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Richard Youle

Partner, Skadden

44 20 7519 7094richard.youle@skadden.com

22 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4BQ

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Richard Youle is head of Skadden’s London office and co-head of the firm’s Private Equity Group. He focuses on private equity matters, including advising private equity houses and financial sponsor clients on all types of leveraged M&A and portfolio assistance, such as restructuring advice.

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Youle’s significant experience includes advising:

  • Corient in the acquisitions of Stonehage Fleming and Stanhope Capital Group to create a US$430 billion independent ultra-high-net-worth wealth manager

  • BlackRock:
    • as part of a consortium of investors, including Allianz and T&D Holdings, in the acquisition of Viridium Group at an enterprise value of €3.5 billion
    • in its acquisition of Preqin at an enterprise value of £2.55 billion
  • Coty Inc. in its strategic partnership with KKR & Co. Inc. including the carve-out sale of 60% of its professional beauty and retail hair businesses to KKR with an enterprise value of US$4.3 billion
  • Castik Capital in:
    • its acquisition of Andra Tech Group B.V.
    • the acquisition of Element Logic
    • CPA Global’s US$6.8 billion all-stock combination with Clarivate plc
    • the acquisition of AddSecure from Abry Partners
  • Hg in a number of matters, including:
    • its US$6.4 billion take-private acquisition of OneStream, Inc.
    • portfolio company Intelerad Medical Systems in the sale of Intelerad to a GE HealthCare affiliate, valuing Intelerad at an enterprise value of US$2.3 billion
    • its US$3 billion acquisition of AuditBoard, Inc.
    • the sale of a co-controlling stake in IRIS Software Group Ltd to Leonard Green & Partners at an enterprise value of US$4 billion (£3.15 billion) and the negotiation of consortium terms going forward
    • its significant investment in IFS and WorkWave businesses at a US$10 billion valuation
    • as lead investor in the US$5.3 billion buyout of Visma, a leading business software provider, and its subsequent investment rounds in Visma, valuing the company at US$19 billion
  • NorStella, a portfolio company of Hg and Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, in its merger with Citeline, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus LLC, creating a combined pharmaceutical group with a value of US$5 billion
  • Sovos Compliance, LLC, a portfolio company of HgCapital LLP, in its acquisitions of TrustWeaver AB and Paperless
  • I Squared Capital in:
    • the acquisition of Arriva, a major European public transport operator headquartered in the U.K., from Deutsche Bahn AG (DB), which valued the company at €1.4 billion
    • the US$3.1 billion take-private acquisition, alongside TDR Capital, of Aggreko plc
  • Transaction Services Group (TSG) in Calera Capital’s sale of a majority stake in TSG to Advent International Corporation
  • Montagu Private Equity LLP and the other shareholders of Equatex in the €354 million disposal of Equatex to Computershare

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