Solomon Wifa

Prior to joining Willkie, Solomon was a partner at an international law firm where he served as head of the London office.

• “Global Investment Funds: A Practical Guide to Structuring, Raising and Managing Funds,” (Globe Law and Business Limited, 2016)

Solomon's significant matters include*:

• Advised DPI, a significant minority shareholder, on the $1.85 billion sale of Eaton Towers to American Tower Corporation
• Represented a UK-based fund manager, which provides capital to growing and established companies in the international energy sector, in a global fundraising of over US$1.1 billion for its second private equity fund
• Represented leading pan-African private investment firm in the raising of its third Africa-focused fund which hit its hard cap at US$1.1 billion, the largest Africa-focused fund ever raised
• Represented leading player in private equity ‘secondaries’ in a  transaction that is believed to be the largest unsyndicated secondaries deal ever completed
• Represented leading investment banking and advisory firm in the closing of a UK energy efficiency Investment fund, a parallel vehicle that invests alongside another fund, which has been awarded a £50 million mandate by the UK Government’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to invest in energy efficiency infrastructure projects in the UK
• Represented a specialist investment firm in its selection as a fund manager by the UK Government
• Represented a global emerging markets private equity firm on fundraising in excess of US$3 billion including funds focused on investments in India, China, Africa and Latin America
• Represented a leading private equity firm that invests across Africa on the closing of a US$400 million pan-African private equity fund and the closing of a US$740 million successor fund
• Represented leading international private equity firm on the establishment of pledge funds of approximately US$500 million investing in emerging markets
• Advised on the establishment of a real estate hedge fund management business
• Represents sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds and other institutional investors, investing in private equity and/or hedge funds

* Solomon advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.