Katie J. Peek

Katie's recent experience includes advising:

Acquisitions

• Goldman Sachs on its acquisition of Clear Group, a commercial insurance broker 
• Permira on the joint acquisition and combination of Kedrion Biopharma and Bio Products Laboratory, two leading providers of medicinal products derived from human blood plasma
• KSL Capital Partners on acquiring a majority stake in Third Space, the UK luxury health and fitness brand, alongside existing sponsor Encore Capital
• Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of Cupa Group, a Spain-based company that produces and distributes roofing slate
• EQT Partners on acquiring RIMES Technologies, a leading managed data services and RegTech solutions provider with operations across the US, Europe, and Asia
• EQT Partners on acquiring Facile.it, an Italy-based company that operates a car insurance brokerage and price comparison website
• Platinum Equity on acquiring Iberconsa, a global provider of frozen seafood products
• Platinum Equity on its US$4.2 billion acquisition of Urbaser, a Madrid-based integrated waste management company

Disposals

• 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.
• Equistone Partners and Acuity Knowledge Partners on the sale of Acuity, a leading provider of high-value research, analytics, and business intelligence to the financial services sector, to funds advised by Permira
• Goldman Sachs, Bowmark Capital, and Aston Lark on the sale of the Aston Lark group, one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers
• The Carlyle Group on selling majority control of Nature’s Bounty, a global manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of health and wellness products, to KKR
• The Carlyle Group and Nature’s Bounty on the £1.77 billion sale of Holland & Barrett, one of Europe’s largest health and wellness retailers
• Leonard Green & Partners on selling a 25% stake of TopShop/TopMan, a UK-based operator of a chain of clothing retail stores
• Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, on its disposal of Harry’s of London, a men’s shoe retailer

Fund-to-Fund Transactions

• Inflexion on its reinvestment into K2 Partnering Solutions, a global technology and staffing specialist
• Hellman & Friedman on the c. €15 billion GP-led secondary/ fund-to-fund transfer of its controlling interest in Verisure Securitas Direct
• 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

Consortium Arrangements

• Igneo Infrastructure Partners on the sale of a 25% stake in its Iberian renewables platform, Finerge, to AXA IM Alts 
• Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR on a strategic co-control partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers, a leading telecoms tower company in Europe
• Global Infrastructure Partners and APG on their acquisition (with AustralianSuper) of a 37.4% interest in Peel Ports Group, a leading operator of ports in the UK, from funds managed by DWS 
• Hellman & Friedman on the disposal of a minority interest in the Verisure Securitas Direct group to GIC and further minority interests to GIC and Corporación Financiera Alba
• EIG on its US$12.4 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company

Growth Investments

• Goldman Sachs on its investment in Phytech, a digital farming automation and data provider (one of the first investments for Goldman’s ESG-focused Horizon fund) 
• One Equity Partners in its major strategic investment in Infobip, a global cloud communications platform for the world’s largest enterprises
• An Asian investor on its investments in:
  • Sound Cloud, a major music and audio platform
  • Claroty, a cybersecurity software company
  • Fabric, a logistics solutions provider