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Alice Picton

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Alice is a senior associate in the Private Equity group.

She specialises in advising private equity houses, and their portfolio companies and management teams, on UK and cross-border acquisitions, disposals and restructurings across a range of industry sectors. Alice also advises corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate matters.

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CV

Since 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2019 Trainee Solicitor, Taylor Wessing
2019 Admitted as a laywer in England & Wales
2018 MA, LPC with Business, BPP University Law School, London
2017 Legal Practice Course, BPP University Law School, London
2016 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University Law School, London
2015 BA Hons, Durham University

Career

Since 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2019 Trainee Solicitor, Taylor Wessing

Education

2019 Admitted as a laywer in England & Wales
2018 MA, LPC with Business, BPP University Law School, London
2017 Legal Practice Course, BPP University Law School, London
2016 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University Law School, London
2015 BA Hons, Durham University

Experience

Supporting Inflexion's sale of Xtrac

We advised leading mid-market private equity firm Inflexion, and the group's senior management team, on the sale of Xtrac, a market-leading manufacturer of transmissions systems for the motorsport and high-performance sectors.

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