A partner in the Private Equity M&A Group, Oliver Marcuse advises leading international private equity firms and portfolio companies on complex cross-border transactions. His practice encompasses a wide range of matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, GP-led M&A and secondaries transactions, mergers, joint ventures, co-investments, IPOs, restructurings and refinancings.
Marcuse’s expertise spans multiple sectors, including healthcare, infrastructure, consumer, industrials, logistics and technology. He has worked on some of the most significant cross-border private equity deals in Europe, representing major sponsors and their portfolio companies.
With extensive experience gained through his work with top-tier private equity firms, including secondments at CVC and Cinven, Marcuse brings a deep understanding of the European private equity landscape to his practice.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Private Equity M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Private Equity M&A |
Marcuse’s notable representations have included:
- D1 Capital Partners on its equity investment in Kraken, the London-based technology arm of Octopus Energy that provides its AI-powered operating system to energy utilities worldwide
- BlackRock Long Term Private Capital, a BlackRock direct private equity strategy, on its sale of the Heywood Group to Pollen Street Capital and its portfolio company Keylane
- Oak Hill Advisors in its partnership with, and investment in, IDEAL Holdings, a Greece-based investment firm
- Shrieve Chemical Company, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital, in its acquisition of Ireland-based Carbon Chemicals Group Ltd, a full-service distributor of specialty chemicals, food ingredients, pharmaceutical raw materials and agriculture products
- Cinven and Novo Holdings in the €2.8 billion sale of Envirotainer to EQT and Mubadala
- Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa on the acquisition, and subsequent €9.8 billion IPO, of allegro.eu
- CVC in its £1.1 billion acquisition of leading consumer finance and tech business, NewDay, with Cinven
- BlackRock Private Equity Partners on a P2P co-investment
- Blackstone in its $640 million acquisition of a majority stake in The Office Group
- Onex in its acquisition of Independent Clinical Services from TowerBrook Capital Partners
- DWS Group in the sale of its Private Equity Solutions business to Brookfield Asset Management
- The founders of DRC Capital in its sale to Savills IM
- The shareholders of WSH in its £780 million partnership with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- ICGSE in its GP-led investment in certain assets of Mid Europa Funds III and IV
- CPPIB and Hermes in its £1.6 billion acquisition of a minority stake in Associated British Ports