Private equity
Bestport Private Equity
Advised Bestport Private Equity on its investment in Playful Promises, the London-based lingerie and swimwear business. Founded in 2005, Playful Promises owns and manages a collection of lingerie and swimwear brands, and sells them to leading platforms, including ASOS and Zalando.
Pelican Capital
Advised Pelican Capital, the private equity firm, on the acquisition of Wheelhouse Advisors, formerly Cordium Accounting.
Blackrock Expert Services Group Limited
Advised the majority shareholders of Blackrock Expert Services on the sale to Duff & Phelps, provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions.
Rockpool Investments LLP
Advised Rockpool Investments LLP on its management buy-out of Spaceright Europe.
By Miles
Advised pay-by-the-mile motor insurer By Miles on its £15 million Series B investment round. The new investment was led by CommerzVentures, the venture capital arm of Commerzbank Group.
Pelican Capital
Advised Pelican Capital on its investment in YourParkingSpace, the provider of a peer-to-peer online parking marketplace in the UK.
BGF
Advised BGF on its investment in Plus44 Holdings Limited, a provider of mobile phone news applications to mobile network operators and mobile phones manufacturers.
Optimity
Advised Optimity, an FPE Capital portfolio company, on its acquisition of managed IT services provider Pebble IT Limited.
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Buyouts
Pelican Capital
Advised Pelican Capital, the private equity firm, on the acquisition of Wheelhouse Advisors, formerly Cordium Accounting.
Blackrock Expert Services Group Limited
Advised the majority shareholders of Blackrock Expert Services on the sale to Duff & Phelps, provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions.
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Growth and venture capital
Rockpool Investments LLP
Advised Rockpool Investments LLP on its management buy-out of Spaceright Europe.
By Miles
Advised pay-by-the-mile motor insurer By Miles on its £15 million Series B investment round. The new investment was led by CommerzVentures, the venture capital arm of Commerzbank Group.
Pelican Capital
Advised Pelican Capital on its investment in YourParkingSpace, the provider of a peer-to-peer online parking marketplace in the UK.
BGF
Advised BGF on its investment in Plus44 Holdings Limited, a provider of mobile phone news applications to mobile network operators and mobile phones manufacturers.
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Management advisory and bolt-on acquisitions
Optimity
Advised Optimity, an FPE Capital portfolio company, on its acquisition of managed IT services provider Pebble IT Limited.
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