Accelerating value across the investment journey
Our transaction support experts work with the world’s leading financial sponsors and portfolio companies. We offer quantitative and actionable insights, sector expertise and objective support to help make the best investment decisions at every stage of the deal lifecycle.
We combine our unique understanding of the technology, media, telecoms and digital infrastructure ecosystem with knowledge of the evolution of markets, value chains and supporting infrastructure across the long term.
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- investment thesis and business case development
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- cyber security
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- 100-day plan
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- periodic support for shareholder or debt processes
- market updates, appraisals and valuations
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Raising finance and monitoring KPIs to minimise risk:
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- strategic check-in and re-set
- exit planning and strategy
- sell-side portfolio analysis
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Our support on recent deals
Orange
Supported Orange Concessions with debt refinancing
Debt financing
EOS Partners GmbH
Commercial due diligence to support the acquisition of Flexicode
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Triton Partners and bluu unit GmbH
Commercial due diligence support for the acquisition of KKL Klimatechnik Vertriebs GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Telecom Egypt
Sale of a 75–80% stake in Regional Data Hub to Helios
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Crawley Borough Council
Securing private investment for the deployment of a new commercial fibre network
Investment Undisclosed
Telus
Strategic advice and M&A support
M&A sell side CAD1.26 billion / 49.9% interest
MasOrange, Vodafone and GIC
Commercial and technical vendor due diligence of the largest FTTH wholesale network in Spain
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Aviva Investors
Advisory support on a merger between Truespeed and County Broadband
M&A merger / JV Undisclosed
Sofindev
Commercial due diligence to support the acquisition of Euphoria Mobility
M&A buy side Undisclosed
HitecVision
Technical and ESG due diligence for a partnership with Lyse to acquire a 50% stake in Altibox Carrier
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Fortino Capital
Commercial due diligence to support the acquisition of mpmX by MEHRWERK
M&A buy side Undisclosed
EOS Partners GmbH
Commercial due diligence on the sale of MST group GmbH to NIIT
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Scanbot SDK
Commercial due diligence on a strategic partnership with Apryse
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Equinix
Market review and entry stratey to support the acquisition of three facilities from Total Information Management Corporation
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
Commercial, technical and ESG due diligence of Princeton Digital Group (PDG)
Investment USD1.3 billion
Fortino Capital
Commercial due diligence to supoprt the acquisition of Modell Aachen GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Grain
Raising finance from HPS Investment Partners, LLC
Debt financing GBP225 million
Peter Park
Commercial due diligence support on an investment by Great Hill Partners
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Axian Telecom
Support to Axian Telecom on the issuance of its second Eurobond
Debt financing USD600 million
Motus Unternehmerkapital
Commercial due diligence of maleco Farbwerk GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
General Atlantic
Investment in Wireless Logic Ltd
Investment Valued at GBP3.5 billion/minority shareholder
CADENAS GmbH
Commercial due diligence to support the acquisition by Keyence Corporation
M&A sell side Undisclosed
OpCore
Securing InfraVia Capital Partners investment
Investment 50% stake / EUR860 million
Brigantia Partners Limited
Due diligence support for the acquisition of ELOVADE Deutschland
M&A sell side Undisclosed
EOS Partners GmbH
Securing commercial financing for the refinancing of Accompio
Debt financing Undisclosed
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Oman
Award of 26GHz spectrum as the first mmWave IMT band in the Sultanate
Spectrum award Undisclosed
Open Fiber S.p.A.
