Sidley’s Private Equity Team in London Caps Landmark Year With €46 Billion+ in Transactions

Sidley’s Private Equity team in London delivered a very strong year of transactional activity, supporting a wide verity of clients on complex cross-border transactions and navigating regulatory challenges that required seamless coordination across multiple jurisdictions.

Over the course of the year, the team advised on more than 50 deals, with an aggregate value in excess of €46 billion, reinforcing Sidley’s position across Europe (and beyond) as a trusted adviser on marquee matters spanning across multiple industries and jurisdictions.

Sidley’s was named a 2025 Law360 “Private Equity Practice Group of the Year” – reflecting the depth, scale, and impact of our work across the global private equity market.

Representative Matters in 2025 Included:

• Apollo and certain other shareholders on the sale of the share capital of German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) to TARGO Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of leading French cooperative bank Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.
• Evri, a portfolio company of Apollo-managed funds, in its merger with DHL eCommerce.
• Apollo-managed funds in their acquisition of a majority stake in Prosol Group from Ardian.
• Great Hill Partners on the acquisition of Motion Picture Licensing Company from Tenzing.
• Athora Holding Ltd., a leading European savings and retirement services provider, in its acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited.
• J.C. Flowers & Co. in its acquisition of Pepper Advantage Limited and the subsequent add-on acquisition of Computershare’s UK mortgage servicing business, Computershare Loan Sevices.
• Apollo-managed hybrid strategy funds in their strategic minority equity investment in Charles Monat Associates.
• Bixby Wealth Solutions, a partnership between Moontower Group and Carlyle’s Global Credit Business, on its strategic minority investment in James Hambro and Partners.
• Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE: AHL) in its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Sompo Holdings, Inc.
• Grain & Protein Technologies, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in the carve-out acquisition of the agribusiness equipment operations of Munters FoodTech.
• Apollo-managed funds and affiliates in connection with the launch of TenFifty Capital, a new European-focused commercial real estate lending platform.
• Fortidia in Strategic Partnership With BC Partners.
• Apollo-managed funds in their acquisition of a majority stake in Kelvion.
• Verdane in its acquisition of Smartbox Assistive Technology.
• Apollo-managed funds, acting alongside their consortium partner Rettig Oy Ab, on their voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of Purmo Group.
• Great Hill Partners on its strategic majority investment in Peter Park System.
• SINGU on the strategic investment by K1 Investment Management, LLC and combination with Micad.
• STORY3 Capital Partners on its significant minority investment in Adanola.
• Vector Capital Management, L.P. on its acquisition of Showpad.
• Clara Vista Partners and Portman Holdings in its majority investment in Ipswich Town Football Club.
• Chelsea FC Women Investment by Seven Seven Six.
• Crystal Palace Football Club in relation to the proposed sale of stake held by Eagle Football Holdings Bidco Limited.
• Juventus Football Club S.p.A. on the private placement issuance of its €150 million senior secured fixed-rate notes due 2037.
• OrbiMed and RA Capital Management on their investment in Verdiva Bio Limited.
• Colliers on the UK aspects of the restructure of Collier’s investment management business.
• Vivo Capital, a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare and life sciences, on the acquisition of Dutscher Group.
• Achieve on its acquisition of global music publisher Wise Music Group’s Digital Education division.
• Flowserve on its acquisition of Greenray.