Ed Saunders has re-joined global law firm Goodwin as partner in the firm’s private equity practice in London. Saunders was previously a finance associate in Goodwin’s UK Private Equity practice for three years to 2019.
Saunders acts for managers, general partners, funds, banks, non-bank lenders and other market participants on a range of products across the fund finance sector. His extensive experience includes acting on subscription line, umbrella and managed account financings, net asset value (NAV) and hybrid fund facilities across various asset classes, preferred equity arrangements and management and co-investment liquidity lines, including advising on security packages in respect of complex multi-jurisdictional fund structures.
He has also counselled clients including private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure funds on various financing elements of fundraisings and investor negotiation and has previously completed a secondment to the fund finance team of a leading UK bank.
