Our team has extensive experience of private equity transactions. As well as having advised and worked closely with private equity funds, we primarily provide advice to selling shareholders and management teams looking to gain access to private equity investment.
We can deliver a commercially-focused result quickly and efficiently with a thorough understanding of the approach taken by the private equity houses.
We offer support with:
Investment Agreements
Management buyouts (MBOs)
Secondary buyouts
Leveraged buy-outs (LBOs)
Management incentive schemes
Case Studies
We have considerable experience in dealing with private equity investment and management buy-outs. The following recent deals give an example of the depth and range of our work:
Platinum Stairlifts – Working alongside PwC, we acted for the founder-shareholder and management team of this care sector business on its leveraged buyout by NorthEdge Capital (a mid-market private equity fund). This enabled the founder to significantly de-risk his investment in the business, whilst still retaining a large minority stake, and allowed junior management to come into the equity. The business is now focusing on new markets and the next stage of its development.
CitNOW – Working with BHP, we acted for the exiting founders and business angel investor of this automotive tech business on the leveraged buyout by Tenzing Private Equity . The exiting shareholders and business angel managed to realise their investment, whilst management rolled over into the purchasing company and are now driving the business forward to the next stage.
Smoothwall – We acted for the management team of this education-focused website filtering business on the leveraged buyout by Tenzing Private Equity . Our focus was on negotiating the management’s equity terms to secure their future return on a subsequent sale.
Carpet & Flooring – Linked with Endless ’ acquisition of this business from SIG plc , we worked alongside Park Place Corporate Finance in acting for CEO, Lisa Tomlin, on her equity terms.
VJ Technology – Again working alongside Park Place Corporate Finance, we acted for CEO, Mark Tomlin, and the management team of this fixings and tooling manufacturer on the leveraged buyout by Primary Capital . Our focus was on negotiating the management team’s equity terms, securing their future return on a subsequent sale, and also on helping to structure the equity so management could benefit from Entrepreneur’s Relief in the future.