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Ylan Steiner
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Ylan Steiner  Partner
+44 (0)20 7111 2400
ylan.steiner@sjberwin.com

Ylan covers a broad range of corporate and private equity transactions, with particular emphasis on management buyouts, portfolio (direct secondary) transactions, venture and growth financings and a full range of related exits.  Following an earlier career as a computer programmer/software consultant, Ylan has extensive experience within the technology industry and also advises a number of growth companies on their M&A and financing requirements.

Amongst numerous other transactions in 2007 Ylan has advised:

  • Eton Park, Appaloosa, Groupe Arnault and others on their investment in the Ukrainian-based cable TV and internet access businesses Volia Cable and Oisiw and subsequent selldown of a partial interest to Providence Equity Partners for $200m

  • RIT Capital Partners PLC on their participation in the equity financing of the $2.4bn public to private acquisition of The Readers Digest and their disposal of interests in Asia-Pacific's leading serviced office network, head-quartered in HongKong

  • a private equity investor on the acquisition of a portfolio of 5 investments from a well known mid-market private equity house

  • various financing for technology and life science venture investors including Kennet Capital, Abingworth Bioventures, Apax Partners, 4D Global Energy, Accel Partners, SoftBank Europe, DFJ Esprit and Amadeus Capital Partners

Key highlights in 2006 include advising SGAM/4D Global Energy Development Capital Fund on its participation in a £200m financing of Fairfield Energy, a UK based North Sea oil exploration and production company; and advising the shareholders of Eclipse Scientific (including RIT Capital Partners Plc and Clearbrook Capital) on the £50 million sale of the company.

Ylan is a regular speaker at seminars, having led the sessions on legal aspects of management buyout investments at the recent EVCA Institute - Foundation Course for Investment Professionals in Barcelona and Amsterdam.  He also spoke on "The Evolution of the Secondary Market" at the 5th Annual Private Equity Saved Forum in Zurich in January 2008 and participated on the Panel at the 2006 IBA conference in Chicago debating "The convergence of private equity and hedge funds as an asset class".