Gareth is a Partner in our Corporate & Private Equity team. Gareth’s focus is on private equity, but he works on a broad range of corporate transactions.
Gareth’s specialism is private equity – he advises management teams, private equity sponsors, private equity backed companies on bolt-on acquisitions and shareholders selling their business to private equity buyers. He also advises on general M&A, growth capital and investment work.
Gareth acts for a number of private equity houses such as WestBridge, Averroes, Foresight and RJD Partners. Gareth is lead partner for Chiltern Capital, who he has advised on multiple deals in the last 24 months.
Gareth previously spent over ten years in London where he trained and qualified at City firm, SJ Berwin. Gareth joined Capital from US firm, Reed Smith.
Recent work
Chiltern Capital
Advising Chiltern on multiple deals, including:
- the acquisition of Xburo, an engineering consultancy headquartered in Glasgow;
- the MBO of Charis Grants, a market leader in the distribution of financial support in the private and public sectors;
- the MBO of Kerr’s Tyres, a Northern-Irish based, 24 hour tyre service, followed by a further bolt-on acquisition of Farmer Autocare;
- the acquisition of Burgess Farms, the UK’s longest established grower, processor and packer of carrots, parsnips and potatoes, followed by a further bolt-on acquisition of Fylde Fresh & Fabulous;
- the MBO of Train’d Up, a leading training and apprenticeship provider.
WestBridge
Acting for WestBridge on numerous deals, such as:
- the MBO of Koto, a leading creative agency specialising in integrated brand strategy, identity and digital implementation services, followed by the subsequent bolt-on of Stereo Creative;
- the MBO of international digital commerce agency Tryzens;
- multi-million-pound MBO of Techex, a leading UK cloud and video over IP specialist;
- £17m investment in Smart Capital Technology, a provider of rapid response IT infrastructure support (Inventory-as-a-Service) to the global IT channel;
- MBO of Eque2, a market-leading provider of business management software to the construction, contracting and house-building industries as part of a £46.5m deal.
Averroes
Advised Averroes Capital on:
- the MBO of Journey Hospitality, a provider of online services to the luxury hotel sector, and the subsequent asset purchase of Premier Software; and
- the acquisition of Glowday, a medical aesthetics PMS.
Foresight
Acting for Foresight on:
- the MBO of Evertrek, a UK leading high altitude trekking specialist;
- the MBO of Play Revolution, a leading designer and manufacturer of indoor play equipment.
RJD Partners
Advising RJD Partners on multiple deals including:
- its investment in Survey Solutions, a provider of land, building, underground and site surveys;
- the MBO, and subsequent sale, of Improve International, a world leader in veterinary postgraduate training and education.
Management Advisory
Gareth has worked on numerous management advisory roles, including:
- multiple connection capital backed transactions including supporting the Management Team on the connection capital backed management buyout of 4Wood TV & Film, a designer and builder of TV and film sets;
- advised the Management Team on the APSE Capital backed MBO of Kallidus, an eLearning software provider; and
- acted for the Shareholders and Managers of Acuiti Labs on its management buyout backed by Quilvest Capital Partners.
Shareholders of Silvertel
Acted for the shareholders of Silvertel on its acquisition by DiscoverIE Group plc.
Shareholders of Energy Saving Lighting
Advised the shareholders of Energy Saving Lighting on the multi million investment from Bestport Private Equity and Thincats.