Andrew Houghton

Andrew represents private equity sponsors, asset managers, management teams, and corporates on complex domestic and cross-border M&A, buyouts, and growth investments.

Experience

Representative matters

Advised AnaCap on its acquisition of Cleva, a France-headquartered insurance software provider

Advised Leon Capital on its majority investment into Xynteo, a strategic advisory firm dedicated to providing sustainability and energy transition services to companies

Advised Leon Capital on its majority investment into Warmfront/Domna, a company that specialises in home energy efficiency and retrofit services

Advised AnaCap on its acquisition of Cleva, a France-headquartered insurance software provider

Advised Leon Capital on its majority investment into Xynteo, a strategic advisory firm dedicated to providing sustainability and energy transition services to companies

Advised Leon Capital on its majority investment into Warmfront/Domna, a company that specialises in home energy efficiency and retrofit services

Advised Leon Capital on its strategic investment into Longevity Partners, a leading global climate and sustainability consultancy for the real estate and infrastructure sectors

Advised AnaCap on the disposal of its majority stake in MeDirect Bank, a systemically important European bank

Advised a financial sponsor on its role as lead investor in a GP-led continuation fund transaction

Advised the senior management of the Isio Group, the pensions, investment, reward & benefit and wealth advisory business, on the sale of the group to Aquiline Capital Partners

Advised Copper Street Capital on its majority investment into One Four Nine Group, the independent financial advice and fund management group

Advised Copper Street Capital on its investment into Thistle Initiatives Group, the regulatory compliance consultancy

Advised payments business DNA Payments on its investment by Alchemy Partners

Advised DNA Payments on its acquisition of First Payment Merchant Services, a payment processor

Advised Vitruvian Partners and the other selling shareholders on the disposal of CFC Underwriting, an insurance MGA, to a large European private equity firm and Vitruvian Partners

Advised CFC Underwriting and its shareholders on its sale to Vitruvian Partners

Advised CFC Underwriting on several bolt-on acquisitions, including Threatinformer, Solis Security, and Insane Technologies, as well as the sale of its digital property insurance MGA, Modus Underwriting

Advised a global management consultancy firm on several of its investments across multiple jurisdictions

Advised the financial advice firm Ascot Lloyd and its stakeholders on its disposal to Nordic Capital

Advised Global Risk Partners (now part of Brown & Brown), an insurance intermediary, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Hamilton Fraser, a specialist insurance broker

Advised Global Risk Partners and its shareholders on its disposal to Brown & Brown, Inc.

Advised Global Shares, a cloud-based provider of share plan management software and its shareholders on its disposal to a global investment bank

Advised Deliveroo on several matters, including its various funding rounds – such as its $600 million Series G investment round led by a global technology company – and on its IPO and its various M&A activities (including acquisitions and disposals)

Advised AnaCap on its acquisition, and subsequent disposal to KKR, of Heidelpay, a German payments processor

Advised Toscafund on various of its UK and European growth capital investments, including the UK wealth manager Plurimi Wealth, the Portuguese insurer Caravela Seguros, the French payment services provider Lemonway, the UK insurtech company Instanda, and the UK-based fintech software company Voxsmart

Advised ForgeLight on its investment in The Bank of London a clearing bank operating in the UK and regulated by the PRA and FCA