Latham Advises Partners Group and International Schools Partnership (ISP) in Sale of 20% Stake in ISP to CVC Strategic Opportunities

Latham & Watkins has advised Partners Group acting on behalf of its clients and International Schools Partnership (ISP), a leading global K-12 school platform, on the sale of a 20% stake in ISP to CVC Strategic Opportunities.

Partners Group and the ISP management team founded the company in 2013 and have since built it into one of the largest K-12 school platforms globally, educating over 110,000 students in 111 schools across 25 countries. Partners Group will remain the majority shareholder and OMERS, which acquired a minority stake in ISP in 2021, will also remain a shareholder.

The Latham team was led by London partners Kem Ihenacho and Katie Peek, with associates Alice Drayton, Farah El-Masri, Jonathan Lin, Alexander Nagorny, Beatrice Leung, and William Farr. Advice was also provided on tax matters by London partner Helen Lethaby, with London counsel James Leslie and associate Richard Liu; on employment matters by London partner Sarah Gadd, with consultant Rebecca Fielding; on contractual, IP, and data matters by London partner Christian McDermott, with counsel Danielle van der Merwe and associates Kate Burrell, Elva Cullen, and Ben Leigh; and on finance matters by London partner Charles Armstrong, with associate Alexander Law.