Seb FitzGerald has extensive experience advising on complex cross-border financings across a variety of sectors and credit products, with a focus on leveraged financings, restructurings and special situations investing.
FitzGerald has acted for various leading private equity sponsors and financial investors and institutions in the U.S. and European financing markets, including Advent, Ardian, BC Partners, Blackstone, BlackRock, Cinven, CVC, Eurazeo, FTV Capital, Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners, KKR, Montagu, PAI Partners, Silver Lake, Sixth Street and Triple Private Equity, among others.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Special Situations Lawyers | 2026 | Leveraged Finance, Restructuring, Special Situation Investing |
FitzGerald’s representations since joining Skadden in 2024 include advising:
- CVC Capital Partners on numerous transactions, including the:
- €2.7 billion financing of Cooper Consumer Health including the financing to acquire Viatris Inc.’s over-the-counter business
- €1.6 billion financing for Syntegon, a leading packaging technology business unit
- financing for the acquisition of The Quality Group, a manufacturer of sports performance nutrition products
- BlackRock on various transactions, including its acquisitions of:
- Preqin at an enterprise value of £2.55 billion
- Viridium Group as part of a consortium of investors at an enterprise value of €3.5 billion
- L’Occitane Group and the majority shareholder of L’Occitane International, in a take-private transaction for L’Occitane International that valued the company at €6 billion
- FTV Capital on various transactions, including its acquisitions of:
- N2F, a leading provider of spend management software
- FundApps, a leading compliance monitoring platform
- Insight Partners on various financings, including for its portfolio company OptoScale AS’ acquisition of Optimeering Aqua and a refinancing of the SignUp Software Group
- Walkers, a leading international law firm, on the carve-out and strategic investment, alongside Vitruvian Partners, into its Walkers Professional Services (WPS) business
- Radian Group Inc. on its primarily all-cash $1.7 billion acquisition of Inigo Limited, a Lloyd’s specialty insurer, from a consortium of institutional investors (including J.C. Flowers & Co, Oak Hill Advisors, CDPQ, QIA, Stone Point Capital, Capital City Partners and Dowling Capital Partners), Enstar Group and management shareholders
- Montagu on various transactions, including the separation of its portfolio company DEAS into two business units and subsequent disposal of (i) the real estate services business of DEAS to PHM Denmark, a portfolio company of Norvestor, and (ii) the asset management services business of DEAS to Fokus Nordic AB, a portfolio company of BlackFin Capital Partners
- Optio Group Limited, a portfolio company of Preservation Capital Partners Limited, on financing matters, including its acquisition of Circles Group. S.A.
- I Squared Capital on its acquisition of Ramudden Global AB from private equity fund Triton Partners