Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised The IWSR, a research platform for the global beverage alcohol market, on its acquisition of Wine Intelligence.

The IWSR is backed by FPE Capital, a software and services focused lower mid-market growth investor. This acquisition expands The IWSR's product offering, and capabilities to produce consumer research across the drinks industry. Wine Intelligence generates wine consumer research and insights on behalf of wine businesses in more than 35 global markets.

The Stephenson Harwood team was led by partner Malcolm MacDougall, who was supported by senior associate Lucy Thorpe and associate Dafni Loizou.