Cases
Experience: Growth
Private Equity (small, mid, large cap
structured capital
special situations): Access Capital: on the creation
growth of its nationwide (U.S.) fire
security alarm platform (Zeus Fire
Security)
All Seas Capital: on their structured capital investment in Hakim, an independent opticians platform
A leading private equity firm: on the carve-out acquisition of a global provider of biologics
vaccines from a pharmaceutical company.
Apollo Global Management:
its portfolio, CareerBuilder, on the disposal of Textkernel, a global leading AI-powered HR technology provider, to Main Capital Partners
on its acquisition of a majority stake in Catalina Holdings from, among others, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
on its acquisition of Haydock, one of the largest independent finance companies in the UK
together with Athene in connection with the formation
the 2.1 billion initial capitalization of Athora Holding Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance
reinsurance group
Asterion Industrial Partners: on various syndication
fund co-investment arrangements
B Capital: on their series D financing of Flutterwave inc, Africa's most valuable growth company
Blackstone: on structured equity
special situations transactions
KKR: on their investment in OVH, a European leader in cloud infrastructure, telecommunications
web hosting services, alongside TowerBrook Capital Partners
on the initial public offering of OVH on Euronext Paris
on the establishment of a pan-European logistics development platform alongside Mirastar Real Estate
H.I.G. Capital: on their sale
reinvestment in Silentnight Mattresses
Macquarie Capital on the equity
co-investment aspects of their acquisition of a Canary Wharf property portfolio alongside Sun Hung Kai
LGT Capital: on its fund co-investment arrangements with Arcmont GP
Mid Europa Partners: on its sale of Alpha Medical, a leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic
Slovakia, to Unilabs, a leading diagnostic services company owned by Apax Partners
Peak6 Investments: on their disposal of a minority investment in Bournemouth football club
A
Ricketts family-led consortium: on their attempts to acquire controlling stakes in Chelsea football club
AC Milan football club
TA Associates: together with Warburg Pincus, on their investment in Epassi, a digital payments provider for employee benefits, from Bregal Milestone
on the combination of Compusoft with Genstar Capital-backed 2020 Technologies to create Cyncly, a global provider of planning
manufacturing solutions for residential
commercial spaces
on their minority investment in Apex Group, a global financial services provider, alongside majority-owner Genstar Capital
on their acquisition of Nexus Br
s
TowerBrook Capital Partners: on their acquisition of leading provider of premium finance for commercial
retail insurance products, Premium Credit, from Cinven
on their acquisition of the Azzurri Group, the owner of the ASK Italian, Zizzi
Coco di Mama br
s, along with the Pod Food Limited fast food delivery service
on their investment in Van Dijk Educatie, the Netherl
s' largest provider of learning materials
on their disposal of,
reinvestment in, Independent Clinical Services, a leading healthcare staffing, services
outsourcing provider, to Onex
on their sale of a minority stake in their fund management business to Dyal
on their investment in OVH, a European leader in cloud infrastructure, telecommunications
web hosting services, alongside KKR
on the initial public offering of OVH on Euronext Paris
on their carve-out acquisition of ACPS Automotive from Bosal
together with a consortium of institutional shareholders on the disposal of an interest in Hayfin Capital Management to the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC)
Qell Acquisition Corp: ., a publicly listed special purpose acquisition company, on its business combination with Lilium GmbH, an electric aircraft producer (
(a Tencent, Baillie Gifford
Atomico-backed growth company)
Advising on the launch of a new private investment office,
Spheres: (founded by principals from Sequoia Heritage, TowerBrook Capital Partners, HIG Capital, Goldmans Sachs,
Flix), investing across venture, growth
private equity.
Portfolio Companies
Their Management Teams: ACPS Automotive:, a
TowerBrook Capital Partners: backed company, on financial restructuring with
Bridgepoint Advisors: Alvarium Investments: on its tri-partite SPAC transaction alongside Teidemann Group
Cartesian Growth Corporation
Cyncly:, a
Genstar:
TA Associates: -backed provider of planning
manufacturing solutions for residential
commercial spaces on the bolt-on acquisitions of Logicom
Mozaik Software
Cyncly:
their management team on the establishment of a global cross-border management equity
incentive plan
Independent Clinical Services:, a TowerBrook Capital Partners-backed healthcare staffing, services
outsourcing provider, on their acquisitions of Liquid Personnel Limited
ProClinical Limited
Wex Inc.,: a leading financial technology service provider, on its acquisition of EG Group Limited's (a
TDR Capital: company) GO Fuel Card business
The above representations were h
led by Mr. Buck prior to him joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
