Hugh R. O'Sullivan

Hugh’s experience includes advising:

• TA Associates and Francisco Partners on its agreement to become co-controlling shareholders of TA’s existing portfolio company, Orisha, a leading European vertical software company established to bring industry-specific ERP software to a variety of end markets in France*
• A consortium of investors comprising TA Associates and Montagu Private Equity in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Harvest France SAS*
• A consortium of investors comprising PSG Equity, TA Associates, and Verdane in connection with the refinancing of the existing debt facilities of their portfolio company Hornetsecurity and the acquisition of Vade*
• TA Associates on its:
  • Investment financing for Craigs Investment Partners, a leading wealth management firm in New Zealand*
  • Strategic growth investment alongside Carlyle in SER, a global Intelligent Content Automation software vendor*
  • Acquisition of Faria Education Group, a leader in international education systems and services*
  • Refinancing of its existing debt in relation to its strategic investment into Hornetsecurity, a leading international cloud security and compliance SaaS provider*
  • Combination of Compusoft with Genstar-backed 2020 Technologies to create a global provider of planning and manufacturing solutions for residential and commercial spaces*
  • Investment in Apex Group, a global financial services provider to asset managers, financial institutions, family offices, and companies*
• TA Associates together with Warburg Pincus on their investment in Epassi, a leading digital payments provider for employee benefits*
• TA Associates together with Stirling Square on the IPO of construction software provider Byggfakta*
• Biocomposites, a portfolio company of TA Associates, on the terms of its refinancing*
• IK Partners on the financing of its investment in Dains Accountants alongside the management team, who significantly re-invested*
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on its:
  • Acquisition of Team Eiffel, a leading provider of integrated consulting and project delivery, outsourcing and interim professional services, from Gilde*
  • Impact investment in Envevo, a provider of EV design and installation engineering services*
  • Impact investment in TXO, a provider of telecom network hardware and asset management services*
  • Acquisition of leading provider of premium finance for commercial and retail insurance products, Premium Credit, from Cinven*
• A consortium comprising Stirling Square, TA Associates, and Macquarie, on its recommended public offer to acquire all shares in Byggfakta, a leading provider of data, insights, and software solutions for the construction industry*
• H.I.G. Capital on its:
  • Acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Sleepeezee, a UK-based producer of bespoke and luxury beds and mattresses; which combined with H.I.G.’s existing portfolio company, Silentnight, the UK’s leading bed and mattress manufacturer, and is collectively marketed as ‘The Sleep Group’*
  • Affiliate’s acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Axis Europe, a leading UK provider of property maintenance services*
  • Acquisition of CLC Group, a leading UK provider of property and asset refurbishment*
• Alvarium on its combination with Cartesian Growth Corporation, Tiedemann Advisors, and TIG Advisors to form ALTi Global, Inc. in a deSPAC transaction creating a leading independent, global wealth and asset manager providing entrepreneurs, multi-generational families, and institutions with fiduciary capabilities as well as alternative investment strategies and strategic advisory services*
• Triton on the disposal of German dogado GmbH to international private equity firm Cinven and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board*
• Family shareholders of Fedrigoni on their reinvestment in the Italian specialty paper producer alongside Bain Capital and BC Partners*
• EMZ Partners and Sagard on the 4th LBO acquisition of Safic-Alcan, a French independent distributor of specialty chemicals*
• EQT-backed Cerba Healthcare on its agreement to acquire specialized contract research organization Viroclinics from Summit Partners*
• Create Group-backed Tiancheng International on its:
  • Disposal of its majority stake in Bio Products Laboratory, a specialist in the development of rare disease products using fractionated blood plasma, to Permira*
  • Proposed €1.1 billion sale to Grifols of its indirect majority stake in Biotest, a specialist in innovative hematology and clinical immunology solution*
• A pool of banks on the financing for the acquisition of the Grandir Group, a French group operating daycare centers under the “Les Petits Chaperons Rouges” brand, by Infravia*
• HoldCo SAS, a holding company controlled by Xavier Niel, in the financing of the simplified public tender offer for iliad SA shares launched by HoldCo II, a holding company controlled by HoldCo; the iliad Group is one of the largest telecommunications companies in Europe*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm