Alex Ward advises private equity sponsors and financial investors on all types of significant transactions, including complex cross-border M&A, leveraged buyouts, investments and dispositions, carve-outs, and strategic minority and hybrid investments. Alex also advises portfolio companies of private equity clients on restructurings, management equity arrangements, and a range of other corporate matters. His clients have included prominent global private equity sponsors and alternative asset managers including Apax Partners, H.I.G. Capital and Oakley Capital.
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Work Highlights
- Nordic Capital on its c. $750 million strategic investment in TradingHub
- Apax on multiple transactions, including the acquisition of Yad2, the acquisition of atHomeGroup, and the pending acquisition of Finastra’s global Treasury and Capital Markets business
- H.I.G. Capital on multiple transactions, including the $1 billion sale of Interpath to Bridgepoint and its acquisition of Kantar Media from Bain Capital controlled Kantar Group
- Oakley Capital on multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Phenna Group, Construction Testing Solutions, Steer Automotive Group, Assured Data Protection, and IU Group in a GP-led secondary transaction
- Accountor Software, which is majority owned by funds managed by KKR, on its acquisition of certain enterprise resource planning (ERP) subsidiaries and assets of 24SevenOffice for c. SEK 2.4 billion
- CVC on its acquisition of M Group Services
- Silver Lake-backed Software AG on the sale of the Cumulocity business to Avedon Capital Partners
- Lone Star on its acquisition of ERIKS NV
- Veld Capital on its spin-out from AnaCap Financial Partners, and subsequent investment from a US-based investment manager
- Bruin Capital on the sale of Deltatre to Bain Capital and Nextalia
Education
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BPP University Law School, 2015 LPC
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College of Law - London, 2014 GDL
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University of Warwick, 2013 B.A.
Alex Ward is a Partner in the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Based in London, he advises private equity sponsors and financial investors on a broad range of cross-border transactions, including complex cross-border M&A, leveraged buyouts, investments and dispositions, co-investments, carve-outs, strategy minority and hybrid investments, management equity structures and various portfolio company transactions. With extensive experience representing leading global private equity sponsors and alternative asset managers such as Apax Partners, H.I.G. Capital and Oakley Capital, Alex offers clients strategic insight and practical solutions involving complex deal scenarios.
Alex’s recent experience includes the representation of:
- Nordic Capital on its c. $750 million strategic investment in TradingHub
- Apax on multiple transactions, including the acquisition of Yad2, the acquisition of atHomeGroup, and the pending acquisition of Finastra’s global Treasury and Capital Markets business
- H.I.G. Capital on multiple transactions, including the $1 billion sale of Interpath to Bridgepoint and its acquisition of Kantar Media from Bain Capital controlled Kantar Group
- Oakley Capital on multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Phenna Group, Construction Testing Solutions, Steer Automotive Group, Assured Data Protection, and IU Group in a GP-led secondary transaction
- Accountor Software, which is majority owned by funds managed by KKR, on its acquisition of certain enterprise resource planning (ERP) subsidiaries and assets of 24SevenOffice for c. SEK 2.4 billion
- CVC on its acquisition of M Group Services
- Silver Lake-backed Software AG on the sale of the Cumulocity business to Avedon Capital Partners
- Lone Star on its acquisition of ERIKS NV
- Veld Capital on its spin-out from AnaCap Financial Partners, and subsequent investment from a US-based investment manager
- Bruin Capital on the sale of Deltatre to Bain Capital and Nextalia