London—Dentons is pleased to announce that Nicholas Plant has joined the firm to lead the private equity group in the UK, Middle East and Africa region. Nicholas joins from SJ Berwin where he has been a partner in the corporate finance group since 2007.

Nicholas focuses his practice on advising private equity houses on domestic and cross-border leveraged buy-outs. He also advises on general M&A and joint ventures. Of late he has been particularly involved in acting for US corporates, healthcare sector clients and on deal-by-deal financings.

Richard Barham, partner and head of Dentons' Corporate practice, said; “Nicholas’ first-class credentials coupled with his drive will enable us to strengthen our private equity offering in the UK and beyond. He joins at an exciting time for the firm and will work with private equity colleagues around the world to further develop the Dentons’ global private equity group.”

Nicholas joined SJ Berwin as a trainee in 1996 and qualified as a solicitor in the firm's corporate finance group in 1998.

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