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Jason Glover
 

Jason Glover

Partner
 
CityPoint | One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9HU EN
 
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Managing Partner of our London office and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, Jason Glover is among the most respected international private funds practitioners, representing many of the leading European and developing-market PE firms in structuring complex global funds. Jason’s clients include Actis, Affinity, Apax, Bridgepoint, CapVest, Cinven, Coller Capital, CVC, EQT, Oakley Capital, Softbank Group and Triton. His practice also includes structuring complex employee leveraged co-investment plans together with carried interest and other compensation plans. The Chambers 100 list ranked Jason in the top 10 of the best U.K. business lawyers. Including Jason on its “Legal Power 30” list,  Private Equity Manager declared him to be “one of the leading lights of big-ticket private equity fund formation work in Europe.” Jason has also been identified among the “50 Most Influential People in European Private Equity” and “20 Most Influential in Legal Services” in Europe by Financial News.

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Work Highlights
  • Apax Partners in the formation of Apax X, an $11 billion global fund
  • Bridgepoint in the establishment of Bridgepoint Europe VI, a €5.75 billion European buyout fund
  • CapVest in the establishment of CapVest V, a €2.75 billion European buyout fund
  • Cinven in the formation of Cinven VI, a €7 billion European buyout fund
  • Coller Capital in the formation of Coller VIII, a $9 billion secondary buyout fund
  • EQT in the establishment of the €15.7 billion EQT Infrastructure V fund and the €15.6 billion EQT IX fund
  • Oakley Capital in the formation of Oakley Capital Private Equity V, a €2.85 billion fund
  • Triton in the formation of Triton V, a €5 billion European buyout fund
  • Bridgepoint in a strategic minority investment by Dyal Partners
  • BC Partners in a strategic minority investment by Blackstone Alternative Asset Management 
Accolades
  • Recognized as one of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” by Private Equity News (2023)
  • Featured among the “Fifty Most Influential Lawyers” in Europe by Financial News (2021-2023)
  • Named among the “50 Most Influential People in European Private Equity” by Financial News (2019-2023)
  • “Global Private Funds Lawyer of the Year” by Who’s Who Legal (2008-2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022)
  • Ranked as a “Star Individual” in Chambers UK (2017-2023) and as a leading practitioner by The Legal 500 (2022-2023)
  • Ranked in the top 10 of Chambers 100 list of best U.K. business lawyers (2013)
  • Recognized as one of the 100 most influential persons in global private equity (and the highest ranked lawyer) by Private Equity International (2012)
Education
  • University of Bristol, 1988 LL.B.
Associations
  • Former Chair of IBA Private Funds Committee
  • Former Member of the Board of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
Admissions
  • England and Wales 1991

Jason Glover is Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s London office and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Jason focuses his practice on private fund formation, particularly private equity funds. He is a recognized leader in this area, having represented many of the most prominent European and developing market private equity firms in structuring complex global funds. His clients include Actis, Affinity, Apax, Bridgepoint, CapVest, Cinven, Coller Capital, CVC, EQT, Mid Europa, Oakley Capital, Softbank Group and Triton. His practice also includes structuring complex employee leveraged co-investment plans for leading global banks as well as advising fund managers seeking to establish ‘carried interest’ and other compensation plans. Jason has also advised a number of management teams on their spin-outs from institutions. Recent work highlights include:

  • Apax Partners in the formation of Apax X, an $11 billion global fund
  • Bridgepoint in the establishment of Bridgepoint Europe VI, a €5.75 billion European buyout fund
  • CapVest in the establishment of CapVest V, a €2.75 billion European buyout fund
  • Cinven in the formation of Cinven VI, a €7 billion European buyout fund
  • Coller Capital in the formation of Coller VIII, a $9 billion secondary buyout fund
  • EQT in the establishment of the €15.7 billion EQT Infrastructure V fund and the €15.6 billion EQT IX fund
  • Oakley Capital in the formation of Oakley Capital Private Equity V, a €2.85 billion fund
  • Triton in the formation of Triton V, a €5 billion European buyout fund
  • Bridgepoint in a strategic minority investment by Dyal Partners
  • BC Partners in a strategic minority investment by Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
During his career, Jason spent three years working in the private equity industry. As operations director for AIFAL, then the second-largest private equity manager in Asia, Jason was responsible for the day-to-day operational management for several funds, including Asian Infrastructure Fund. He gained further commercial experience as COO of what is now Duke Street Capital, where his role included active fundraising for an LBO fund that quadrupled funds under management. Subsequently he headed up the global private funds practice at Clifford Chance until 2010, when he moved to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Jason received his LL.B. from the University of Bristol in 1988. He has been recognized among the “50 Most Influential People in European Private Equity” by Financial News for five consecutive years, as well as among the “20 Most Influential in Legal Services” in Europe. He was named “Global Private Funds Lawyer of the Year” by Who’s Who Legal for each of years 2008 through 2012 and again in 2016, 2019 and 2022. He was recognized in the inaugural “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” list in 2023 and was also named in 2023 as one of the “Fifty Most Influential Lawyers" in Europe for the third consecutive year. Chambers 100 has ranked Jason in the top 10 of the best U.K. business lawyers. He was also identified by Private Equity International as one of the 100 most influential persons in global private equity (and was the highest-ranked lawyer in such list). Jason is a former Chair of the IBA Private Funds Committee and a former member of the Board of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association.

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      Jason Glover Named Among 2022 “50 Most Influential in Private Equity” by Private Equity News