Due diligence of Open Fiber in support of its refinancing process
Debt financing EUR7.2 billion (debt), plus EUR2.0 billion (equity)
e& PPF Telecom Group
Agreement with United Group to acquire an 100% stake in SBB Serbia BroadBand
M&A buy side EUR825 million
German edge & Alpina
Commercial due diligence of Orsoft GmbH, a provider of supply chain and simulation software
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Hannover Finanz
Partnership with 8com GmbH & Co. KG
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Morphosis Capital
Commercial due diligence and market review of EnduroSat
Investment Undisclosed
Indra
Commercial due diligence supporting INDRA in its acquisition of an 89.68% stake in Hispasat from Redeia, including its 43% stake in Hisdesat
M&A buy side EUR725 million
Liberta Partners Opportunities GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Avenir Group
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Herald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen (HQIB)
Sale of portfolio company (procilon GROUP) to Main Capital Partners
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Axiata Group Berhad
Commercial due diligence and market review of Smartfren
M&A merger / JV USD6.5 billion
Harald Quandt
Commercial due diligence of Procilon Group, providing B2B and B2G cyber-security solutions
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Commercial and technical due diligence to support the acquisition of Melita Ltd
M&A buy side Undisclosed
XpFibre
Commercial due diligence and market review for the debt refinancing of XpFibre
Debt financing EUR5.8 billion
Connexin Ltd
Broadband intervention services and specialist bid support
Debt financing GBP58 million
Rivean Capital
Partnership with Perbility GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Waldegg Equity Partners GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Aventario, a vendor management and sourcing advisory company
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Inflection – the buyout architects
Commercial due diligence of Knurr, a control room solutions provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Ogi
Securing a GBP45 million investment to accelerate the roll-out of FTTP broadband
Debt financing GBP45 million
Vauban Infra Fibre
Strategic minority investment agreement with GIC
M&A sell side EUR650 million
Accompio
Commercial due diligence of rtec cyber security, a managed IT security services provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Ceské Radiokomunikace (CRA)
Raising GBP167 million with 6-year senior credit facilities
Debt financing GBP167 million
The Riverside Company
Commercial due diligence on its partnership with GFOS mbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Riverside
Commercial due diligence of GFOS, a workforce management platform
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Triton
Support with debt financing of bluu unit, a HVACR alliance
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Wildanet
Securing GBP35 million in financing from the National Wealth Fund (UKIB)
Debt financing GBP35 million
Infranode (Europe)
Commercial, technical and ESG due diligence of Sandefjord Bredbånd
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Maxburg
Commercial and technical due diligence of DCON, a German ITSM/ESM software provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Maxburg Capital Partners
Commercial due diligence of Claims Experts, a claims management expert for automotive insurance claims
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Emeram
Commercial due diligence of Coconet, a digital banking platform
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Silver Investment Partners
Commercial due diligence of IQ Solutions, a software asset management provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Axiata
Spectrum valuation support on a merger with Airtel
M&A buy side UndisclosedT-Mobile (Europe)
Technical due diligence of Sandefjord Bredbånd
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Flex Capital
Commercial due diligence of Omikron, a German banking and e-payment software provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Actis
Strategic investment in Swiftnet Ltd
Investment USD355 million
EOS Partners GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Swibox, an electrical enclosures specialist
M&A buy side UndisclosedVolpi Capital
Commercial due diligence of echoes, a French-based SaaS vehicle date provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Bridgepoint Group
Commercial due diligence and market review of Kerv Group
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Afinum Management GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Objectkultur Software
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Afinum
Commercial due diligence of Ojectkultur, a customer software developer and IT consultant for CRM and BI
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Investcorp
Commercial due diligence of Veda, a provider of full suite HR software and payroll-as-a-service
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Fremman Ltd
Commercial due diligence of Connexta GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Fremman Capital
Commercial due diligence of Connexta, a German based IT service and managed services provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Inflection Investment Partners GmbH & Existing Management
Commercial due diligence of Vertiv Integrated Systems GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Bregal Unternehmerkapital GmbH
Commercial due diligence of netrics, a Swiss-based cloud workplace and managed services provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
FUNKE Mediengruppe GmbH & Co KGaA
Commercial due diligence of High Five GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Handverks Gruppen, FSN Capital
Commercial due diligence of Hans Übelacker, a luxury crafts provider in surface treatment
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Bregal Unternehmerkapital GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Netrics hosting
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Aequita & Co KGaA
Commercial due diligence of Fujitsu Services, for a carve-out of a German private cloud business of Fujitsu
M&A buy side UndisclosedYouFirst
Commercial due diligence of Mothership, a creator marketing agency with a focus on gaming
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Evex Group, Flex Capital
Commercial due diligence of Optix, a provider of business intelligence software for optical retailers
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Patrizia / DAL
