Isabel Berger is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn. Isabel is a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Real Estate Practice Groups.
Isabel advises private equity funds and other financial investor clients on domestic and cross-border transactions including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and divestitures, equity growth investments, joint ventures, and co-investments and management equity plans, as well as related advisory work. She has experience advising sponsors across a broad range of industries including real estate private equity transactions. She has previously spent 12 months on secondment at KKR.
Isabel is recognised by Legal 500 UK 2023, 2024 and 2025 for Private Equity: Transactions – high-value deals and Real Estate: Commercial Property – Investment, by Legal 500 UK 2025 for Venture Capital and by Expert Guides as a Rising Star in their 2022 Guide, which recognizes the brightest and most talented practitioners under 40 in the area of business law and related practices. Isabel has been named a Private Equity Rising Star for 2023 by Law.com International: one of the top 25 private equity lawyers under 40 in the U.K. and Europe.
Isabel is admitted to practice in England and Wales and is fluent in English and German.
Selected experience:*
- H.I.G. Capital on various transactions, including:
- the acquisition of TIMETOACT, a software consulting business.
- the acquisition of Spheros group, Valeo’s former bus thermal solutions business.
- Mubadala Capital in connection with the hybrid preferred equity financing for its take-private of CI Financial Corp.
- KKR on
various transactions, including:- its growth investment in Lighthouse, a leading data analytics and commercial intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industry.
- its majority acquisition of Biosynth Carbosynth, a life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and manufacturing services compan y.
- its investment in Leapwork, a Danish no-code automation platform.
- its investment in Feedzai, a cloud-based financial risk management platform.
- its investment and follow-on investment in music platform Artlist.
- its investment in low code platform, Outsystems.
- Dawn Bio on
various transactions, including:
- its investment in Adcendo.
- its investment in Antag Therapeutics.
- its inve stment in Adcytherix.
- its investment in Agomab.
- its investment in Bambusa Therapeutics.
- its investment in Expedition Therapeutics.
- TowerBrook Capital Partners on
various transactions, including:
- its investment in Aernnova, a Spanish company specialising in the design and manufacturing of aerostructures and component parts.
- its acquisition of Van Dijk Educatie, a Dutch provider of learning materials.
- Mid Europa Partners on its sale of Alpha Medical to Unilabs, an Apax Partners portfolio company.
- KKR Real Estate on various transactions, including:
- its equity arrangements with European hospitality partner Amante Capital.
- its equity arrangements with European logistics partner Mirastar.
- its equity arrangements with living specialist partner inhabeo.
- its majority investment in Fore's Tower Bridge office scheme, a 110,000 sq ft development next to Tower Bridge.
- its joint venture with Apache Capital Partners to create a U.K. build-to-rent multi-family housing investment platform.
- its joint venture with Moda Living to create a U.K. build-to-rent investment platform.
- its acquisition of the Heal’s building.
- its joint venture with Relentless to develop a mixed-use scheme in Manchester.
- its acquisition of Velero, a German asset manager specialised in residential properties.
- Sixth Street Partners on the formation of a real estate development finance platform with Maslow Capital.
- Roundshield Partners on the formation of a real estate development finance platform with Puma Property Finance.
- Asterion Industrial Partners on equity arrangements relating to its acquisition of data centers from Telefónica.
- Buckthorn Partners in connection with its investment in TWMA Group Limited.
- Inspired Entertainment, Inc., a leading supplier of gaming terminals in the UK, on the acquisition of the Gaming Technology Group of Novomatic UK Ltd.
- Crayhill Capital Management on:
- its financing of Heroes, a UK-based technology driven ecommerce company.
- its financing for unybrands, an integrated platform for e-commerce businesses.
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Isabel’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- BPP Law School - 2017 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- University of Westminster - 2009 Graduate Diploma in Law
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor