Linklaters has bolstered its financial sponsor offering with the appointment of Genna Marten, who joins as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity and Financial Sponsors team in London. Genna joins from Travers Smith where she was a partner in the firm’s Private Equity and Financial Sponsors Group.

Genna Marten is recognised as a leading lawyer with a broad practice, advising a range of private equity and financial sponsor clients and their portfolio companies on transactional and advisory work. Genna has acted for leading financial sponsors on a number of complex and innovative deals in the market in recent years.

The firm’s private equity and financial sponsors offering is integral to its strategy and Genna joins a market-leading global team with extensive expertise in private M&A, public M&A, carve-out transactions and IPOs and advisory work.

Alex Woodward, Partner and Co-Head of Linklaters’ Financial Sponsors Practice:

“Private equity and financial sponsors continue to drive global M&A activity, with transactions becoming more complex and global in nature. We are therefore thrilled to welcome Genna whose deep experience, innovative skillset and stellar market reputation makes her a great addition to our team. Our private equity and financial sponsors group continues to see significant demand from our growing number of financial sponsor clients. Having Genna alongside the existing partner group will help us continue to meet this demand, and to further support our growth trajectory. The addition of Genna is further evidence of our commitment to investing in our private equity and financial sponsors practice, to ensure we have the best talent to continue to deliver exceptional service for our clients.”

Genna is joining a leading global team with extensive expertise in the full spectrum of private equity work, including private M&A, public M&A, carve-out transactions and IPOs and advisory work. Linklaters’ Private Equity practice works with many of the highest-profile financial sponsors in the market and regularly advises on industry leading deals. The firm’s M&A practice recently was named MergerLinks’ Top Legal Advisor in the UK and the Private Equity team has also topped MergerLinks’ rankings of UK Private Equity advisers for the past two years