LONDON (DECEMBER 16, 2025)—Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Aprajita Dhundia and Ian Ferreira will join the Firm as partners in its London office. Their arrival marks the next step to further expand the Firm’s private capital capabilities and reflects S&C’s continuing investment in London as a strategic hub to support its global client base.
“We’re delighted to welcome Aprajita and Ian to S&C,” said Robert Giuffra and Scott Miller, Co-Chairs of Sullivan & Cromwell. “Their exceptional reputations, technical sophistication and deep experience in private equity and tax align perfectly with our strategic priorities and the needs of our financial sponsor clients around the world. Aprajita’s and Ian’s experience will enhance the expansion of our private capital practice and allow us to provide the best service to our clients in this exceptionally growing area.”
Ms. Dhundia will join S&C’s Private Equity and M&A practices. She is recognized as a leader in the private equity space by several leading legal publications and directories. Ms. Dhundia has built an impressive practice advising the most sophisticated private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including all forms of complex acquisitions and divestitures across a range of industries.
Mr. Ferreira will join S&C’s Tax Group. Recognized by Chambers & Partners UK and Legal 500, Mr. Ferreira is widely regarded as one of the leading transactional tax advisors in Europe with exceptional experience in private equity and debt markets. He is a trusted advisor to many of the world’s leading financial sponsors and investors on UK and international tax matters across private equity, M&A, funds and complex restructurings.
London Co-Managing Partners Kon Asimacopoulos and John Horsfield-Bradbury added: “As we continue to execute on our growth plan in London, we remain focused on attracting only the very best lawyers who will add value to our clients as key parts of our integrated global team. Aprajita’s client-minded approach, technical strength and ability to manage complex deal dynamics make her an outstanding addition to the private equity team, joining Karan Dinamani and Mike Francies. Ian’s ability to deliver innovative, commercially grounded solutions across the full spectrum of transactional tax matters will significantly enhance S&C’s global tax offering. Both Aprajita and Ian are standout practitioners whose arrival will further strengthen our position in the European market and put us in an even stronger position to support clients in their most complex, mission critical matters.”
About S&C's Private Equity Practice
Sullivan & Cromwell’s Private Equity Practice represents many of the world’s leading financial sponsors and private capital investors on challenging and complex transactions globally, and has acted for a number of them for decades. The practice maximizes the impact of the Firm’s deep expertise and multidisciplinary approach to find novel solutions and deliver on the highest-value transactions—as demonstrated by having the largest average deal size ($2.3 billion) for completed European private equity transactions in 2024 according to Mergermarket. The Firm has acted for financial sponsors such as Advent, Apax, Ares, Centerbridge, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Rhone Capital and Silver Lake.
About S&C’s M&A Practice
Named “M&A Group of the Year” nine times since 2013 by Law360 and ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global – USA, Sullivan & Cromwell operates one of the world’s preeminent M&A practices that delivers seamless execution and strategic guidance to all of the Firm’s clients. Over the last five years, our M&A lawyers have advised on more than $2.6 trillion of transformative domestic and cross-border transactions (LSEG), with a particular emphasis on energy, healthcare, industrials and technology/AI. As a testament to our contributions to the industry, we have won The American Lawyer’s “Dealmaker of the Year” award 31 times in the past 27 years, the most out of all global law firms.
About S&C’s Tax Practice
With decades of experience negotiating and structuring the tax aspects of some of the most complex transactions and disputes, S&C’s Tax Group has earned a global reputation for its tax planning and controversy expertise. Top-ranked by leading industry publications such as Chambers, Law360 and U.S. News Best Lawyers, our lawyers in the U.S. and Europe advise clients across the globe on matters that are critical to accomplishing their business goals. Our broad practice and ability to work in partnership with lawyers from S&C’s other top-tier practice areas enable us to provide first-class solutions to our clients.
About Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a leading global law firm that advises on major domestic and cross-border M&A, significant litigation and corporate investigations, finance and corporate transactions, and complex antitrust, regulatory, tax and estate planning matters. Our firm’s hallmarks are the highest-quality independent advice and intense dedication to solving client problems. Founded in 1879, S&C has more than 1,000 lawyers located in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Palo Alto, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney.