Hakeem is a Senior Associate in our Corporate & Private Equity team, who trained with Capital.
Hakeem acts on all aspects of corporate work and has advised on a wide range of transactions including acquisitions and disposals, private equity investments and management buyouts. He has experience acting for companies, funds and investors across a variety of industry sectors in the UK and internationally, and is familiar with supporting deal teams on complex transactions.
Hakeem specialises in advising private equity sponsors on their investments and portfolio management, as well as supporting management teams through private equity backed transactions and is a key member of our management advisory team. He has acted on transactions backed by private equity houses such as WestBridge Capital, Chiltern Capital, Adventus Capital, Averroes Capital, RJD Partners, LDC, FPE Capital, TowerBrook, Quilvest Capital, Bowmark Capital, Triton Partners, Atlantic Street Capital, Mobeus Equity Partners, Thoma Bravo and Development Bank of Wales.
Hakeem also has in-house private equity experience, having been seconded to Adventus Capital in 2026 where he supported the investment team in Zurich with due diligence, deal origination and portfolio reporting.
Recent work
WestBridge
Advising WestBridge Capital on investments from WestBridge’s £225m Fund III and exits from Fund II including its:
- management buyout and investment in international digital commerce agency Tryzens;
- management buyout and investment in global creative agency Koto;
- partial exit of Eque2 to Bowmark Capital; and
- exit of APEM Group to Applus+ Group for circa £335m and delivering a 11.5x multiple to WestBridge’s investors.
Chiltern Capital
Advised Chiltern Capital on its management buyout and investment in 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.
TXO
Acted for the vendors of TXO, a provider of telecom network hardware and asset management services, on the acquisition of a majority stake by TowerBrook Capital Partners.
Payara
Acted for the vendors of Payara Services, a centralised platform to run and scale enterprise Java applications, on the sale of the company to Azul Systems, a portfolio company of US PE fund Thoma Bravo.
Business Modelling Applications
Advised the management team of Business Modelling Applications, a leading decision intelligence software and services platform for utility companies and asset intensive infrastructure operators, on its investment from FPE Capital.
Acuiti Labs
Supported the shareholders of Acuiti Labs, a global SAP consulting firm, on an investment from Quilvest Capital Partners.
Languages
- Punjabi
