Greg Crookes specialises in leveraged buy-outs, corporate carve-outs and other complex M&A. He acts for a range of private equity and corporate clients and financial institutions, is known for being hands-on dealmaker without losing sight of the big picture, and has substantial experience on both the buy-side and sell-side.
Advising Darling International Inc on its EUR€1.6 billion acquisition of Vion Ingredients. VION Ingredients has 58 businesses and approximately 5700 employees worldwide
Advising the KKR, Silverlake, Bain Capital, Apax and AlpInvest consortium on their acquisition through a controlled auction of NXP Semiconductors from Royal Philips
Advising Sanoma Corporation on the acquisition though a controlled auction of the free-to-air TV business of SBS Broadcasting in Belgium and the Netherlands and related consortium agreements with fellow investors
Advising 3i on the acquisition of Dockwise, the heavy transport group, from offshore services company Heerema Group and Norwegian maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA and the subsequent reverse take-over by Dockwise of Sealift Ltd, the Norwegian shipping group
Advising DIC Corporation and its subsidiary SunChemical on a swap transaction with The Valspar Corporation across 31 jurisdictions
University of Cape Town (Bachelor of Commerce) 1990
University of Cape Town (MA) 1996
Partner at Bernadt Vukic Potash & Getz, South Africa 1999
Joined Clifford Chance Amsterdam 2000
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2002
Partner since 2008
Professional
bodies
Law Society of England and Wales
Cape Law Society (South Africa)
Awards and citations
Clients laud Gregory Crookes for being "great at pushing deals forward," and add that he "really takes your interests to heart." He acts for clients on a range of transactions in the telecommunications, life sciences and manufacturing industries. Chambers Europe 2020
Gregory is valued as "a very capable negotiator and a crisp and clear communicator, with a practical and pragmatic approach" Chambers Europe 2019
"Gregory Crookes is "strong on overseeing complex situations". He advised a consortium of private equity groups on Nielsen Holdings' secondary public offering on NYSE." Legal 500 2013
One client comments: "He really understands the commercial implications and can think outside the box." Chambers Europe 2011
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