M&A Deal Summary

ABRY Partners Acquires Chambers and Partners

On November 9, 2023, private equity firm ABRY Partners acquired publishing company Chambers and Partners from Inflexion for 400M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 5th transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ABRY Partners’ 12th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-11-09
Target Chambers and Partners
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) ABRY Partners
Sellers(s) Inflexion
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 400M GBP

Target

Chambers and Partners

London, United Kingdom
Chambers and Partners is a publisher of rankings and directories for the legal sector. Chambers and Partners was founded in 1990 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 170 of 175
Sector: Publishing M&A 5 of 5
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 41 of 42
Country: United Kingdom M&A 12 of 13
Year: 2023 M&A 6 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-07-12 Prime Capital Investment Advisors

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Prime Capital Investment Advisors provides a client-centric team approach to full-service financial planning, including fee-based asset management and wealth management through its Prime Capital Wealth Management brand. Through its Qualified Plan Advisors brand, the firm also provides retirement plan advisory services, as well as plan participant education. PCIA currently has 51 locations throughout the United States, with investment advisor representatives serving clients across the nation. Prime Capital Investment Advisors is based in Overland Park, Kansas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-20 Nuspire

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Nuspire is a provider of managed security services delivering threat detection and remediation through a skilled team of experts, advanced R&D, and proprietary solutions that merge big data and deep human analytics. Nuspire was founded in 1999 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Inflexion

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 10.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inflexion is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in UK-based founder and family-owned businesses. Broad areas of interest include consumer products/services, business services, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. The Firm's target investment size is £10 to £500 million. Inflexion was formed in 1999 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 57 of 63
Sector: Publishing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 23 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 56 of 62
Year: 2023 M&A 8 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-10-30 Aosphere

London, United Kingdom

Aosphere is a legal information and technology company that specializes in providing digital subscription-based legal services, focusing on cross-border regulatory compliance, derivatives, data privacy, and market practice analysis. Aosphere was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-21 GlobalData - Healthcare business

London, United Kingdom

GlobalData's Healthcare business is a subscription service healthcare data platform.

Buy £434M