George Burt advises private equity funds and multinational corporations on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate matters, and has experience in a variety of sectors across both emerging and established markets.

Representative Work

Private Equity and Private Capital
- Advised Bain Capital Special Situations in the £1.2 billion investment it co-led with Pollen Street Capital in the merger between The Markerstudy Group and Atlanta Group.
- Advised Bain Capital Special Situations on its acquisition of Sunshine Leases.
- Advised Bain Capital Special Situations on its acquisition of the Andros Portfolio.
- Advised a private equity firm on the acquisition of a European pharmaceutical and healthcare business.
- Advised a private equity firm on its co-investment in the $4.3 billion acquisition of a stake in a multidisciplinary high-tech company.
- Advised TPG’s The Rise Fund in relation to its investment in Cellulant, the pan-African digital payments provider.
- Advised UFG Private Equity in relation to multiple divestments.
- Advised Admaius Capital Partners as the lead investor in its $100 million investment in MFS Africa, the largest digital payments network in Africa.
- Advised a private equity firm on its investment in a leading manufacturer of hydrogen sensors.
- Advised a private equity firm on its divestment of a fibre broadband provider.
- Advised Coller Capital on multiple secondary transactions.
- Advised a private equity firm as lead-investor in a £700m GP-led transaction.
- Advised Africa Capitalworks on its investment in Dorman Long Engineering, an international engineering company operating across the oil and gas, telecoms and energy industries.
- Advised Pantheon Ventures on multiple co-investment and secondary transactions.
- Advised Investec Investments and SC Lowy in relation to Gaucho Restaurant Group's acquisition of M Restaurants.
- Advised Sun Capital Partners on its investment in ROXi.
- Advised Equinor Energy Ventures on its investment in Reactive Technologies.
- Advised Ares Management on its acquisition of VetPartners.
- Advised Santander on the spin-out of its fintech venture capital fund, Santander Innoventures.

Mergers and Acquisitions
- Advised Intrum AB on a €1 billion asset sale to Cerberus Capital Management.
- Advised Nexperia BV on the $177 million sale of Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturer.
- Advised Edison Energy on its acquisition of Alfa Energy, the international energy and sustainability consultancy.
- Advised Fidelity Bank on its acquisition of Union Bank UK Plc.
- Advised on the sale of Capricorn Digital, owner of Baxi, one of Nigeria's leading super-agent networks to MFS Africa, the largest pan-African digital payments platform.
- Advised Geiser Asset Holdings in relation to the sale of GeoProMining.
- Advised the Anergi Group in relation to its restructuring and sale of interests in the Cabeolica Wind Project and Kpone Power Plant.
- Advised Ascendas Reit in relation to its acquisition of a portfolio of European data centers.
- Advised IPCOM NV (an Alpha Group portfolio company) in relation to its bolt-on acquisition of AIS Technical Limited.
- Advised Sedgwick Claims Management in relation to its acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey.
List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.