Sean Wright

Sean advises clients on a broad range of UK and international corporate and finance tax matters. His experience includes advising on M&A and private equity transactions, complex financings and cross-border restructurings and reorganisations. 

Prior to joining Weil, Sean worked in the tax team at a leading global firm in London.

Representative experience as part of a team includes advising:

• Ad hoc group of noteholders on the restructuring of Petrofac
• Ad hoc group of noteholders on the restructuring of Tullow Oil
• Advent International on numerous transactions, including recently on:
• with portfolio company, Rubix, on the carve-out acquisition of ERIKS UK & Ireland;
• the $1.55 billion sale of Ultra PCS to Eaton;
• the $3.45 billion sale of Ultra Maritime to Lockheed Martin;
• €1.8 billion investment in Planet, an integrated payment services provider;
• the acquisition of Hoist Group, a provider of hotel management software;
• the acquisition of myPOS, an integrated payment services provider, and its subsequent bolt-on acquisition of UTP; and
• the sale of IRCA, a global B2B manufacturer of ingredient solutions, to CVC
• Ares on the financing of Charlesbank Capital Partners’ acquisition of Perspective Financial Group; and on the refinancing and restructuring of the TalkTalk Group
• Bain Capital on its £1.2 billion sale of esure Group, the UK-based insurer, to Ageas; and on its investment in HSO, a leading global Microsoft services partner
• British Columbia Investment Management Corporation on the £1.062 billion recommended cash offer for BBGI Global Infrastructure SA
• CVC on multiple financings including its bid for DB Schenker
• Froneri on its acquisition of the European ice cream business of Food Union
• General Atlantic on its $525 million partial sale of its stake in Property Finder, a leading property portal in the Middle East and North Africa, to Permira and Blackstone Growth
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management on its financing for Charterhouse Capital Partners' portfolio company, Casa Optima; and on its financing of a Terlos-led consortium's acquisition of Casa Optima
• HPS and Permira Credit, as senior lenders, on the consensual handover of the Away Resorts Group as part of its wider restructuring, including the amendment and restatement of the group's existing financing
• InfraBridge, a division of DigitalBridge, on the combination of VXFiber and Lila Connect with Freedom Fibre; and on the subsequent merger of Freedom Fibre with Truespeed Communications
• KLAR Partners on its acquisition of Ventro Group, a leading provider of building safety and compliance services
• Lone Star Funds on the acquisition of DOMO Engineered Materials from DOMO Group
• L'Oréal on its acquisition of Color Wow
• Mason Capital and Pearlstone on the acquisition of Petrofac Emirates
• Montagu on its acquisition of OASIS Group, a leading records and information management company in Europe; and on the financing of its acquisition of Multifonds, a carve-out from Temenos AG
• OCS Group, a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, on its acquisition of EMCOR UK
• PAI Partners on the financing of its bid for the consumer health business of Sanofi
• PSG on its acquisition of Sign In App
• Silver Lake and its portfolio company, Cegid, on the acquisition of Shine
• Sun European Partners on its sale of Sports & Leisure Group to TenCate Grass
• Unitas Capital and NWS Holdings on the $425 million sale of Hyva, a global technology leader in hydraulic solutions, to JOST Werke SE