Sacha Gofton-Salmond 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.
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Work Highlights
Notable recent experience includes representing:
- Verdane on its €635 million multi-asset continuation fund, creating an extension of its partnership with the Arrive Group, Talentech and the Pet Media Group
- CVC Capital Partners on the extension of its partnership with Good Choice, through a $640 million transfer of the business from CVC Asia IV to a CVC managed continuation fund and CVC Asia VI
- Norvestor on the extension of its partnership with the PHM Group and Sperre Air Power through a €multi-billion transfer of the businesses to a multi-asset GP-led continuation fund and Norvestor Fund IX
- Corsair Capital on its multi-asset continuation fund and secondary co-investment fund set up to acquire a diversified portfolio of three high-performing European portfolio companies across multiple Corsair funds in services, software and payments
- Astorg on the extension of its partnership with Normec, the leading testing, inspection and certification business through a €multi-billion transfer of the business to a GP-led continuation fund
- CVC Capital Partners on the extension of its partnership with Multiversity, the 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 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
Accolades
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Chambers UK, “Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries” (2024-2026)
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The Lawyer, Hot 100 (2025)
Education
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BPP University Law School, 2008 L.P.C.
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University of Bristol, 2007 LL.B.
Sacha Gofton-Salmond is a Partner in the Firm’s Fund Transactions Practice, based in London. 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:
- Verdane on its €635 million multi-asset continuation fund, creating an extension of its partnership with the Arrive Group, Talentech and the Pet Media Group
- CVC Capital Partners on the extension of its partnership with Good Choice, through a $640 million transfer of the business from CVC Asia IV to a CVC managed continuation fund and CVC Asia VI
- Norvestor on the extension of its partnership with the PHM Group and Sperre Air Power through a €multi-billion transfer of the businesses to a multi-asset GP-led continuation fund and Norvestor Fund IX
- Corsair Capital on its multi-asset continuation fund and secondary co-investment fund set up to acquire a diversified portfolio of three high-performing European portfolio companies across multiple Corsair funds in services, software and payments
- Astorg on the extension of its partnership with Normec, the leading testing, inspection and certification business through a €multi-billion transfer of the business to a GP-led continuation fund
- CVC Capital Partners on the extension of its partnership with Multiversity, the 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 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
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. She 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”, and was included in The Lawyer’s “Hot 100, 2025”.
Sacha earned her LPC from BPP Law School in 2008 and received a LLB from University of Bristol in 2007. She is admitted to practice in England and Wales.