Nick Fisher

Nick’s experience includes advising:

• Energy Capital Partners:
  • As part of a consortium with KKR, on the approximately £5.75 billion recommended take-private acquisition of DCC Energy PLC, a multi-energy sales and distribution business
  • On its £2.1 billion acquisition of Biffa PLC, a UK waste management business which includes technologically-driven energy generation services
• CVC Capital Partners:
  • On its recommended £5.4 billion cash offer, in a consortium with Nordic Capital and ADIA, for Hargreaves Lansdown PLC, the UK’s largest savings and investment platform and the UK’s biggest retail stockbroker
  • As part of a consortium with Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, on its €10.7 billion cash tender offer for Recordati S.p.A., a leading international pharmaceutical group
  • On its investment in Ridge, the UK multidisciplinary built environment consultancy, to support the continued growth of the business
• Astorg:
  • In a consortium along with Nordic Capital and Novo Holdings, in connection with the merger of their portfolio company eResearchTechnologies (now known as Clario) with BioClinica, a technological and scientific leader in clinical imaging, in a deal reported to be valued at US$5.9 billion
  • On the US$9.5 billion sale of Clario to Thermo Fisher Scientific, inclusive of performance-based earn-out payments; this deal marked the largest full private equity exit of 2025
  • On its US$1.075 billion acquisition of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s global microbiology business
  • On the sale of its portfolio company Anaqua, an IP management software business, to Nordic Capital in a deal reported to be worth US$2.5 billion
  • On its acquisition of Normec Holdings, a Netherlands-based company that provides testing, inspections, and certification services
  • On its sale and reinvestment in Audiotonix, premier audio mixing consoles provider
• Onex Corporation on its US$7 billion acquisition of Convex, a leading specialty property and casualty (re)insurer, alongside American International Group (AIG)
• Bridgepoint and Summit Partners on the sale of Calypso Technology, a provider of financial market software solutions, to Thoma Bravo
• L Catterton on its £1.5 billion acquisition of Hammerson PLC’s entire minority interest in Value Retail, the owner of luxury shopping destinations including Bicester Village
• Neuberger Berman as lead investor in a minority equity financing to support industrial distributor Rubix’s acquisition of ERIKS UK & Ireland
• Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Liberis, a leading global embedded finance platform, and further investment in Qred, a digital small business bank, to create a leading global platform for small- and medium-sized business financing
• Triton on Stonepeak’s acquisition of a co-control stake in IFCO Group, a global leader in reusable packaging solutions for fresh foods 
• Verisure, a Hellman & Friedman portfolio company and the leading provider of professionally monitored security services in Europe and Latin America, on its acquisition of ADT Mexico from Johnson Controls
• Visual Comfort & Co. on its acquisition of Pooky, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of high-quality decorative lighting
• Spectrum Equity on its investment into Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• Lighthouse (a Spectrum Equity portfolio company), the leading commercial intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industry, on its US$370 million Series C financing round led by KKR
• Teachers’ Venture Growth on its strategic investment in Kraken, a leading energy-focused technology unicorn, as part of a US$1 billion funding round valuing the business at US$8.65 billion
• Silver Lake Partners on its US$500 million strategic investment in City Football Group, the world's leading private owner and operator of football clubs
• Tonic Games Limited and its shareholders on the sale of its entire issued share capital to Epic Games, Inc.
• Virtual1 on its acquisition by TalkTalk Group
• TI Fluid Systems plc, the global supplier of thermal solutions and fluid systems for vehicle manufacturers:
  • On its £1.039 billion recommended takeover offer by ABC Technologies Acquisitions Limited
  • On its £1.3 billion initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• 888 Holdings PLC on its:
  • £2.2 billion acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill, a reverse takeover under the UK Listing Rules
  • £162.9 million cash box placing in connection with its acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill
• The underwriters in connection with the US$25.6 billion initial public offering of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the largest IPO in history
• The joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners, and sponsor on Made.com’s £775 million initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and others in connection with the US$11 billion direct listing of Wise, Europe’s first direct listing by a technology company
• The underwriters on Tryg A/S’ rights issue raising DKK 37 billion (£4.3 billion), the largest ever equity raise by a Scandinavian listed company
• The underwriters in connection with the £2.4 billion initial public offering of Avast PLC, the world’s largest consumer antivirus software supplier, listed on the London Stock Exchange
• Bain Capital in connection with various block trades on the London Stock Exchange
• Pertamina PT (Persero), the Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company, on a US$1.5 billion bond offering