Alice M. Drayton

Alice’s experience includes advising:

• CVC on its strategic investment in Dream Games
• Partners Group on the sale of a minority interest in International Schools Partnership to CVC Strategic Opportunities and QIA
• Verisure, a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman, on its sponsor-backed IPO
• Apollo on its acquisition of the colocation data center business from STACK Infrastructure
• Helios on its acquisition of the Nigerian glass business of Frigoglass
• Helios Sports & Entertainment Group on its minority investment in PFL Africa
• Muse Sport on its investment in the Italian SailGP team
• Mubadala on its investment in the Brazilian SailGP team
• EQT on the sale of Rimes, a global leader in enterprise data management solutions for the investment industry, to Five Arrows, the private equity arm of Rothschild & Co.
• The ad hoc group of senior lenders to Vue Cinemas in relation to its c. EUR1 billion debt and equity restructuring
• Zimmer Partners on the sale of Carrick Holdings, a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance management business, to Northlight Group
• Oppenheimer as the lead investor in Perpsectum, a UK-based medical imaging and diagnostic technology provider, on its series C financing round
• TPG Growth on its minority investment in Airtel Money
• Hellman & Friedman on the c. €15 billion GP led secondary / fund to fund transfer of its controlling interest in the Verisure Securities Direct group
• The senior creditors committee in relation to the c.£200 million debt and equity restructuring of FatFace, a UK-headquartered apparel retail business
• Helios Investment Partners, TA Associates, and minority shareholders on the sale of a significant minority stake in Interswitch to Visa; Interswitch, headquartered in Nigeria, is one of the largest Africa-focused digital payments providers 
• TA Associates on the acquisition of a minority interest in Interswitch, an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company
• The Carlyle Group, on the acquisition of Reach Holdings by Acosta, one of its portfolio companies
• Catterton Partners in connection with its combination with L Capital and L Real Estate, the private equity operations of LVMH and Groupe Arnault to form L Catterton, a new consumer-focused private equity firm
• Permira on the acquisition of the Corin Orthopaedics and the bolt-on acquisitions of Global Orthopaedic Technology and OMNI Orthopaedics Inc
• Funds advised by Triton and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) (the Consortium) on the acquisition of IFCO, a unit of Australian Securities Exchange-listed Brambles Limited        
• Equistone Partners Europe Limited on their acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services (“MAKS”) from US listed Moody’s Corporation
• Hellman & Friedman on the disposal of minority interests in the Verisure Securitas Direct group to GIC and Corporación Financiera Alba
• Young’s Seafood in connection with its sale to Karro Food Group