James Crawford Richards

Mr. Richards’ experience includes advising: 

• Leonard Green & Partners on its investment in IRIS, a leading global provider of mission-critical software and services in accountancy, payroll, HR, and education
• Bridgepoint Advisers on its acquisition of PEI Group, a UK-based provider of market insight, data, and journalism focused primarily on alternative asset class investment activity
• Netrisk Group, a portfolio company of TA Associates, on its agreement with Bauer Media Group to combine their online comparison businesses across six Central and Eastern European countries
• TA Associates on its investment in MRH Trowe, one of the largest owner-managed commercial lines insurance brokers in Germany, alongside its reinvesting founders and AnaCap Financial Partners
• The senior secured lenders to the Lifeways Group, the UK’s largest supported living provider, in respect of its holistic balance sheet restructuring, recapitalization, and equity arrangements
• N&P Group, an alternative energy company, and its founders in its minority investment from Mercuria* 
• N&P Group on its acquisition of the Crayford mixed recycling facility from Viridor* 
• Triton on the acquisition of ACRE, an access control business based in the US, and the subsequent add-on transactions of TDS (based in Ireland) and Feenics (based in Canada*
• Triton on the sale of DSI Underground, a mining services business, to Sandvik* 
• Neighborly, a KKR portfolio company, on the acquisition of Pimlico Plumbers*
• Blue Water Energy on its acquisition of Severn Glocon and its subsequent add-on ValvTech* 
• Consilium Marine & Safety, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, on its acquisition of UniPOS, a maritime safety business*  
• Nordic Biosite, a portfolio company of Adelis Equity, on its investment in a UK-based distributor of life science research and diagnostic products*
• Arjun Infrastructure on its investment into Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ onshore wind portfolio in Spain* 

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham