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Overview
Silas Raggett is an associate in the Corporate Department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office.
Silas has a broad corporate practice with a particular focus on both public and private mergers and acquisitions. His practice also covers joint ventures, early-stage and minority equity investments and group restructurings, as well as general corporate and commercial advice, for a mix of financial sponsors and multinational corporations.
Silas has also spent time on secondment at JPMorgan Chase within the Office of Legal Obligations.
Education
- BPP University Law School, L.P.C., 2020
- Nottingham Law School, G.D.L., 2019
- University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations, 2018
Representations
Private and Public M&A
- The Sellers of The Co-Operative Bank on the £780 million sale to Coventry Building Society.
- City Football Group, the owner and operator of football clubs such as Manchester City FC and New York City FC, on a number of matters.
- STG Partners on the take-private of Gresham Technologies plc by Alliance Bidco, a company owned indirectly by funds managed or advised by STG Partners.
- G42, the leading UAE-based AI technology holding company, on a number of matters.
- M42 on the strategic investment and partnership with Juvenescence.
- Eircom on its partnership with InfraVia Capital Partners to create a dedicated fibre company, Fibre Networks Ireland Limited.
- Hanwha Systems, as a shareholder in OneWeb, on its proposed combination with Eutelsat.
- The Government of Jamaica on the Jamalco joint venture.
Private Equity
- STG Partners on a number of matters, including the significant investment in TaxCalc.
- Abry Partners on a number of matters, including:
- the sale of Options Technology.
- the acquisition of Aker Systems.
- Oakley Capital on a number of matters, including the sale of its majority stake in Ocean Technologies Group to Lloyd’s Register.
- Francisco Partners on a number of matters, including the acquisition of Macrobond.
- Vector Capital on the acquisition of Riverbed Technology.
- May River Capital on certain portfolio bolt-on acquisitions in the U.K.
News
- Paul Hastings Advises M42 on Strategic Investment and Partnership With Juvenescence - April 22nd, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised STG on Investment in TaxCalc - November 27th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Abry Partners on the Sale of Options Technology to Vitruvian Partners - October 16th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Oakley Capital on Sale of Ocean Technologies Group to Lloyd’s Register - September 3rd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises the Sellers of The Co-Operative Bank on £780 Million Sale to Coventry Building Society - May 28th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises STG in Take-Private of Gresham Technologies - April 9th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Francisco Partners in Acquisition of Macrobond from Nordic Capital - July 18th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Vector Capital in Acquisition of Riverbed Technology - May 30th, 2023