As a member of our Private Funds Practice based in London, Seema Shah focuses on the sponsoring and operation of private investment funds, and other aspects of private investing in alternative asset classes, including the structuring of executive carried interest and co-investment arrangements, separate account arrangements and GP-led secondary transactions and restructurings.
Seema has advised numerous sponsors of private equity, real estate, credit and secondaries funds, including Actis, Apax Partners, BC Partners, Cinven, Coller Capital, CVC Capital Partners, CVC Credit Partners, GLP and Mid Europa.
Having been named a “Rising Star” in Asset Management by Law360, Seema was also recognized as one of two lawyers named in the “25 Rising Stars of Private Equity in Europe” for 2021 by Financial News.
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Work Highlights
- Apax Partners on the establishment of its $13 billion target private equity fund, Apax XI and its $11 billion predecessor private equity fund, Apax X
- Apax Partners on the establishment of Apax Digital Fund II, a $1.75 billion tech-focused growth equity fund, Apax Global Impact, its inaugural, $900 million fund environmental or socially focused fund and AMI II, its $600 million second Israel focused fund
- Coller Capital on the establishment of its $9 billion secondaries fund, Coller International Partners VIII, and on CIP IX, its current $10 billion target flagship fund
- Coller Capital on the establishment of Coller Credit Opportunities I, its > $1 billion inaugural secondaries credit fund and its successor fund, Coller Credit Opportunities II
- GLP on the establishment of its €1.25 billion European core+ real estate fund
- BC Partners on the sale by BCEC Fund IX of Springer Nature to a single asset continuation fund, in one of Europe’s largest-ever GP-led secondaries transactions worth over €1 billion
- Mid Europa Partners on several GP-led secondary transactions relating to various assets
Accolades
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“25 Rising Stars of Private Equity in Europe,” Financial News (2021)
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“Rising Star in Asset Management,” Law360 (2018)
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“Associate to Watch,” U.K. Private Equity Investment Funds Category, Chambers (2015-2016)
Education
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Nottingham Law School, 2004 Legal Practice Course
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University of Cambridge, 2003 B.A.
Honors
Seema Shah is a member of our Private Funds Practice based in London, focusing on the sponsoring and operation of private investment funds, and other aspects of private investing in alternative asset classes, including the structuring of executive carried interest and co-investment arrangements and separate account arrangements. Seema has advised some of Europe’s leading sponsors on some of the largest fundraisings in Europe, including Apax Partners, BC Partners, Coller Capital, CVC Capital Partners and CVC Credit Partners.
A recognized emerging leader in fund formation, Seema has been honored as one of two lawyers named among the “25 Rising Stars of Private Equity in Europe” for 2021 by Financial News and named a “Rising Star” in Asset Management by Law360 in 2018.
Seema received her B.A. (Hons) in Law from Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge in 2003 and was awarded her Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction from Nottingham Law School in 2004.