Jason Menzies

Further examples of Jason’s work include acting for:

• Famar on the successful restructuring, recapitalization and strengthening of its capital structure. 
• HNA Aviation & Tourism Group on the Sale of Radisson to Jin Jiang-led International Consortium. 
• Apollo Global Management, LLC (through certain investment funds affiliated therewith) on the acquisition of a majority stake in Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. from, among others, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
• Five Arrows Principal Investments in its sale of and co-investment in Datix, a patient safety and risk management software company.
• TransUnion on its acquisition of Callcredit, which was named “Private Equity Deal of the Year (Over $1B)” by The M&A Advisor at the 11th Annual International M&A Awards.
• Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, in connection with its sale of Alpha Medical, the leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs, an Apax Partners portfolio company. The transaction represents the largest healthcare transaction in Central Europe since 2008. 
• United Energy Group in its Acquisitions of Pakistan Oil and Gas Assets from OMV.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. on the acquisition of AIM Aviation (a UK aerospace business) and the subsequent sale of a majority stake in this business to AVIC International.
• TowerBrook in its investment in the German tow bar manufacturer Bosal ACPS.
• Blackbaud, Inc., the world’s largest cloud software company powering social good, on its acquisition of UK-based online fundraising services provider, JustGiving™. 
• TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. on its acquisition of Schweighofer Fiber GmbH, an Austrian company that produces high-quality viscose pulp and bio energy, from family-owned Schweighofer Group.
• Buckthorn Partners on its acquisition of TWMA Group Limited, a drilling waste management and solutions provider.
• Mid Europa Partners in its sale of Alpha Medical, a leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs, a leading diagnostic services company owned by Apax Partners.
• Representing TowerBrook in its investment in Van Dijk Educatie, the Netherlands’ largest provider of learning materials.
• TowerBrook and KKR in their investment in OVH, a European leader in cloud infrastructure, telecommunications and web hosting services.
• H.I.G. Europe on its disposal of the Zmarta Group, the leading fintech marketplace in Northern Europe, to Bauer Media Group.
• TowerBrook in its investment in Gravity Media, a UK-based provider of broadcasting equipment and solutions.
• H.I.G. Europe on its disposal of the International School of Europe group, a leading group of schools in Italy, to Inspired.
• Independent Clinical Services Group, a portfolio company of TowerBrook Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Liquid Personnel Limited.
• BlackRock on its sale of Asia Square Tower 1 to Qatar Investment Authority. This is the largest single-tower real estate transaction in Asia Pacific to date and the second largest single-tower real estate transaction globally. This transaction was recognized as “Deal of the Year (Asia), 2016” by Private Equity Real Estate magazine. 
• H.I.G. Europe on the sale of AR Metallizing (a Belgian manufacturer) to Nissha Printing Co.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on the acquisition of Burton’s Biscuits Company.
• Bain Capital on its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Atento from Telefónica.
• New Mountain Capital on its £250 million acquisition of Alexander Mann Solutions.
• KKR & Co. L.P. on its US$1 billion acquisition of Crosby Group Inc.
• Bain Capital on its £230 million acquisition of Plasma Resources UK Ltd. from the UK Department of Health.
• Montagu on its acquisition of Clinisys from ECI Partners.
• GTCR, LLC on its acquisition of Premium Credit Ltd. from MBNA Europe, asset value US$1.45 billion.
• Hastings Insurance Group in an offering of £266.5 million 8% senior secured fixed-rate notes due 2020 and £150 million senior secured floating-rate notes due 2019.
• The Carlyle Group and Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) in IDH’s offering of £200 million 6% senior secured fixed-rate notes due 2018, £125 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2018, and £75 million 8.5% second lien notes due 2019.
• Vista Equity Partners on the £750 million take-private of Advanced Computer Software Group plc.

*Some of the above matters were handled by Jason prior to joining Sidley.