Ethan Douglas
Associate
Ethan is an associate in the London Private Equity and Corporate teams. He is experienced in primarily mid-market domestic and cross-border transactions representing private equity, corporate, founder and management shareholders. Ethan regularly advises on acquisitions, investments, exits and disposals, as well as undertaking portfolio advisory work. He has experience acting for clients in the financial services, technology, entertainment, sport and industrial sectors.
Ethan has previously spent time on secondment at Tesco and RBS.
- Advised ECI Partners on its investment in CSL (Dualcom), market leaders in providing M2M and IoT connectivity solutions in the fire, security and telehealth sectors.
- Advised Inflexion on its investment in Sparta Global, an innovative technology and training services provider to, among others, Channel 4 and Royal Bank of Scotland.
- Advised MML Capital Partners on a substantial investment and several subsequent bolt-on transactions for the portfolio company.
- Advised the incoming management team on the investment and restructure of the Addison Lee Group.
- Advised KVH Industries on the disposal of the Videotel group of companies to an affiliate of Oakley Capital.
- Advised Live Nation on various transactions.
- Advised International Entertainment Corporation on the acquisition of Wigan Athletic Football Club.
- Advised the shareholders of Bullitt Group, a UK-headquartered mobile device producer, on the sale of the company to Exponent Private Equity.
- Advised Lucite International on the disposal of its cast acrylic sheet and composites business.
- Advised the shareholders of Market Data Services, a technology expense management services company, on the sale to US private equity firm, Sumeru Equity Partners.
- Advised the shareholders of 118 Group on the sale to Pricoa Capital Group. Advised on the independent review into allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse and exploitation at a Premier League football club.
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP, 2015
- University of Bristol, Law (LLB), 2014
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2018