Richard Youle

Mr. Youle is recognised as a leading individual in The Legal 500 UK, which also named him to its U.K. Hall of Fame in 2018, and ranked in Tier 1 in Chambers UK, which quotes clients describing him as a "superb negotiator" who "ensures an excellent service."

His representations, since joining Skadden, include advising:

• HgCapital as lead investor in the US$5.3 billion buyout of Visma, a leading provider of business software in the Nordic region. This is Europe’s largest-ever software buyout;
• HgCapital LLP in its proposed sale of Ullink SAS to Itiviti AB, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital;
• HgCapital portfolio company Sovos Compliance, LLC on its acquisition of Paperless;
• Hg, the manager of HgCapital Trust plc, in the sale of Radius to Vistra; and
• Sovos in its acquisition of Stockholm-based TrustWeaver.

His recent representations, prior to joining Skadden, include advising:

• a consortium comprised of ADIA, Allianz Capital Partners, Borealis Infrastructure and Munich Re on the acquisition of 100 percent of Autobahn Tank & Rast;
• Epic Funds advised by Castik Capital on its acquisition of Waterlogic and Angel Springs;
• Essex Woodlands on its acquisition of EUSA Pharma;
• Global Infrastructure Partners on the agreement to acquire a 35 percent stake in Terminal Investment Ltd from MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company;
• HgCapital on its:
  • acquisitions of Kinapse, Sovos Compliance, the Raet Group, The Foundry, Team System, Manx Telecom, JLA, Iris Software Group, e-conomic, Nair & Co, Parts Alliance and NetNames;
  • investment in Mitratech;
  • investment, exit and reinvestment in Visma; and
  • sell-down of a minority stake in JLA and a refinancing of the business;
• HgCapital portfolio company Nair & Co on its acquisition of High Street Partners to form Radius;
• HgCapital portfolio company Ullink on its acquisition of Nyfix/Metabit businesses from ICE;
• Mid Europa Partners on the disposal of Norican Group to Altor Equity Partners; Montagu Private Equity on its acquisitions of DEAS, Accurate Equity AS, Open International, University of Law, CAP and Equatex;
• Oaktree Capital Management on its acquisition of The Serviced Apartment Company (Saco); and
• Oyak Girisim Danismanligi on its acquisition of the Almatis Group.