M&A Deal Summary

GHO Capital Partners Acquires Validant

On December 20, 2018, private equity firm GHO Capital Partners acquired business services company Validant

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GHO Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is GHO Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is GHO Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-12-20
Target Validant
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) GHO Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) BKD LLP (Financial)
O'Melveny & Myers (Legal)

Target

Validant

San Francisco, California, United States
Validant is specialist consulting services to a broad range of clients across the biotech, pharma and medtech sectors. Validant was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

GHO Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 6.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

GHO Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on the healthcare sector. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout Europe and seeks well-established, profitable businesses that have the potential to deliver a combination of double-digit top line growth, significant efficiency gains and international expansion. GHO Capital Partners was established in 2014 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 20
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 5
State (California) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 3 of 9
Year (2018) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-02 BioAgilytix

Durham, North Carolina, United States

BioAgilytix is a bioanalytical testing laboratory focused on large molecule bioanalysis for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agriculture industries. BioAgilytix Lab's mission is to provide outsourced analysis of biological samples that support the work of companies seeking regulatory approval of their biopharmaceutical and agricultural products. BioAgilytix was founded in 2008 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-12 Sterling Pharma Solutions

Northumberland, United Kingdom

Sterling Pharma Solutions is a provider of API development and manufacturing, with a reputation for quality standards. Sterling delivers a full-service offering of API development and GMP manufacturing to support its customers throughout the entire product lifecycle. Sterling Pharma Solutions is based in Northumberland, United Kingdom.

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Company

Legal