Sacha Gofton-Salmond

Sacha Gofton-Salmond, based in the Firm’s London office, is a Partner in the Fund Transactions Practice.  She advises clients on the structuring and negotiation of complex secondary market solutions, including GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions, preferred equity financings and other structured secondary transactions in relation to both concentrated assets and diversified portfolios. In addition, she advises asset managers and their investors on co-investment transactions and also provides counsel on fund-level and manager restructurings. 

Notable recent experience includes representing:

• CVC Capital Partners on the proposed extension of its partnership with Multiversity, a leading Italian online higher education provider, through a €multi-billion transfer of the business from CVC Capital Partners VII to a CVC managed continuation fund and CVC Capital Partners VIII.
• A leading European large cap sponsor on the proposed extension of its partnership with a leading specialist ingredients distribution business through a €multi-billion transfer to a GP-led continuation fund and the sponsor’s flagship fund.
• A leading fund of funds on numerous GP-led secondary exits, including a $confidential structured exit of a mature portfolio of co-investment assets.
• Boots Pension Scheme on the disposal of the illiquid assets by the scheme in connection with the £4.8 billion full buy-in transaction by Legal & General Group plc.
• Rothesay Life plc on the acquisition and disposal of the illiquid assets of the Thales UK Pension Scheme in connection with a £2.7 billion full buy-in transaction.
• A leading fund of funds on numerous GP-led secondary transactions, including a $confidential structured exit of a mature portfolio of co-investment assets.

Sacha is at the forefront of the secondaries market and her insights have been featured in a number of industry publications including Private Equity International, Private Equity News and Private Funds CFO, among others.

Sacha has also been a regular speaker for Invest Europe's secondary transactions course.  Highly regarded in the secondaries space, Sacha is praised by clients in Chambers who say she is “accessible, smart, commercial, thorough and available”.