M&A Deal Summary

Countrywide Acquires Lambert Smith Hampton

On October 14, 2013, Countrywide acquired business services company Lambert Smith Hampton from Sankaty Advisors for 34M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Countrywide’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Countrywide’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Countrywide’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-10-14
Target Lambert Smith Hampton
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Countrywide
Sellers(s) Sankaty Advisors
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 34M GBP

Target

Lambert Smith Hampton

London, United Kingdom
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) is a commercial property consultancy operating from a national network of 27 offices based in the UK and Ireland. The company offers a wide range of consultancy and transactional services to an enviable private and public sector client base. LSH’s revenues are diversified by client, geography and service line.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Countrywide

Essex, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Financial Services
Revenue 492M GBP (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Countrywide is a residential real estate agency and property services, provider. Countrywide was founded in 1986 and is based in Essex, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sankaty Advisors

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Sankaty Advisors is the independently-managed credit affiliate of Bain Capital, LLC and a private managers of fixed income and credit instruments. Founded in 1998 and now managing more than $24 billion of assets, Sankaty has an integrated team of 200 people that enables the firm to invest up and down the capital structure, and to conduct rigorous, independent analysis of thousands of corporate issuers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-01 Lambert Smith Hampton

London, United Kingdom

Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) is a commercial property consultancy operating from a national network of 27 offices based in the UK and Ireland. The company offers a wide range of consultancy and transactional services to an enviable private and public sector client base. LSH’s revenues are diversified by client, geography and service line.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-01 Airvana

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Airvana LP is a provider of 4G LTE and 3G small cell solutions that enable people to access communications, information and entertainment in the most challenging and high-value environments—offices, public venues and homes.

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