Commercial due diligence of numbat, a provider of high-power charging stations
M&A sell side EUR140 million
Phoenix Tower International
Commercial and technical due diligence of NOVEC GmbH
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Volpi Capital
Commercial due diligence of echoes, an SaaS vehicle data provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Rakiza Fund
Commercial due diligence and market review of Oman Broadband
M&A buy side Undisclosed
FUNKE Mediengruppe GmbH & Co KGaA
Commercial due diligence of iamstudent.com, a provider of student discount vouchers
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Ask4 Limited (UK)
Technical due diligence of Ask4 Ltd
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Deutsche Unternehmensbeteiligungen AG (DUBAG)
Commercial due diligence of Promedi Personalmanagement GmbH, a personnel services company
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Accompio EOS
Commercial due diligence of Services4-IT, a Hungarian nearshore service provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Accompio EOS
Commercial due diligence of be-solutions, an SME-focused MSP
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Vantage Towers
Commercial and technical due diligence of Vantage Towers
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Chequers Capital
Commercial due diligence of Cheops Technology NV
Undisclosed Undisclosed
Emitel SA
Commercial and technical vendor due diligence of Emitel for refinancing
Debt financing EUR353 million
abrdn (UK)
Commercial due diligence of Airband, a UK FWA/FTTP player
M&A buy side Undisclosed
EOS Partners GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Poolarserver, a CDE software provider for the construction industry
M&A buy side Undisclosed
KLAR Partners Ltd
Commercial due diligence of hallo, a leading Dutch MSP for the SME market
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Macquarie Capital (Asia–Pacific)
Commercial due diligence of CloudExtel
M&A buy side USD100 million
Arjun Infrastructure Partners Ltd
Commercial and technical due diligence of Altitude Infra
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Pure IP Limited (UK)
Commercial due diligence and market review of Pure IP
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Syserso Networks
Commercial due diligence of SHD, a specialist in IT infrastructure and IT security
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Capvis
Commercial due diligence of Adtx Partners, a leading IT strategy and consulting firm
M&A buy side UndisclosedZARGroup
Commercial due diligence of SyncPilot–UC&C remote collaboration, a software provider for customer care
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Findos investor
Commercial due diligence of Angelina, a leading Croatian yacht charter and leasing company
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Arcus
Commercial due diligence of Intercontent, an enabler of digital traffic monetisation
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Partners Group (Asia–Pacific)
Commercial due diligence and market review of PLDT Inc.
M&A buy side PHP9.2 billion
Vecturis Equity
Commercial due diligence of Sirum, an ERP-based TMS software
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Star Capital Partners (UK)
Commercial and technical due diligence of Datacentre One (DC1)
M&A sell side Undisclosed
IK Partners
Commercial due diligence of Remazing, a service provider for Amazon resellers
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Prom12
Commercial due diligence of Commundardo, an IT systems integrator and SW developer
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Maguar
Commercial and technical due diligence of afb, a provider and developer of modular software solutions
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Spark New Zealand Limited
Commercial due diligence and market review of Spark Towers (Connexa)
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Moratelindo (IPO)
IPO market study for PT Moratelindo
IPO USD67 millionTriton
Commercial due diligence of Kalte Eckert Gruppe, a provider of refrigeration and cooling solutions
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Axian Telecom
Support to Axian Telecom on its inaugural Eurobond issuance
Debt financing USD420 million
Pinova Capital
Commercial and technical due diligence of Sematell, an AI-based workflow software provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
ecovium and FSN Capital
Commercial due diligence of Mantis, a leading WMS software provider in CEE and Gree
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Alpina Partners
Commercial and technical due diligence of TPG, The Project Group, a project management service provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Deutsche Umwelttechnik
Commercial due diligence of BVE, a provider of construction waste recycling and logistics
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Rigeto
Commercial due diligence of andcompany, a full-service internet agency
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
Commercial due diligence and market review of three tower assets in Eastern Europe
M&A buy side PLN1920 million
Impero Investcorp
Commercial due diligence of ContentKeeper, a US-based IT security services provider for schools
M&A buy side
Chequers Capital
Commercial due diligence of Syserso networks, a specialist in security for KRITIS
M&A buy side Undisclosed
EOS Partners GmbH
Commercial due diligence of Mod IT services, an IT security services provider
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Cloudflight
Commercial due diligence of Macio, a leading embedded systems developer
M&A buy side Undisclosed
VR Equity Partner
Commercial due diligence of Glas Strack, a B2C e-commerce shop and manufacturer
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Deutsche Unternehmensnachfolge
Commercial due diligence of KHM, a manufacturer of car equipment parts
M&A buy side UndisclosedExisting Investors
Technical due diligence of Doorboost, an online marketing agency
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Knorr Bremse
Commercial due diligence of AutoBrains, a provider of AI camera sensor technology for autonomous driving
M&A buy side USD25 million
Maxburg Capital Partners
Commercial due diligence of Hausmann, a hazardous materials disposal business
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Moving Intelligence and Volpi Capital
Commercial due diligence of PLT, providing route management and TMS software
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Impero Investcorp
Commercial due diligence of Netop, a Danish classroom management software provider
M&A buy side
Tiscali S.p.A.
