Since 1981 LDC London has been at the heart of our private equity business. With over 180 transactions under its belt LDC's team in London has access to a wealth of experience in a range of deals and sectors, and it is a record difficult to match. It is no surprise that LDC is the UK's market leader in the private equity mid-market.

The current team is an experienced mix of private equity professionals with expertise of both cross border and UK M&A activity. This team's focus is on completing transactions in the London marketplace targeting all types of support services, business services, outsourcing and appropriate cyclical industry businesses seeking MBO, IBO, equity release, development and acquisition capital requirements.

In the past two years (2007 and 2008) LDC has delivered over £530million of equity to over 30 UK businesses, and this includes the London team's ground breaking £40milllion stake in property consultancy GVA Grimley and our support for the Porterbrook transaction. Both transactions confirmed LDC London's continued appetite for retaining our role as a key player in the private equity premiership.

Peter Brooks is the Managing Director for LDC in this region.