Suneel Basson-Bhatoa

Mr. Basson-Bhatoa’s experience includes advising:

• Ares on:
  • Acquiring SLR Consulting, an international sustainability consultancy business
  • Acquiring Exemplar Health Care Group, a leading UK provider of high-dependency nurse-led care for adults
  • Establishing the European Loan Programme, a €3 billion joint venture with GE Capital offering senior secured loans in the European leveraged finance market
• Astorg on:
  • Acquiring Normec Holdings, a testing, inspections and certification services business
  • Acquiring Anaqua, a provider of asset management software and maintenance services
  • Acquiring and disposing Audiotonix, a global producer of audio mixing consoles
• Astorg and Cinven on their consortium acquisition of LGC, a global leader in the life sciences tools sector
• Astorg and Epiris on their consortium £1.6 billion UK Takeover Code offer for Euromoney Institutional Investor, a leading financial news and information business
• Bay Grove and its portfolio company Lineage Logistics on acquiring:
  • Kloosterboer Group, Europe’s largest independent integrated platform for temperature-controlled storage, logistics, and value-added services
  • Partner Logistics, a European automated cold-storage provider with warehouses in the Netherlands, the UK, and Belgium 
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on acquiring, with B&J Holdings, the remaining stake in Applegreen, an Ireland-based operator of a petrol forecourt retailer
• Bregal on acquiring Iptor Supply Chain Systems, a developer and provider of enterprise resource planning and supply chain management software to the distribution industry 
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its:
  • £4.77 billion UK Takeover Code consortium offer with KIRKBI Invest and Blackstone for Merlin Entertainments, a UK-based leisure and entertainment company
  • US$3.4 billion consortium offer with Apax, Warburg Pincus, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board for Inmarsat, a leading mobile satellite services provider
  • Consortium offer with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board for Intact, a UK-based personal and commercial insurance provider
• CVC Capital Partners on: 
  • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s acquisition of a 30% stake in its portfolio company, Domestic & General, a leading appliance care specialist
  • a strategic growth investment in OMADA A/S, a global leader in identity governance and administration software and services
• CVC Capital Partners and Blackstone on:
  • Their consortium UK Takeover Code offer for Paysafe Group, a global end-to-end payment solutions provider
  • Their consortium equity investment in connection with the Paysafe Group’s acquisition of iPayment, a credit and debit card-based payment processing services provider
  • Paysafe’s merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company founded and led by Bill Foley
• EQT Partners on acquiring Facile.it, a car insurance brokerage and price comparison website 
• Global Infrastructure Partners on acquiring, in a consortium with Meridiam Infrastructure Finance and other investors, Suez, a French drinking water distribution, wastewater treatment, and waste management company
• Helios Investment Partners on its investment in renewable energy business Starsight
• Silver Lake on its:
  • Investment in Australian A-League and other professional football leagues
  • Investment in IVC Evidensia group, a leading European veterinary care provider
  • Investment in City Football Group, parent company of, among others, Manchester City Football Club
• The consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital on its £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club
• TowerBrook on its shareholder equity arrangements with Warburg Pincus in connection with their joint offer for AA