Jeremy
Leggate

As Co-Head of European Investment Funds, Jeremy Leggate’s practice focuses on advising private fund sponsors on all aspects of the formation and operation of private investment funds across various strategies and asset classes, including private equity, growth, credit, hybrid and infrastructure funds. Jeremy’s experience includes advising sponsors in connection with continuation vehicles and other GP-led secondary transactions, investment management M&A and other strategic or upper-tier transactions, seeding arrangements, co-investment arrangements, spin-outs and joint ventures.

Jeremy has represented numerous high-profile clients including:

• Apheon
• Apollo Global Management
• Atomico
• Basalt Infrastructure Partners
• Bowmark Capital
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital
• ECI Partners
• Elektra Capital
• Fremman Capital
• FSN Capital
• General Atlantic
• Highland Europe
• IK Partners
• Investindustrial
• KLAR Partners
• Montagu Private Equity
• TowerBrook

Jeremy has been recognized by a number of industry publications, including Chambers UK (2023 – 2026), The Legal 500 (2026) and IFLR1000 (2026). The Legal 500 named him a “Leading Partner” for Private Funds (2026). In Legal 500, Clients describe Jeremy as:

• “a phenomenal legal adviser who always makes you feel that you are in safe hands with any complex task”
• “has exceptional breadth of knowledge and is incredibly quick to respond”;
• “smart and hugely dynamic”;
• “diligent, thorough, and responsive”;
• “an outstanding commercial lawyer in all aspects of fundraising.”