Simpson Thacher advised Bruin Capital portfolio company As1 on its acquisition of Elite Consulting, Denmark’s largest football agency.
Operating for over 20 years, Elite Consulting specialises in facilitating transfers for Scandinavian players and coaches. Its roster includes internationally recognised coaches such as Thomas Frank, Brian Riemer, Kasper Hjulmand and Ståle Solbakken, as well as Danish international players including Victor Froholdt, Albert Grønbæk, Anders Dreyer and Alexander Bah.
As1 represents over 300 elite players with a total market value exceeding 700 million euros. It ranks as the seventh largest football representation agency in the world.
The Simpson Thacher team includes James R. Howe, Chris Vallance, Sean Macdonald, Ella Hammond and Spandan Das (M&A), Shahpur Kabraji and Dilraj Rai (Credit), and Étienne Renaudeau and Henry Llewellyn (Antitrust and FDI).