Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, has added Sava Savov as a new Corporate shareholder to lead the Private Equity Practice in the firm’s London office as part of a strategic push to further develop its global PE capabilities.
Savov is a highly experienced and private equity lawyer whose broad practice encompasses all aspects of private equity and special situations, with specific experience in acquisitions and disposals, platform formations and investments, management equity, structured equity, corporate restructuring and distressed situations, and other special situations.
Savov has previously been a partner in private equity ventures, as well as at several global law firms, after first becoming a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, and has also held a vice president role at Oaktree Capital Management. He is admitted to practice in England & Wales and New York.
Savov’s appointment follows the recent hires of Philip Cooke and Patrick Kassen in New York, Noah M. Mullin in Portland, Matthew Whited in Chicago, and Chadi Salloum and Pawel J Szaja in the United Arab Emirates, all of whom have broad experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity.
