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Adam Crossley

T: +44 20 7809 2603 M: +44 758 705 1543 Email Adam | vCard Office: London

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Private equity transactions

Private equity transactions

Adam Crossley Partner

Contact details

Adam Crossley

Adam Crossley
Partner

T: +44 20 7809 2603 M: +44 758 705 1543 Email Adam | vCard Office: London

Adam is a corporate lawyer specialising in private equity and growth capital.
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Adam advises on a range of private equity transactions, acting for companies, institutions, founders and management.

Recent experience includes: advising Bowmark Capital on its investments in Littlefish, WSD and Kubrick group and on the sale of Leaders Romans Group; advising Bestport Private Equity on its investment in Energy Saving Lighting(ESL); and advising the founders of Chartway Group on the sale of a majority stake to Cabot Square Capital portfolio company, Public Sector Plc.

  • Management advisory and bolt-on acquisitions
  • Buyouts
  • Growth and venture capital
  • Private equity

Management team of Kellas Midstream

Advising the management team of Kellas Midstream in connection with the sale of Kellas Midstream to Blackrock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Funds and GIC, in a joint venture.

Management team of MRH

Advising the management team of MRH on its sale to Motor Fuel Group, a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice which created the UK’s largest petrol station and convenience retail operator.

Optimity

Advising Optimity, a portfolio company of FPE Capital, on its acquisition of Pebble IT.

Chartway Group

Advised the main shareholders of one of South-East England's leading partnerships-based housebuilders, Chartway Group, on the sale of a majority stake to Cabot Square Capital portfolio company Public Sector Plc, in order to create a merged group.

More: Management advisory and bolt-on acquisitions

Mobeus Equity Partners 

Advised Mobeus Equity Partners on its £9.5m investment to support the management buyout of ABL 1Touch, a tech-enabled automotive accident repair group.

FPE Capital LLP

Advised FPE Capital on the management-led acquisition of MaxContact, a leading Manchester-based SaaS contact centre and customer experience platform.

Bowmark Capital LLP

Advising Bowmark Capital LLP on its significant minority investment in Focus 4 U Ltd, a provider of integrated technology solutions.

FPE Capital

Advising FPE Capital on its buyout of Intragen, a premium cyber security services consultancy and systems integrator.

Bowmark Capital

Advised Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, on the buy-out of Totalmobile, the Belfast-based technology company. 

FPE Capital

Advising FPE Capital on its buyout of Optimity Limited, a London-based connectivity, IT and managed services provider.

More: Buyouts

VIPR Digital (trading as FIXR) 

Advising VIPR Digital (trading as FIXR) on several funding rounds.

Bestport Private Equity

Advising Bestport Private Equity on its investment into Snaptrip.

Hattington Capital 

Advising Hattington Capital on its investment in Crussh.

More: Growth and venture capital

Mobeus Equity Partners

Advised Mobeus Equity Partners on the management buyout of ABL 1Touch, an automotive accident repair group.

Bestport Private Equity

Advised Bestport Private Equity on its investment in Playful Promises, the London-based lingerie and swimwear business.

Bowmark Capital

Advised Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, on its backing of the buy-out of IWSR, a research platform for the US$1.5 trillion global alcoholic beverage market.

Bowmark Capital

We advised Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, on the buy-out of Totalmobile, the Belfast-based technology company.

FPE Capital

Advising FPE Capital on its investment in Intragen, a premium cyber security services consultancy and systems integrator.

Sale

Advising the Morgan family shareholders of Morgan Motor Company Limited on the sale of a majority stake to Investindustrial.

Sale

Advising FPE Capital and members of the management team on the sale of Kallidus, a leading human capital management and e-learning SaaS provider to Apse Capital.

Bolt-on

Advising HR services group AdviserPlus, a portfolio company of Limerston Capital, on its acquisition of Working Transitions, a specialist in organisational change, career transition and tailored coaching solutions.

Bowmark Capital

Advised Bowmark Capital on its significant investment in Littlefish, a leading provider of IT managed services.

Bowmark Capital

Advised Bowmark Capital on its acquisition of a majority shareholding in WSD, a leading provider of document and workflow automation software solutions.

Bowmark Capital

Advised the Bowmark Capital on its agreement to sell Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK's largest property services groups, to Platinum Equity.

Bowmark Capital

Advised Bowmark Capital on its buyout of Kubrick Group, a leading provider of next-generation technology consulting.

Bestport Private Equity

Advised Bestport Private Equity on its investment in fast growing LED consultancy business Energy Saving Lighting (ESL).

More: Private equity

  • Technology

Cyber security

Advising FPE Capital on its investment in Intragen, a premium cyber security services consultancy and systems integrator.

SaaS

Advising FPE Capital and members of the management team on the sale of Kallidus, a leading human capital management and e-learning SaaS provider to Apse Capital.

SaaS

Advising the shareholders of Taxfiler, the cloud tax and accounts provider on its sale to IRIS Software Group, a portfolio company of Hg Capital.

More: Technology

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