Kem Ihenacho

Kem’s representative transactions include advising:

• 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
• CVC Capital Partners:
  • On its £2 billion acquisition of Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat-detection and security-screening technologies for airports and critical infrastructure, from Smiths Group plc
  • And its portfolio company Domestic & General, one of the largest appliance care providers across the UK and Europe, on the sale of Domestic & General to Asurion, a global leader in technology care, support, and protection
  • On its strategic investment in Dream Games, the developer and publisher of globally renowned mobile games Royal Match and Royal Kingdom
  • On the equity arrangements in respect of the take-private of Hargreaves Lansdown  
  • On its acquisition with Haveli of Jagex, a leading developer and publisher of video games, from Carlyle
  • On its acquisition of RGI, a leading independent provider of software solutions to the European insurance industry from Corsair
  • On its investment, alongside Oakley Capital, in TechInsights Inc., a leading provider of IP services and advanced technology analysis across a broad range of devices and markets
  • And Blackstone on the merger of Paysafe with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) founded and led by Bill Foley
  • On the acquisition of 90.01% of Ethniki Insurance, Greece’s largest insurer, from the National Bank of Greece and the subsequent sale of CVC's stake to Piraeus Bank
  • On the acquisition of Domestic & General from Advent and the subsequent sale of a 30% stake to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
  • Growth Fund on its strategic investment in OMADA A/S, a global leader of Identity Governance and Administration software and services
  • In connection with the £2.4 billion IPO of Avast, the world’s largest consumer antivirus software supplier, listed on the London Stock Exchange
  • Leading a consortium with Blackstone on the £2.96 billion offer for Paysafe Group plc   
  • And portfolio company ASM on its joint venture with WPP and the Smollan Group
• Aztec Group and its founder Edward Moore, a leading international fund and corporate services provider, on its strategic partnership with Warburg Pincus
• GTCR on its acquisition of Once For All, a leading compliance and supply chain management software provider, from Warburg Pincus
• KoBold Metals, a California-based exploration firm, in its US$150 million Mingomba Deposit investment for a copper mine development 
• Rimac Group, a leader in electrified vehicle technology, on its €500 million Series D financing
• Digital Realty on its acquisition of Teraco, Africa’s leading carrier-neutral colocation provider
• Brookfield Asset Management in the acquisition of Spanish slate producer Cupa from The Carlyle Group
• PureGym and Leonard Green & Partners (the majority shareholder of the PureGym Group) on the £300 million equity investment in the Group by KKR
• African Capital Alliance on its equity investment into WIOCC (West Indian Ocean Cable Company), Africa’s hyperscale infrastructure provider 
• Digital Realty Trust on its strategic investment in AtlasEdge, a European edge data center provider 
• Francisco Partners and BluJay Solutions on its sale of BluJay to E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. for a mix of cash and shares at an enterprise value of US$1.7 billion 
• Partners Group and International Schools Partnership (ISP), a leading international group of K-12 schools, in relation to the investment by Partners Group and OMERS in ISP, valuing ISP at an enterprise value of €1.9 billion
• The Rise Fund, TPG’s global impact investing platform, on its US$200 million minority investment in the mobile money business of LSE premium-listed company, Airtel Africa PLC 
• TPG and other selling shareholders in relation to the sale of the Prezzo group, the Italian casual dining restaurants, to a subsidiary of Cain International
• KKR:
  • On its US$1.1 billion acquisition of Kobalt Capital’s Music Rights Portfolio
  • On its acquisition of Prometic Bioseparations, a company engaged in the research of bioseparations and subsidiary of Liminal BioSciences
  • On its €50 million investment in Univercells, an innovative bioprocessing provider focused on increasing the availability of affordable biologics to address global health challenges
• GIC:
  • On its investment in, and the subsequent IPO of, Birkenstock
  • In consortium with HgCapital, ICG, and Montagu Private Equity on its acquisition of a 40% stake in Visma
  • On its investment in The Access Group
• Bay Grove Capital and its portfolio company Lineage Logistics:
  • On the acquisition of Kloosterboer Group BV, Europe’s largest independent integrated platform for temperature-controlled storage, logistics, and value-added services
  • On the acquisition of Partner Logistics, a leading European automated warehouse business
  • On the acquisition of Yearsley Group, a leading UK temperature controlled logistics service provider and frozen food distributor
• William Demant Invest A/S in connection with its acquisition of Vision RT, a UK-based 3D surface imaging technology company developing products and solutions for surface guided radiation therapy
• Leonard Green & Partners on its acquisition of Pure Gym
• The Carlyle Group in relation to its investment in Diamond Bank
• TA Associates:
  • On its equity investment in Inspired Education, a UK-based provider of educational services
  • On the acquisition of a minority stake in Interswitch, headquartered in Nigeria and one of the largest Africa-focused digital payments providers
• Energy Capital Partners on its acquisition of UK thermal generation assets from Engie
• Onex Corporation on its acquisition of Survitec Group
• Onex and Survitec on the acquisition of Wilhelmsen Maritime Solutions
• Aon on the disposal of its insurance business in Southern Africa to Capital Works
• Helios Investment Partners:
  • On the sale of a 25% interest in Axxela, the largest private sector gas distributor in Nigeria, to Sojitz Corporation
  • And TA Associates in relation to the investment in Interswitch by VISA
  • On its joint venture with Vitol on the acquisition of Oando’s downstream Business
  • In relation to its investment in Vivo Energy
  • On the acquisition of Axella (Oando Gas & Power)
  • On its investment in renewable energy business Starsight
• Wagamama, Duke Street, Hutton Collins, and the other selling shareholders in connection with the acquisition by The Restaurant Group plc of Wagamama