Joseph Dennis | Dechert LLP

Financial Services and Asset and Wealth Management

Aquiline Capital Partners on its investment in Isio, a leading independent UK provider of actuarial and consulting, pensions administration, investment advisory, employee reward and benefits and wealth advisory services.
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities on the sale of Lombard International Assurance, a leading Luxembourg-based provider of insurance-based wealth solutions across Europe, to Utmost.
Waterland Private Equity and management on the sale of Cooper Parry to Lee Equity Partners.
Aquiline Capital Partners on its Series E1 and E2 investments in Smart Pension.
Blackstone Tactical Opportunities on its £140 million strategic investment in Currencies Direct.
Aquiline Capital Partners on its investment in Wealth at Work Group Limited, a UK-based specialist provider of workplace financial education, guidance and regulated financial advice.
Miller Insurance and management on the sale and reinvestment of their interests in the Miller Group in connection with the disposal by Cinven of its 50% stake to G1C.
A confidential PE sponsor on its bid for RSK, a global provider of environmental, engineering and technical services.
Temasek on its Series E and Series F investments in Funding Circle.
A confidential PE sponsor on its bid for Perspective Wealth Management, a provider of independent advice and discretionary fund management services.
LendInvest on its Series C debt and equity funding round.
Cabot Square Capital on various investments, disposals and portfolio management issues including the MBO of MSP Capital, a provider of development loans and bridging finance solutions, and the disposal of LDF Group, a specialist lender and distributor of asset finance and loans to UK SMEs, to White Oak Global Advisors.

Technology, Media and Communications

Blackstone Growth on its investment in Property Finder, a leading property portal in the Middle East and North Africa, as part of a US$525 million strategic investment round led by funds advised by Permira.
Telefonica on the £11.2 billion sale of 02 to Hutchison Whampoa.
Kestrel, the largest shareholder in IQGeo, in relation to the recommended offer for IQGeo made by funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) and its affiliates.
Rover Group on its acquisition of Cat in a Flat, an online cat-sitting platform with operations across the UK and Europe and the acquisition of GuDog, an online dog sitting platform with operations across the UK, Ireland, Spain and the Nordics.
A confidential PE sponsor on its bid for With Intelligence, a data provider to the asset management industry.
Khazanah on its Series F investment in Farfetch.com.
Temasek on its Series D investment in Secret Escapes.
GCI Telecom Limited on an investment by the Business Growth Fund.
Gresham House as manager of the British Strategic Infrastructure Fund on its investment in Wildanet, a provider of fibre broadband internet services in the west of England.
WeWALK, a "tech-for-good" start-up supported by the Social Tech Trust and Microsoft through their "AI For Good" program, on its Series A investment round.
A confidential PE sponsor on its bid for AOSphere an online legal services provider that offers risk management and data products to clients including banks and asset managers.

Healthcare and Life Sciences

Impilo on the leveraged buyout of The Fertility Partnership, a leading European provider of fertility services, ultrasound pregnancy scans and hormone treatments with activities in the UK, Poland and the Netherlands and the subsequent acquisition of VivaNeo Group, one of the leading European providers of fertility services with clinics in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany, from Waterland Private Equity.
Acacia Research Corporation on its secondary purchase of a portfolio of interests in 19 public and private life sciences companies based in the UK and U.S. from the legacy Neil Woodford fund, LF Equity Income Fund.
A consortium of confidential bidders on their bid to acquire Clinisupplies Limited and Clinidirect Limited, which are involved in the supply of medical devices, in particular, a range of continence and urology devices.
Impilo on the UK aspects of its purchase of Qufora A/S (a Danish medical device company) and its subsidiaries.
Scantox, a portfolio company of Impilo, on the acquisition of Gentronix, a specialist CRO focused on delivering predictive toxicology products and services to global chemical sectors.
Stille AB on the acquisition of Surgical Holdings Ltd, a surgical instrument manufacturer and repairer.
Macquarie Bank Limited in relation to its equity and debt financing of the management buy-in of Aitch Care Homes Group.
MedNeo, a medical imaging provider, and its investor MARCOL on a €30 million growth facility provided by the European Investment Bank.
The management team on the MBO of Centric Health by Five Arrows Principal Investments.
A confidential asset manager on its attempted acquisition of Horizon Care and Education Group Ltd, a provider of specialized education and psychologically informed residential care to support children and young people.
United Drug plc on a series of strategic global acquisitions, including the US$61 million acquisition of Bilcare's Global Clinical Supplies business and the acquisition of Pharmexx GmbH and 35 of its subsidiaries in 18 jurisdictions across Europe, North and South America.
Virbac SA on an acquisition of assets in Taiwan and mainland China from a Taiwanese company.

