Adrian Mayer

Adrian is a corporate transactional lawyer and specialises in advising on private equity investments and corporate finance work. He advises on a broad range of corporate and M&A transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, re-capitalisations, joint ventures and strategic alliances, venture capital and private equity transactions (including management buyouts), acting for investors, corporates and management teams. His work is both domestic and international.

Adrian leads the firm’s Africa Group and is very experienced advising clients across the continent, particularly in Nigeria, across a number of industry groups and sectors, including real estate and construction, agribusiness, financial services, energy and natural resources and retail and leisure.
Adrian advises a range of financial institutions including international private equity fund managers and banks, and also family-owned businesses, large and medium sized corporates (both public and private) and individuals.

He has a proven track record of working with multi-national clients undertaking complex cross-border transactions and acting on numerous projects in multiple jurisdictions all over Africa.
He is an active participant in a number of African focused bodies, including the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and a frequent traveler to the region. Adrian is an Alumni of London Business School, having completed its Corporate Finance Program.