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Buyouts & Disposals

Seamless support for buyouts and disposals—expert advice, cross-team coordination, and strategic guidance from acquisition to exit.

Executing successful buyouts and disposals demands more than technical expertise – it requires strategic insight, speed, and seamless coordination. Clients need advisers who understand the pressures of competitive bidding, regulatory hurdles, and the need to maximise value at every stage.

Whether navigating a complex acquisition or planning a timely exit, clients turn to us for commercially focused advice. We know that every transaction is unique, and that success depends on anticipating challenges and delivering clear solutions.

Our dedicated private equity team is one of the largest in London’s mid-market, frequently recognised for our transactional work. By integrating specialists from across the firm – from finance and tax to employment and regulation – we deliver end-to-end legal insight, ensuring every aspect of your deal is expertly managed. Our support extends beyond closing, as we advise portfolio companies throughout the investment lifecycle and on to a successful disposal.

Clients choose us for our collaborative style, sector knowledge, and ability to coordinate complex transactions across borders. We help clients move quickly, protect value, and achieve their ambitions in a dynamic market.

Our Services

Guiding clients through buyouts.

  • Bowmark Capital
    Advised Bowmark Capital on its investment in Transparity, a leading Microsoft technology partner providing digital transformation solutions.
  • STAR Capital
    Advised STAR Capital on its investment in GenAir UK Limited, the UK’s leading pure-play air compressor rental provider.
  • FPE Capital
    Advised FPE Capital LLP on the buyout of B2B research and data provider Vanda Research.
  • Bd-capital
    Advised bd-capital on its partnership with TLC Worldwide Marketing Group Limited (TLC), the global loyalty and rewards company. The partnership will help TLC to accelerate growth across new and existing geographies and products.
  • Apposite Capital
    Advised Apposite Capital on its investment in Octavia House Schools, an operator of special educational needs and disabilities day schools in London and Essex.

Delivering seamless exits and maximising value for sellers.

  • Bowmark Capital
    Advised Bowmark Capital on the sale of Tax Systems, the global tax and accounting software provider, to Providence Equity Partners.
  • Bowmark Capital
    Advised Bowmark Capital on its sale of IWSR, the global leader in data, analytics and insights for the beverage alcohol industry, to WGSN, the world’s leading consumer trend forecaster.
  • Pelican Capital
    Advised longstanding client Pelican Capital LLP on its £57 million sale of leading UK cloud service provider, Atech to iomart
  • Rockpool Investments
    Advised Rockpool Investments, the UK-based private equity firm, and certain other founder-managers, on the sale of London-based creative agency Smyle Group, to The Human Network, the parent company of Identity Global.
  • FPE Capital
    Advised FPE Capital on the sale of Zest, an award-winning employee benefits software platform, to Epassi Group, a leading pan-European employee benefits technology provider.

Advising on high-profile public-to-private transactions across key sectors.

  • Bd-capital
    Advised bd capital Partners Limited ('bd capital') on its proposed public-to-private takeover of AIM-listed Science in Sport plc ('SiS’), a leading sports nutrition business.
  • Inspired Education
    Advised Inspired Education, the global education provider, on its £70 million public-to-private takeover of AIM-listed Wey Education plc.
  • Bowmark Capital
    Advised independent UK private equity firm Bowmark Capital on its recommended £114 million public-to- private takeover of AIM-listed Tax Systems plc.
  • Kalibrate Technologies plc
    Advised AIM-listed Kalibrate on its £29 million public-to-private recommended cash offer by Canterbury Acquisition Limited (a bidco of Hanover Active Equity Fund LP), including a US tender offer.

Awards and Recognition

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