Private equity
Malcolm acts for private equity houses and growth capital providers in the mid-market and lower mid-market as well as management teams on large cap PE deals. Examples include:
Civica
Advised Civica, a private equity backed business, on its acquisition of ntropy data, Inc. Civica UK Limited, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, acquired the specialist customer engagement software provider.
BGF
Advised UK investor BGF on its US$11 million investment in Genflow, a London and Los Angeles-based brand-building agency.
Civica
Advised Civica, a private equity backed business, on its acquisition of Calibrand Ltd, an online assessment software specialist.
FPE Capital
Advised FPE Capital, a software and services focused lower mid-market growth investor, on its investment in Codestone, a business applications and cloud services platform.
Akerbla
Advised Akerbla Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Ocean Ecology, the UK marine and environmental survey specialist.
FPE Capital and management
Advised FPE Capital (FPE) and management on the sale of Masstech to Telestream. FPE, a software and services focused lower mid-market growth investor, and the management team have sold their stake to Telestream, which is backed by Genstar Capital, a San Francisco-based, technology private equity investor.
BGF
Advised UK investor BGF on its investment in Source BMX, an omni-channel BMX retailer.
FPE Capital
Acting for FPE Capital on its investment in Kallik, a leading provider of Labelling and Artwork Management SaaS solutions.
Elysian Capital
Acting for Elysian Capital on the secondary buyout of Aspirations Care, a specialist provider of supported living centres for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.
Fairview Equity Partners and Silversmith Capital Partners
Acting for Farview Equity Partners and Silversmith Capital Partners on their investment in the leading online platform, Unily.
Civica Group
Acting for the Civica Group, an investee company of Partners Group, on its acquisition of occupational health cloud software specialist, Warwick International Computing Systems.
Management team of Optimum Credit Limited
Acting for the management team of Optimum Credit Limited, a leading provider of second charge mortgages, on its sale to Pepper Money, backed by global private equity fund, KKR.
BGF
Acting for BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, on its investment in BB7 Fire, a niche fire safety and security consultancy.