Alex Edmondson Partner

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Alex is head of the firm’s private equity practice and specialises in advising private equity clients on buyouts, management incentivisation and sales processes. He also has extensive experience of advising on asset manager M&A, private company M&A and general advisory matters.

Alex has sector expertise in several areas, including in particular the technology sector and co-heads the firm’s cross-departmental technology practice group, advising companies, founders and investors.

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Recent work

Preqin

Advising leading private markets data solutions provider Preqin on its sale to global investment manager BlackRock for £2.55bn.

Mayfair Equity Partners

Advising Mayfair Equity Partners on their investment in i-media, a rapidly growing Digital Out of Home media owner with exclusive advertising rights across the UK’s Motorway Service Areas.

Signal Capital Partners

Advising Signal Capital Partners on its strategic partnership with Armen, a European GP-stakes investor.

Exponent Private Equity

Advising Exponent Private Equity on the sale of its interests in Isio, a leading independent UK provider of actuarial consulting, pensions administration, investment advisory, employee benefits and wealth management services, to Aquiline Capital Partners.

Mayfair Equity Partners

Advising Mayfair Equity Partners on its backing of Access Partnership’s management buyout.

Exponent

Advising Exponent on its acquisition of H&MV Engineering Limited, an Irish-headquartered business specialising in high voltage electrical engineering.

Exponent Private Equity

Advising Exponent Private Equity on the acquisition of KPMG’s pensions advisory practice, Big Bus Tours (the UK-based global sightseeing bus tour operator), The Leisure Pass Group (an online retailer of composite tourist attraction passes), and Bullit Mobile (a rugged mobile phone producer) and on the sale of Gorkana Group (the leading UK media intelligence business).

GHO Capital

Advising specialist healthcare private equity investor GHO Capital on a number of matters, including the acquisition of Sterling Pharmaceuticals, the acquisition and sale of Quotient Clinical and the acquisition of ADC Biotechnology Limited.

Improbable

Advising Improbable Worlds on its $100m equity investment by NetEase to expand into the Chinese market. Achieved through a share issue and the purchase of some shares from early investors and founders.

Silverfleet Capital

Advising Silverfleet Capital on its leveraged buyout of Sigma Components, an aerospace manufacturing business, from AIM listed Avingtrans plc.

Hayfin Capital

Advising multi-strategy alternative asset manager Hayfin Capital on the purchase of a majority shareholding in the firm by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, one of Canada’s largest institutional investors within capital markets.

Checkout.com

Advising Checkout.com on its $230m Series A fundraising, Europe’s largest ever fintech Series A round and the third largest fintech Series A globally, which was co-led by Insight Partners and DST Global.

Hayfin Capital

Advising Hayfin on the acquisition of the Transocean Norge oil rig in a joint venture with Transocean.

ACPI

Advising the sellers on the sale of ACPI (wealth manager) to UBP (a Swiss bank).

Alchemy

Advising Alchemy on its acquisition of the Inn Collection from Kings Park Capital

Usnoop Limited

Usnoop Limited on two early stage fundraisings, including an investment from Salesforce Ventures.

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"The 'exceptionally bright' Alex Edmondson is highly rated by clients for his logical approach, and has a particular focus on the technology sector, heading a cross-departmental group."

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"Alex Edmondson is recognised as a leading next generation partner in relation to both M&A and private equity."

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