Edward Griffiths

Partner
Global Co-Chair, PE
London
About

Ed has been advising on PE deals for almost 25 years and is focused on multi-jurisdictional PE deals acting for institutions, and portfolio companies. He was formerly Head of DLA Piper's Technology Sector in the UK.  

He has represented a wide range of clients on deals across different industry sectors including technology, manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, leisure, and publishing.  

At DLA Piper he has acted for numerous PE houses including Blackstone, Bregal, Bridgepoint, Caird Capital, Carlyle, Duke Street, EMK, Equistone, GE Equity, Graphite, iCON, InvestIndustrial, Keensight, Mid-Europa, Och-Ziff, Opengate Capital, Partners, Pollen Street Capital, STG, Synova and others.  

Areas of FocusCorporatePrivate EquityIndustrialsInvestment Funds
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Redgate Software, a global provider of database management solutions, on the strategic growth investment by Bregal Sagemount.
  • MidEuropa on the acquisition of a majority stake in MBL Group, a leading European contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for assisted mobility, rehabilitation and aged care equipment.
  • MidEuropa on its acquisition of FAMAR, a leading European provider of pharmaceutical manufacturing and development services, from ECM Partners and Metric Capital Partners.
  • Synova on its sale of Avantra, provider of the market-leading AIOps software platform for the SAP ecosystem, to Resurgens Technology Partners.
  • Elida Beauty, a portfolio of consumer brands, in connection with the sale of the company by Unilever to Yellow Wood Partners.
  • Wireless Logic (a portfolio company of Montagu) in relation to the acquisitions of Jola Cloud Solutions, Mobius Networks and Blue Wireless.
  • Apax Partners, Scottish Equitable Partners and others on sale of Tideway Systems (historically one of Britain's fastest-growing private tech companies) to BMC Software and its investment in King.com (the maker of Candy Crush).
  • Pollen Street on its acquisition of Wide Group S.P.A a leading innovative, technology-led insurance broker in Italy.
  • Blackstone TacOps on its investment in portfolio companies including Cloudreach.
  • Graphite Capital on its investments in Golden Tulip (UK) (a hotel business), Leading Edge Labels (a printing business), U-Pol Products (a speciality chemicals business), and JTF Wholesale (a retail business).

Awards

  • Ranked Lawyer for Private Equity in The Legal 500 and in the Chambers and Partners Guide for the past 13 years. They quote clients who say Ed is “exceptionally talented”, “very diligent, very sharp, and gets things done very quickly”, “gives excellent practical and tactical advice”, is “really innovative” and “a top adviser.”
Education
  • Birmingham University, BA Hons (History) 2:1
  • College of Law, CPE/LPC

Memberships And Affiliations

One of a handful of deal lawyers invited to serve on the Legal & Technical Committee of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.

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4 March 2026

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4 March 2026

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DLA Piper advises Redgate Software on majority investment from Bregal Sagemount

13 January 2026

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