Private Equity

• Acuity Investments,
  • on the acquisition from Pro Global Insurance Solutions plc of its outsourcing and consulting businesses.
  • on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Tower Leasing Limited, a leading equipment finance broker in the U.K.
  • on its investment in Weston Insurance, a Miami based hurricane insurer.
• Bregal Capital,
  • on its disposal of MCi to Egeria (selected by Buyouts Magazine as 2012 "European Deal of the Year").
  • in connection with the recommended acquisition by Canopius Group Limited of Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd.
  • on the MBO of Ideal Stelrad
  • (then Englefield Capital) on its investment in the Danwood group and subsequent disposal of the Danwood Group Limited to Apogee Corporation Limited
  • (then Englefield Capital) on the take private, with Duke Street Capital, of Cox Insurance Holdings plc (renamed Equity Insurance Group) and the subsequent disposal to IAG.

  • (then Englefield Capital) on the MBO, with Cognetas Capital, of Morrison Utility Services (part of Anglian Water Group) and the subsequent disposal with Motion Equity Partners of Morrison Utility Services.

  • on its establishment of the Five Ten recruitment group and the subsequent disposals of Marks Sattin (UK), Greythorn, Laurence Simons and EMR Search and Selection.

• EMK Capital,
  • on the sale of Williams Advanced Engineering to Fortescue Metals Group for $222m.
  • and Bregal Capital in connection with the IPO of the Stelrad Radiator Group - value £275m.
  • on the MBO of Williams Advanced Engineering from the Williams Formula 1 Group.
  • and Bregal Capital on its disposal of the QA Group, an IT training company, to CVC Capital Partners ($undisclosed). (Awarded “2018 Grand Prix Deal of the Year” and “2018 UK Mid-Cap Deal of the Year” by Real Deals).
  • on the MBO of the Luminati business of Hola Networks Ltd.
  • on the secondary MBO of outsourced recycling and resource management services business, Reconomy Group.
• Founder shareholders on the sale of a 50% interest in Hastings Insurance Group to Goldman Sachs for $1.1 billion and on their involvement in the subsequent IPO for £1.1 billion.
• Certain option holders, on their rights under the CSFB and DLJ merger ($3 billion).
• Candover, on its buyout of First Leisure Nightclubs and Bar business for £210m.
• Kennet Capital, Amadeus Capital and Cazenove Private Equity, on the MBO of Clearswift
• DFJ Esprit on its co-investment, with Carlyle, in Graze.
• DTI Capital on the MBO of WTG, a specialist provider of Secure Information Systems.
• Graphite Capital
  • on its spin-out from Hypovereinsbank AG.
  • on the MBO of Leading Edge Labels Limited.
  • on the MBO of U-Pol Limited.
  • on the management buy-in and buy-out of Golden Tulip, a hotel franchise business.
• Hg Capital on its spin-out from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Limited.
• Thora Capital, on its equity co-investment (alongside LCI) in a portfolio of helicopters valued at $100m.
• BigChange Group Limited in its MBO by Great Hill Partners for £100m.
• StaySafe, an app-based workplace safety solutions company, on its sale to Norway-listed EHS software specialist, EcoOnline Global.

• M&A
  • Amersham International plc on its merger with Nycomed AS for £3 billion.
  • Nycomed Amersham on the sale of its Industrial Quality and Safety Assurance business to AEA Technology plc.
  • Campbell Soup Company on its acquisition of Homepride Cook-in-Sauces for £60 million.
  • Cardon plc,
    • on the sales of Caradon Everest, Caradon Terrain, Caradon Catnic and Caradon Garador.
    • on the disposal of its engineering and distribution operations for £200 million.
    • on the sale of Caradon Rolinx plc, an automotive bumper molding business.
  • Daimler-Benz on the UK aspects of its merger with Chrysler for $55 billion.
  • Geest on the sale of its banana division for £147 million.
  • Hoechst AG on the sale of its generics business to Alpharma for $200 million.
  • Rolls-Royce,
    • plc on the sale of its transmission and distribution division (£200 million).
    • plc is the arrangements with BMW for the establishment of the Rolls-Royce Motor car business.
  • Nash Squared, a member of the Harvey Nash Group, on its acquisition of Knoldus Group.
  • Macquarie AirFrance, in its $2.2 billion acquisition of an aircraft portfolio from ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company K.S.C.P.