Piers Warburton

Piers Warburton

Partner based in London

Piers Warburton

Piers Warburton is the global head of investment funds

Piers has extensive experience advising on all aspects of investment funds, including the formation of large international private equity funds and debt funds.

He has built strong and long-lasting relationships with leading fund managers and investors, and has led major fund-raising projects for clients such as Altor Equity Partners and ICG plc. These have included funds with innovative structures and market-leading terms, and have often involved careful project management to achieve single closing fund-raisings on short timetables.

Piers and his team advise on high-profile fund-raisings and transactions which have won them numerous awards including Funds Team of the Year, Highly Commended - The Lawyer Awards 2022, Funds Team of the Year - The Lawyer Awards 2020, Private Equity Team of the Year (Funds) - British Legal Awards 2019, Law Firm of the Year, Europe - Private Debt Investor Awards 2019 and 2018, and Best Real Estate Law Firm, Europe - Property Funds World Global Awards 2018.