Alexander Crosthwaite

Alexander's experience includes representing:

• Goldman Sachs Alternatives as lead investor on the US$55 million Series B funding round of 73 Strings, a French financial intelligence platform providing comprehensive data extraction, monitoring, and valuation solutions for the private capital industry
• Bizzdesign on its acquisition of MEGA International, a global SaaS software company
• IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, on the acquisition of Agama Group, a market-leading independent regulatory compliance firm based in France and Luxembourg
• Bridgepoint on its proposed public tender offer for Esker
• Webhelp in its:
  • US$4.8 billion combination with Concentrix Corporation
  •  Acquisition of OneLink, an innovator in digitally-enabled CX, BPO, and technology services
• Imerys, the world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, on its exclusive negotiations to sell its High Temperature Solutions business (HTS) to Platinum Equity
• Astorg in: 
  • Its majority stake sale in Anaqua to Nordic Capital
  • The signing of a binding agreement with Alpha Private Equity, whereby Astorg will acquire IPCOM, a pan-European leading B2B specialty distributor of technical and building insulation products
  • The acquisition of IQ-EQ by a continuation fund
  • Its acquisition of Solina, the leading European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry, from Ardian
  • Its acquisition of Nemera, the world leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of drug delivery devices for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generics industries
• TA Associates in the partial sale of Odealim, a leading French insurance brokerage firm for real estate professionals
• Tradesy, a pioneer in the US second-hand fashion industry, in its acquisition by Vestiaire Collective
• Astorg and Goldman Sachs in the sale of HRA Pharma, a rapidly expanding, innovation-driven consumer healthcare company, to Perrigo
• Elsan Group, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Groupe C2S, a France-based company operating private clinics
• KKR in its: 
  • Acquisition of a controlling interest in French hospital operator Elsan alongside CVC, Téthys, Ardian, and other French institutional investors
  • Acquisition of Webhelp, a leading provider of technical consultancy, customer experience, and business process outsourcing (BPO)
• Impala in the takeover of the cosmetics group Alès Groupe in bankruptcy proceedings
• Calliditas in its acquisition of controlling Interest in Genkyotex, a leader in NOX inhibition therapies, followed by a public tender offer
• ATEC in its public tender offer for EOS imaging, a leader in outcome-improving orthopedic medical imaging and software solutions
• TechnipFMC in its planned spinoff transaction to separate into two industry-leading, independent, publicly traded companies
• KKR and the founders of Webhelp, one of the world’s leading providers of customer experience and business process outsourcing (BPO), on the €2.4 billion sale of the company to GBL
• BofA Merrill Lynch in connection with the setting up of its Paris-based EU broker dealer in the context of Brexit
• Astorg Partners and SGG in the leveraged acquisitions of Equitis, CIM, First Names, Lawson Conner, and Augentius
• CDPQ in its joint acquisition with Suez Environment of GE Water
• Tikehau in its leveraged acquisition, with Raise and IDI, of Meriguet
• Worldline in its acquisition of SIX Payment Services from SIX in exchange for listed stock
• Astorg Partners in its acquisition, with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, of HRA Pharma