Steven Hannah

Mr. Hannah’s recent representations include advising:

• a consortium comprised of GIC, HgCapital, ICG and Montagu in their buyout of Visma in a transaction valued at US$5.4 billion, the largest-ever European software buyout;
• HgCapital in its acquisitions of Blick Rothenberg, the former BPO Division of Visma and Baldwins (collectively to form the Cogital Group), Kinapse, Parts Alliance and Sovos Compliance;
• HgCapital portfolio companies Iris and Sovos Compliance in multiple strategic bolt-on transactions;
• Montagu Private Equity in its acquisitions of DEAS, Open International, Equatex, Accurate Equity, CAP and the University of Law;
• Montagu portfolio company Open International in its acquisition of Transactor Global Solutions;
• EPIC Funds managed by Castik Capital in the acquisition of Waterlogic and Angel Springs;
• EPIC Funds portfolio company Waterlogic in its acquisition of OneSource;
• CVC Capital Partners in leading a consortium including Temasek Holdings and Vatera Healthcare Partners on their acquisition of a controlling stake in Alvogen;
• Qatar Investment Authority in the acquisition, together with BRF Foods, of approximately 80 percent of the shares of Banvit Bandırma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi, a Turkey-listed company operating in the poultry sector, from its controlling shareholders;
• Rhone Capital in its acquisition of ASK Chemicals;
• the founders and management of Avast software on the sale of a 40 percent interest to CVC Capital Partners;
• LDC in its equity investment into a multinational financial services firm; and
• Oaktree Capital Management in its disposal of R&R Ice Cream.