Paul Dolman

Paul’s representative experience includes advising:

• Bridgepoint Capital 
  • On its investment in PEI Group, a leading international provider of information, insights, and events for the global alternative private assets market
  • On its partnership with MiQ, one of the largest global programmatic media partners in the world
  • On its acquisition of SPP Process Technology Systems and its subsequent sale to Orbotech*
  • On the £835 million sale of Oasis Dental to BUPA*
  • On the acquisition of the administration and fiduciary services business of Appleby and its subsequent US$750 million sale to Ocorian*
  • On the carve-out of the schools business of Cambridge Education Group and its sale to Bright Scholar*
  • And its investee company Element on the £620 million recommended cash offer for Exova plc*
  • And its investee company Wiggle on its acquisition of Bike24*
• TA Associates
  • On its investment in Facts Global Energy, a global provider of market intelligence, data, research, and analysis for the energy market, and its subsequent merger with NexantECA, a global energy and chemicals research and advisory business
  • On its acquisition of a minority stake in MRH Trowe, one of the largest owner-managed commercial lines insurance brokers in Germany, from AnaCap Financial Partners
  • On its strategic growth investment in Hornetsecurity, a leading international cloud security and compliance SaaS provider
  • On the sale and reinvestment of The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software
  • On its agreement to merge Enscape, a leading developer of real-time rendering and design workflow technology for the architecture, engineering and construction industries, and Chaos, a world leader in photorealistic rendering technology
  • On its strategic growth investment in Adcubum AG, a leading Swiss health and property & casualty (P&C) insurance software provider, and tech11 GmbH, a fast-growing insurance software provider serving the P&C market in Germany and across Europe
  • On the sale of a significant minority stake in software vendors IFS and WorkWave to Hg, a leading software and services investor
  • On its £600 million acquisition of the single strategy asset management business of Old Mutual Wealth and its subsequent sale to Jupiter Asset Management*
  • On the acquisition of Biocomposites*
  • On the acquisition of Belgium headquartered CMOSIS and its subsequent sale to ams AG*
  • On the acquisition of a minority stake in Czech headquartered Eurowag*
  • On the sale of Cath Kidston to Barings Private Equity*
  • On the acquisition of Auction Technology Group and the simultaneous acquisition of Proxibid*
  • On the acquisition of a minority stake in Swedish headquartered IFS alongside EQT*
  • On the sale and reinvestment in German headquartered Thinkproject alongside EQT*
  • On the acquisition of the Fairstone Group, the UK wealth management business*
  • On the acquisition of the Netrisk Group, the leading online insurance brokerage in Central & Eastern Europe*  
• 65 Equity Partners and Inflexion on their investment in Kee Safety, a global leader in safety systems and solutions
• Exponent on its investment in Hippo Digital, a Leeds-based digital transformation provider of user-centric design solutions to the UK public sector
• Inflexion on its minority partnership capital investment into Easyfairs, an international events company, together with Cobepa, a Brussels-based privately held investment firm
• The selling shareholders, including TA Associate and HG Capital in connection with the sale of The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software
• A private equity consortium led by Astorg and Epiris on the £1.6 billion UK Takeover Code offer for Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc, a leading financial news and information business
• Epiris
  • On the acquisition of LoneStar Group, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-performance fasteners, sealing products, precision-engineered components, and pipeline packages for the world’s industrial and energy markets
  • On the acquisition of Inchcape Shipping Services, a global provider of maritime services to ship owners, operators, and charterers
• capital D, the next-generation private equity fund manager, on the sale of Qmee, the UK-based app survey platform and fraud prevention technology provider, to Kantar
• Hellman & Friedman on the sale of SSP to LDC*
• Equistone on the MBO of Hydrasun Limited and its subsequent sale to Investcorp*
• Graphite Capital
  • On its acquisition of Random42 from Vespa Capital*
  • On its acquisition of Horizon Care*
• Ardian on the sale of EAT to Pret*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham