Jacob Traff

Apax Partners on various transactions, including the:

• proposed NOK 3.8 billion public-to-private of EcoOnline
• acquisition of Lutech from One Equity Partners
• acquisition of PIB Group from Carlyle
• $3.4 billion public-to-private (together with Warburg Pincus, CPPIB and OTPP) of Inmarsat and subsequent $7.3 billion combination of Inmarsat with Viasat

Bain Capital Private Equity on various transactions, including the:

• €955.3 million public takeover of Caverion Corporation
• Investment and Strategic Partnership in CitiusTech
• €3.0 billion acquisition (together with BC Partners) of Fedrigoni
• investment in CitiusTech alongside Baring Private Equity Asia
• €1.7 billion acquisition (together with its consortium partners) of ITP Aero from Rolls-Royce
• €2.1 billion public-to-private (together its consortium partners) of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj (now Ahlstrom)
• equity arrangements in connection with the acquisition (together with NB Renaissance) of Engineering Group
• €3.4 billion takeover offer (together with Carlyle) for OSRAM
• acquisition of Maesa
• acquisition of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (now Centrient) from Royal DSM and Sinochem
• sale of its stake in Securitas Direct / Verisure to Hellman & Friedman
• €1.35 billion sale (together with Altor) of EWOS to Cargill

Cinven and Bain Capital Private Equity on the:

• CHF 4.2 billion acquisition of Lonza’s Specialty Ingredients business (now Arxada) and subsequent acquisitions of Troy Corporation and Enviro Tech
• €5.3 billion public-to-private of STADA and subsequent $660 million acquisition of Takeda’s OTC portfolio in Russia and the CIS

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on its investment in SumUp as lead investor of a €590 million investment round

Oakley Capital on various transactions, including the:

• reinvestment by Oakley Capital V in Contabo alongside KKR
• acquisition of TechInsights by Oakley Capital IV alongside CVC Growth
• acquisition of ICP Nurseries
• sale of WebPros by Oakley Capital III to CVC and simultaneous $200 million reinvestment by Oakley Capital IV
• acquisition of a majority stake in Globe-Trotter

Vista Equity Partners on various transactions, including the:

• acquisition of Allocate Software from HgCapital, subsequent reinvestment by HgCapital and then sale to RLDatix
• acquisition by its portfolio company Mediaocean of Flashtalking from TA Associates
• £725 million public-to-private of Advanced, subsequent acquisitions by Advanced of Docman, Modern Systems and Kirona and investment by BC Partners
• acquisitions by its portfolio company STATS of Prozone Sports and Perform Group from DAZN to create STATS Perform
• C$4.8 billion public-to-private by its portfolio company Misys of DH Corporation to create Finastra
• acquisition by its portfolio company Granicus of Firmstep
• sale of Sovos Compliance to HgCapital
• equity arrangements in connection with the acquisition of Accelya from Warburg Pincus

ABRY Partners on various transactions, including the:

• investment in the $350 million capital raise by ERS Insurance
• acquisition of Options Technology from Bregal Sagemount and subsequent acquisition of Fixnetix from DTC Technology Company
• investment in Sermo

GTCR on various transactions, including the:

• €350 million acquisition of TachoSil from Takeda and simultaneous acquisition of Surgical Specialties Corporation from Vivo Capital to create Corza Medical
• acquisition by its portfolio company Resonetics of Medelec
• acquisition of Callcredit from Vitruvian

Ares on the £400 million preferred equity investment in McLaren Group

Harvest Partners on the acquisition by its portfolio company Service Express of Blue Chip

Advent and Cinven on the €17.2 billion acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Technology business (now TK Elevator)

CPPIB (together with its consortium partners) on the acquisition of Galileo Global Education from Providence Equity

Arsenal Capital Partners on the CHF 308 million acquisition of Clariant’s Healthcare Packaging business (now Airnov)

Cerberus Capital Management on the acquisition of the European business of Staples, Inc to create Staples Solutions and subsequent sale of the Staples Solutions business in France, Italy and Spain to RAJA Group

SJ Berwin LLP

• Associate, 2011–2013

• Trainee Solicitor, 2009–2011