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EMK Capital Acquires Williams Advanced Engineering

On December 31, 2019, private equity firm EMK Capital acquired engineering company Williams Advanced Engineering from Williams Grand Prix Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EMK Capital’s 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is EMK Capital’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Williams Advanced Engineering was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-12-31
Target Williams Advanced Engineering
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) EMK Capital
Sellers(s) Williams Grand Prix Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Williams Advanced Engineering

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Williams Advanced Engineering is an engineering technology and consulting business to motorsport, high performance automotive, defense, mining and other sectors. Williams Advanced Engineering provides world-class technical innovation, engineering, testing, and manufacturing services to deliver energy-efficient performance to customers. Williams Advanced Engineering is based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EMK Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EMK Capital LLP is a private investment firm focused on majority investments in the business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. EMK Capital is a hands-on investor and looks to commit up to £100 million per platform investment. EMK Capital is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 28
Sector: Engineering M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 10
Year: 2019 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-17 Covidence

Ronde, Denmark

Covidence is a technology provider in the niche professional market of miniature covert video surveillance equipment. Covidence products are used to monitor, prevent, investigate, and gather evidence against unlawful threats such as organized crime and terrorist attacks. Covidence was founded in 2007 and is based in Ronde, Denmark.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-24 Trustonic

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Trustonic is a provider of cybersecurity solutions for protecting critical mobile apps, smartphones, wearables, IoT devices, health tech, and automotive systems. Trustonic was formed in 2012 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Williams Grand Prix Holdings

Wantage, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Automotive
Employees908
Revenue 97M GBP (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Williams Grand Prix Holdings provides constructs, and manufactures Formula One race cars. Williams Grand Prix Holdings was founded in 1977 and is based in Wantage, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Engineering M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-25 Williams Hybrid Power

Grove, United Kingdom

WHP specialises in the design and manufacture of composite flywheel-based energy storage systems, initially exploring options for the bus, truck and tram markets. GKN and WHP have been working together to validate the use of this technology and now that this stage has been reached, it is appropriate for GKN to use its global resources and manufacturing capability to maximise the commercial opportunities that exist.

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