Tom Durrant

M&A

• Advising Connection Capital and the management team on the sale of insurtech company Tempcover to RVU, owner of USwitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk.
• Advising NFP, a leading insurance broker and consultant providing property and casualty, corporate benefit and retirement solutions, on the acquisition of KGJ Insurance Services Group.
• Advising YFM Equity Partners, Octopus Investments, the founders and the management team on the sale of cloud-based call management technology company Callstream to NASDAQ-listed J2 Global.
• Advising the shareholders of rail engineering company LH Group on the sale of the company to S&P 500 company Wabtec Corporation.
• Advising the sellers of steel processor Steel & Alloy on the sale to Spanish industrial group Gonvarri.
• Advising the owners of nuclear sensors and process instrumentation manufacturer Weed Instrument on the sale of the company to Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.
• Advising Dunedin Private Equity and the management team on the sale of infrastructure and property assurance business CET to Palatine Private Equity.
• Advising the founder on the sale of Tyrrells Potato Chips to Langholm Capital.
• Advising Connection Capital and the management team on the sale of indoor go-karting operator TeamSport to Duke Street Capital.
• Advising the founder of Nuclear Engineering Services, the UK’s largest independent turnkey provider of engineering services to the nuclear industry, to Italian company Ansaldo Nucleare.
• Advising the founder of Collcap Packaging on Collcap’s merger with Spain’s Quadpack Industries SA.
• Advising the shareholders on the sale of Miles 33, a leading supplier of digital publishing software to media, corporates and agencies, to Naviga Inc.
• Advising Connection Capital and the management team on the sale of independent risk advisory firm JCRA Group to Chatham Financial.
• Advising Ultralife Corporation, listed on NASDAQ, on the acquisition of UK smart battery designer and manufacturer Accutronics Ltd.
• Advising Connection Capital and the management team on the sale of leading regional portable and modular accommodation hire company Carter Accommodation Ltd to Modulaire Group, the multinational accommodation hire group.
• Advising the listed Malaysian steel pipes and fittings group, Pantech, on the acquisition of UK marine pipe fittings manufacturer Nautic Steels.
• Advising Mobeus, Connection Capital and the management team on the IPO of online wine retailer Virgin Wines.

Private Equity

• Advising NorthEdge Capital on its investment in Friend MTS, a leading global provider of video content security services.
• Advising Dunedin Private Equity on its investment in leading global supplier of fall protection equipment, Kee Safety.
• Advising NorthEdge Capital on its investment in energy technology and data business Correla.
• Advising the management team on the secondary buyout of power generation and power distribution business Brush Group from Melrose plc, funded by One Equity Partners.
• Advising NorthEdge Capital on its investment in Bridge Farm Nurseries, the UK market-leading producer of ornamental plants, flowers and herbs.
• Advising Connection Capital on its investment in Brompton Technologies, a leading technology company focused on high-end processing products for LED video walls.
• Advising Paintbox Automotive, a supplier of painted exterior assemblies to luxury automotive marques, and its management team on the investment by BGF.
• Advising Inflexion Private Equity on its investment in global market-leading unified commerce platform, Flooid.
• Advising LDC on its investment in bespoke generator and uninterrupted power supply unit manufacturer Dale Power Solutions.
• Advising the management team on the MBO of Menzies Distribution from John Menzies Plc funded by Endless.
• Advising Connection Capital on its investment in 4Wood TV and Film, one of the UK’s leading TV and film set design and build businesses.
• Advising the management team on the secondary buyout of Gardner Group, the UK-headquartered supplier of metallic aerostructure details, equipment and components funded by The Carlyle Group.