Squire Patton Boggs has advised PEI Group, the global business intelligence and analytics provider, backed by Bridgepoint, on its acquisition of Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA), the leading global index, benchmark and rating provider for private infrastructure and private equity markets. SIPA’s market indices, benchmarks and rating solutions, infraMetrics, privateMetrics and privateAlpha, will become part of PEI’s asset-class platforms.
The Squire Patton Boggs team was led by Corporate partner Mark Yeo and associate James Pascoe and included Maisie Hodges and Melissa Rock from the Corporate practice in the UK, Le Jing Ong and Eu Li Lian from the Corporate practice in Singapore, Reem Al-Saady (UK) and Julia Yeo (Singapore) from the Labour & Employment practice, Matt Harris, Carlton Daniel and Jack Wood on commercial and IP matters, David Naylor, Sam Tibbetts and Dan Fara on data privacy matters, and Patrick Ford from the Tax Strategy & Benefits practice.
SIPA is an index provider and administrator registered with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and delivers quantitative data and analytics solutions for private markets. It applies academically validated methods to produce private market indices and benchmarks. SIPA developed from more than a decade of academic research at the EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA). EIPA is a dedicated academic research centre at the EDHEC Business School, founded in 1906 and ranked among Europe’s top institutions.
Established in 2001, PEI Group is a global provider of vital market intelligence, data, analytics and events for the private markets. Through its portfolio of networks and events, information brands, proprietary datasets and research platforms, PEI supports the decision-making of more than 30,000 institutional investors, asset managers, advisors, and other market participants worldwide.
