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Clients and work in this area include:

  • Advised the shareholders of Adapt Group on the sale of Adapt Group, a leading provider of IT managed services, to Lyceum Capital for £30m.
  • Advised the shareholders of Lateral Group on the sale of Lateral Group's entire issued share capital to Innovative Output Solutions Ltd (IOS), a UK-based subsidiary of DST Systems.
  • Advised the management of Red Commerce on the £44m MBO of Red Commerce, backed by Dunedin, the mid-market UK buyout house.  Red Commerce is a global supplier of SAP experts to international corporations and consultancies.
  • Advised Vine Street Capital on its investment in the MBO of Lymington Precision Engineers (LPE).
  • Advised Magenta Partners LLP and others on their investment in Pure Gym Limited, a recently established chain of budget health clubs in England and Scotland.
  • Advised Patron Capital Partners on its acquisition of a 29% stake in Powerleague Group Plc (Powerleague), valuing the transaction at approximately £23m.  Powerleague, an AIM listed company, is the UK’s leading operator of 5-a-side football centres.  We then advised Patron Capital Limited in acquiring the 71% stake in Powerleague Group Plc it does not already own, for approximately £30.2m.
  • Advised retail entrepreneur Linda Bennett, on the £100m sale of high-street fashion chain, LK Bennett, to mid-market private equity investors, Phoenix Equity Partners and Sirius Equity.
  • Acted for Ethel Austin Ltd on the £62m restructuring of the Ethel Austin Retail Group.  The company was transferred to a newly formed company which is majority owned by affiliates of Credit Suisse International, ABN AMRO and Eos Partners.
  • Acted for the management of Fat Face Group on the tertiary buy out of Fat Face by UK-based private equity group Bridgepoint Capital in a deal worth £360m.  Fat Face is a fast-growing active lifestyle brand and clothing retailer.
  • Advised Pinnacle Bidco Holdings plc on its recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Zenith Hygiene Group plc.  The offer placed an enterprise value on Zenith of approximately £20m.
  • Acted for management on the secondary buyout of the Paramount Restaurant Group (owners of Chez Gerard, Café Fish, Café Uno & Livebait) with a deal value of £108m.
  • Acted for Close Brothers Private Equity and the management shareholders on the sale of Moody International to Investcorp for US$311m by way of a secondary buy-out.  Moody is a global inspection and certification business operating in 55 jurisdictions.
  • Acted for management on the MBO of UK-based property agency Lambert Smith Hampton from its parent WS Atkins Plc, the global engineering consultancy giant, for US$46m.
  • Advised NBGI Private Equity on its buyout of selected assets from Food & Drink Group Plc, the bars and restaurant group that owns the Jamies wine bar and Henry J Beans brands.
  • Acted for Mid Europa on the acquisition of Austrian mobile operator, One GmBH, for an enterprise value of about €1.4bn.  Mid Europa acquired a 65% stake in the company, alongside minority shareholder, France Telecom.
  • Acted for Lydian Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Castleback group, Britain’s largest independent rehabilitation specialist, from HG Capital and existing management for £255m.
  • Advise CPBE Capital on the MBO/MBI of Alex Stewart (Assayers).  ASA is a leading global supplier of commodity inspection and laboratory services for the testing of metals and minerals.
  • Acted for management on the MBO of Kingfield Heath Holdings and ISA Group Limited, backed by Electra Private Equity Plc.  The transaction involved total financing of £250m.
  • Advised investment firm Primary Capital on the acquisition of Napier Turbochargers for an undisclosed sum from Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Limited, a subsidiary of Siemens AG.

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Raymond McKeeve

Raymond McKeeve

BLP
Partner, Private Equity
Geraint Lloyd

Geraint Lloyd

BLP
Partner, Private Equity & Venture Capital

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