PRIVATE equity firm LDC has backed a £20m secondary buyout of Warrington-based catering firm Waterfall. LDC has bought a minority stake held by YFM Equity Partners, venture capital trust Neptune-Calculus and Kaye Enterprises, since 2007 when they backed a management buyout of Caterplus. The vendors said they had achieved a 5x return on the original … Continued
Rob McCarthy of Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services provided financial due diligence to YFM Equity Partners as they back the management team of an industrial acoustic engineering business on a £4m MBO. A four-strong team from Wakefield Acoustics has bought the Cleckheaton firm, which designs, manufactures and installs a range of bespoke industrial and environmental noise … Continued
PHD Equity Partners (“PHD”) has reached a first closing of £16.5million for its second private equity fund, PHD Equity Partners Fund No.2 (“Fund 2”) and will commence investing it from January 2015. Fund 2 has a target of £25million and is backed by a diverse group of high net worth individuals, alongside the PHD partners … Continued
PHD Equity Partners backs £3.2m management buy-in of UK’s leading online rug retailer Modern Rugs – the UK’s leading dedicated online rug retailer which is based in Co Durham (URLs: www.modern-rugs.co.uk and www.sisalrugs.co.uk) – has undergone a £3.2m management buy-in backed by Enterprise Ventures and PHD Equity Partners. The deal gives operational control of the … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance, the prominent independent advisory firm, announces the successful completion of its advisory role to the management team of Character World, the UK’s leading licenced bedding specialist, on their secondary buyout backed by Palatine Private Equity from RJD Partners. Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance have been retained adviser to the management … Continued
Yorkshire advisers act on cross border deal with Indian buyer Two leading Yorkshire advisory firms, Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance Limited (“DSW”) and Squire Patton Boggs have successfully completed the international trade sale of Homestyle Products Limited (“Homestyle Products”) to Acrysil UK Limited, a newly formed UK subsidiary of Acrysil Limited (“Acrysil”), an Indian company … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm, has continued its expansion plans with the appointment of Phil King to its Corporate Finance team. Phil will be based in the Yorkshire & North East office, advising a wide range of businesses across the region on acquisitions, business sales, financing raising and … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Forensic LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of new partner, Kate Beckett. Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm with offices in the North West and North East of England, has continued its expansion with the appointment of Kate Beckett as a partner to its Forensic … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the leading specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm with offices in Cheshire and Yorkshire, has continued its expansion plans with the appointment of Rob McCarthy as a partner to its Transaction Services team with effect from 1 September 2014. Rob will lead the provision of financial due diligence services in the … Continued
Bridgepoint Development Capital and PHD Equity Partners have completed the sale of The Energy Solutions Group, the leading provider of energy management solutions to SSE plc for an initial consideration of £66m. ESG works with both private and public sector customers to provide solutions that reduce energy consumption, minimise costs and create sustainable energy savings. ESG whose customers have property portfolios … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm, have recognised the outstanding contribution by two of its team in its North West Office. Dave Graham and Tony Meakin have been promoted to director level. Mr Graham, a Chartered Accountant and graduate of the University of Liverpool, joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services team provided financial due diligence to the North West team at private equity house LDC on their backing of the management buyout of software services company Stroma. The company was established in 2002 by Matt Ferguson, Rob Coxon and Steve Turner. It offers regulatory driven compliance services and software applications to the … Continued
We are delighted to announce the launch of Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP, which offers recovery and insolvency advice to businesses suffering financial difficulties. The new business is part of the Dow Schofield Watts group of professional services businesses. Dow Schofield Watts is an award winning corporate finance specialists, who have advised on more … Continued
Dow Schofield Watts, the specialist professional advisory and equity finance firm based in Cheshire and Leeds, have strengthened their Corporate Finance team with the appointment of Philip Sarthou as Corporate Finance Executive, with effect from 12th May 2014. After completing a BSc in Finance from the renowned School of Management and Finance, “Ecole Supérieure de … Continued