Gareth Davies
Partner
Birmingham
Gareth.Davies@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2665
Gareth leads our private equity practice in the West Midlands from our Birmingham office as part of our wider corporate team. Gareth is part of an award winning and industry recognised team (Real Deals 2021). He is recognised by private equity sponsors and management teams as commercial, always available and able to get deals done. In addition to his private equity practice, Gareth acts for corporate clients ranging from global corporations (Europe and the US in particular) to UK-based PE portfolio assets, SMEs and OMBs.
Gareth has advised on multiple transactions across many different sectors, including technology, construction and real estate, education, energy and infrastructure, healthcare and manufacturing. Gareth is a member of our financial services and insurance group, focusing on private equity sponsors.
Clients of Gareth’s include Palatine Private Equity, NorthEdge, LDC, Apiary Capital, BGF, Altia, PBE Group, Sodexo, Equable Partners, Manor Adventure, MSQ Partners, LearnPro/XVR, Access2Music and Radiant Financial Services.
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Apiary Capital LLP
Advised Apiary Capital LLP on the management buy-out of XVR, a global virtual reality e-learning provider to the emergency services sector.
NorthEdge
Supporting NorthEdge on its disposal of Orbis Project to Synova.
Sodexo
Supporting Sodexo on 10 UK M&A deals since 2018.
Palatine on CET exit
Advised leading mid-market PE investment firm, Palatine Private Equity (Palatine) on the sale of CET Property Assurance, the insurtech claims management division of CET Group to HomeServe plc for £53m.
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