Infrastructure and Energy

Blackstone on the non-U.S. elements of its acquisition of a majority stake in Emerson's Climate Technologies business, a deal valuing the business at US$14 billion.
GIC Infrastructure and BlackRock's Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Funds on the acquisition of Kellas Midstream (the owner and operator of key gas infrastructure in the UK Central and Southern North Sea) from funds managed by Antin Infrastructure Partners.
DIF Capital Partners on a £200 million investment into Field, a London-headquartered dedicated developer and operator of battery energy storage systems.
A confidential client on its bid to acquire an interest in Zenobe Energy Limited, a developer of behind-the-meter battery storage assets and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
GIC on its acquisition of a 30% stake in CETIN Group, a leading telecommunications infrastructure provider operating across Central and Eastern Europe.
A confidential bidder for JBM Solar, a developer of a platform of co-located solar and BESS projects in the UK.
Zouk on the disposal of three residential solar PV SPVs to Aviva.
Homesun Holdings Limited on the disposal of their residential solar PV business to Aviva for £100 million.
Romax Technology Limited on an investment by Moonray/Fidelity Capital Partners.
RJD Partners and management on the £65 million disposal of Translinc Limited to May Gurney plc.
A consortium of confidential bidders on their bid for a leading provider of premium quality modular education buildings.

Real Estate

Blackstone on its £500 million take-private of industrial property company Hansteen Holdings plc, the acquisition of a UK logistics portfolio from Prologis (the largest sale of logistics real estate assets on record in the UK at such time), and the acquisition of a portfolio of eight UK logistics properties from EPIC.
Carlyle on the disposal of Ludgate House and Sampson House to a consortium led by Native Land.
BlackRock on the sale of 1 & 2 Harbour Exchange, Canary Wharf to GAW Capital Partners.

Retail and Consumer

Three Hills Capital Partners on a number of investments and refinancings, including their additional investment alongside FPP into Byron Burger, and the refinancing of the Hunter Boots business.
Wesfarmers on the acquisition of Homebase from Home Retail Group for £340 million and the subsequent sale of Homebase to Hilco Capital.
The management shareholders of Atom Group (a producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, trading online as Masters of Malt) on its sale to AB inBev.

Industrials

H2 Equity Partners on its leveraged buyout of Siderise Group, a manufacturer and distributor of fire safety, acoustic and thermal insulation solutions.
Three Hills Capital Partners on the MBO of WPI Group, a provider of civil engineering, earthworks and road surfacing services.
Shaanxi Ligeance Mineral Resources on the acquisition of Gardner Aerospace from Better Capital for £326 million and the subsequent bolt-on acquisition of Northern Aerospace from Better Capital for £44 million.
AGCO Corporation on the acquisition of Cimbria, a maker of equipment and processing lines for seed and grain with operations cross Europe, Africa and the Middle East, from Silverfleet Capital.
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. on its acquisition of the Stromag business, a manufacturer and distributor of clutches and brakes with operations in Germany, France, the U.S., the UK, Brazil, India and China, from GKN plc for €214 million.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Dechert.