Commercial due diligence for a debt raise by Linkem Retail
M&A sell side
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
Commercial due diligence and market review of Ceské Radiokomunikace (CRA)
M&A buy side USD425 million
Alro Group Gimv
Commercial due diligence of InProCoat, a specialist in fire-resistant coating
M&A buy side Undisclosed
FSN Capital
Commercial due diligence of Impreg, a provider of UV liners for municipal water sewer systems
M&A buy side Undisclosed
FSN Capital
Commercial due diligence of ecovium, a leading European logistics software specialist
M&A buy sidePolkomtel
Commercial and technical due diligence of Cellnex
M&A sell side Undisclosed
Vodafone Group Plc (UK) and Vantage Towers
IPO of Vantage Towers
IPO EUR2.3 billion
Bouygues Telecom
Creation of a nationwide fibre backhaul and edge data-centre provider in France
M&A sell side EUR1.0 billion
Babble Cloud Holdings Ltd
Commercial due diligence and market review of Babble for LDC exit
M&A sell side GBP90 million
GTT Communications (North America)
Commercial and technical vendor due diligence for the carve-out of Exa Infra from GTT
M&A sell side USD2.2 billion
Phoenix Tower International
Commercial due diligence and market review of TowerTel
M&A buy side EUR500 million
Germanedge and Alpina
Commercial due diligence of Objective, a WMS software specialist
M&A buy sideNoah
Commercial due diligence of Intrexx, a low-code software vendor
M&A buy side
FSN Capital
Commercial due diligence of MHP Solution Group, provider of software solutions
M&A buy side
Ardian Investment (Europe)
Commercial due diligence of Mila
M&A buy side
Alpina Partners
Commercial due diligence of Objective, shop floor and warehouse floor IT solutions
M&A buy side
IHS Holding Limited
Support to IHS Towers in its IPO at the New York Stock Exchange
IPO USD6.9 billion
Euphoria Mobility
Buy-side due diligence for Sofindev Private Equity Partners as it expands its portfolio into telematics solutions in the Dutch and Nordics market
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Regional Data Hub (RDH)
Vendor due diligence of telecoms operator Telecom Egypt to support their sale of a 75-80% stake in newly formed data-centre infrastructure company RDH to Helios Investment Partners
M&A sell side USD230 million
Pheonix Tower International
Buy-side due diligence of 300 telecoms towers (now TorLoc Towers) in Ireland on behalf of Ancala
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Telekom Romania Mobile Communications
Technical due diligence services to OTE on the sale of Telekom Romania Mobile Communications
M&A sell side Undisclosed
koenig.solutions
Buy-side due diligence support to EMZ Partners to strengthen its presence in SAP services within the energy and utilities sector
M&A buy side Undisclosed
CSP GmbH & Co. KG
Recapitalisation of CSP, a leading enterprise software provider in the QMS market and a portfolio company of EOS Partners
Recapitalisation Undisclosed
SMF Spanlose Metall Formung
Buy-side due diligence support to Inflection Investment Partners, investing into complex metal components for defence and mobility
M&A buy side Undisclosed
Towerlink France
Vendor due diligence of Cellnex Telecom's edge data centre business (Towerlink) in its divestment to Vauban Infrastructure Partners
M&A sell side EUR391 million
Manx Telecom Group
Vendor due diligence of integrated fixed-mobile telco Manx Telecom on behalf of the operator and Basalt Infrastructure Partners
M&A sell side UndisclosedClient projects
Helping Axian Telecom to develop digital and telecoms infrastructure through a USD420 million, 5-year debut bond
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Assisted Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Axione with the creation of the largest independent investment platform for fibre-based assets in France
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For a FTTH infrastructure operator in Eastern France, we performed a commercial due diligence of the mass and enterprise markets as well as potential new services
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