Katie J. Peek

Katie's recent experience includes advising:

Acquisitions

• Permira on the joint acquisition and combination of Kedrion Biopharma and Bio Products Laboratory, two leading providers of medicinal products derived from human blood plasma
• KSL Capital Partners on acquiring a majority stake in Third Space, the UK luxury health and fitness brand, alongside existing sponsor Encore Capital
• Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of Cupa Group, a Spain-based company that produces and distributes roofing slate
• EQT Partners on acquiring RIMES Technologies, a leading managed data services and RegTech solutions provider with operations across the US, Europe, and Asia
• EQT Partners on acquiring Facile.it, an Italy-based company that operates a car insurance brokerage and price comparison website
• Platinum Equity on acquiring Iberconsa, a global provider of frozen seafood products
• Platinum Equity on its US$4.2 billion acquisition of Urbaser, a Madrid-based integrated waste management company
• BDT Capital on its acquisition of UK-based fishing brand Fox International

Disposals

• Goldman Sachs, Bowmark Capital, and Aston Lark on the sale of the Aston Lark group, one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers
• The Carlyle Group on selling majority control of Nature’s Bounty, a global manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of health and wellness products, to KKR
• The Carlyle Group and Nature’s Bounty on the £1.77 billion sale of Holland & Barrett, one of Europe’s largest health and wellness retailers
• Findus Group on the disposal of Young’s Seafood, a leading UK chilled and frozen food supplier
• Leonard Green & Partners on selling a 25% stake of TopShop/TopMan, a UK-based operator of a chain of clothing retail stores
• Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, on its disposal of Harry’s of London, a men’s shoe retailer
• Telenor on its €2.8 billion sale of its assets in Central and Eastern Europe to PPF Group

Fund-to-Fund Transactions

• Inflexion on its reinvestment into K2 Partnering Solutions, a global technology and staffing specialist
• Hellman & Friedman on the c. €15 billion GP-led secondary/ fund-to-fund transfer of its controlling interest in Verisure Securitas Direct
• Partners Group and International Schools Partnership (ISP), a leading international group of K-12 schools, in relation to the investment by Partners Group and OMERS in ISP, valuing ISP at an enterprise value of €1.9 billion

Consortium Arrangements

• Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR on a strategic co-control partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers, a leading telecoms tower company in Europe
• Hellman & Friedman on the disposal of a minority interest in the Verisure Securitas Direct group to GIC and further minority interests to GIC and Corporación Financiera Alba
• EIG on its US$12.4 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company

Growth Investments

• One Equity Partners in its major strategic investment in Infobip, a global cloud communications platform for the world’s largest enterprises
• Bloom & Wild, a flower delivery business, on its Series C financing round
• Osler Diagnostics, a health technology company, on its Series C financing round
• An Asian investor on its investments in:
  • Sound Cloud, a major music and audio platform
  • Claroty, a cybersecurity software company
  • Fabric, a logistics solutions provider