Capital, Goldman Sachs, Keyhaven Capital, Legal & General and Permira.

Watch Luke in conversation with our COO Katherine Milliken during which they discuss their new roles, what they think makes Macfarlanes different, and a little bit about their lives outside the firm.

Expertise

Recent work

Goldman Sachs

Advising Goldman Sachs on multiple transactions including the acquisition of the NBG funds from National Bank of Greece S.A.

Legal & General

Advising Legal & General on multiple transactions, including its investments in Pemberton and Salary Finance.

Arcmont

Advising Arcmont on its spin-out from BlueBay Asset Management, backed by Dyal Capital Partners, and its establishment as a stand-alone business.

Keyhaven Capital

Advising Keyhaven Capital on a funding commitment of up to €260m from Aleph Capital Partners and Crestview Partners into DARAG, a Keyhaven portfolio company specialising in acquiring run-off insurance portfolios.

Hermes Investment Management

Advising Hermes Investment Management on the sale of a 60% interest to Federated Investors.

J.C. Flowers & Co.

Advising J.C. Flowers & Co. on multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Interactive Investors and Cabot Credit Management Limited.

L3Harris Technologies

Advising L3Harris Technologies on its sale for $1bn of its Security Detection and Automation businesses to Leidos Holdings, Inc., its £224m acquisition of MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Limited, its £143m acquisition of CTC Aviation from Inflexion Private Equity Partners and on the £83m acquisition of Thales’ civil aircraft simulation and training business.

Glendower Capital

Advising Glendower Capital on its backing of Zurmont Madison, the BlueGem Capital restructuring and the acquisition of Liberty.

Chrysalis Investments

Chrysalis Investments on its investments in Hut Group, Transferwise, Secret Escapes, Growth Street, WeFox, Featurespace, Starling Bank and Smart Pensions.

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"Luke Powell has an eye for every bit of detail and is fully involved in each of our transactions. He knows exactly what we want to achieve out of each of our investments and he makes it happen. He has become a trusted adviser and a first point of contact for the entire team."

The UK Legal 500 2022

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