Carl Bradshaw

Mr. Bradshaw’s representative experience includes:

Advising Private Equity Sponsors and their Portfolio Companies

• H.I.G Capital
  • on the partial sale of global fintech provider FNZ to General Atlantic and subsequent £1.65 billion exit to CDPQ-Generation*
  • on the €418 million sale of outdoor clothing brand Jack Wolfskin to Callaway Golf*
• Searchlight
  • on its acquisition of a significant stake in Italian broadband provider EOLO*
  • on its co-investment with Duke Street in acquiring construction business Ardent Hire Solutions*
  • on its acquisition and exit of digital media company Ocean Outdoor*
• Solera, a digital technology group part owned by Vista
  • on its £340 million acquisition of digital automotive provider Autodata from Bowmark and Rothschild & Co’s Five Arrows Principal Investments*
  • on its carve-out sale of CarweB to Haynes Publishing Group*
  • on its £288 million acquisition from Montagu of vehicle valuation data provider CAP Automotive*
• MRI Software, a property technology company owned by TA Associates and GI Partners
  • on the financing of its recommended cash offer for Castleton plc
  • on its acquisition of Qube Global Software from its founders*
  • on its acquisition of Real Asset Management from its founders*
• Vista Equity Partners on its add-on acquisition to Misys of Canadian financial technology provider DH Corporation for $4.8 billion to create Finastra*
• Strategic Value Partners
  • on its acquisition of foam and flooring business Vita Group from TPG*
  • on the merger of Klöckner Pentaplast and LINPAC*
• Drakewood Capital-led consortium
  • on the formation of the Waybill/Virtus investment platform*
  • on its acquisition of the North American Luvata tubes business from Nordic Capital*
  • on its acquisition of Small Tubes Products from Quilvest*
• Madison Dearborn
  • on its £268 million take-private of AIM-listed Powerflute and subsequent carve-out sale of the Finnish fluting business to Mondi Group for €365 million*
  • on its sale of European and Chinese coreboard producer Corenso to VPK*
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on its add-on acquisition to Online Printers of UK internet printer Solopress*
• SK Capital on its further investment in Swiss-headquartered specialty chemicals provider Archroma*
• Francisco Partners on its add-on acquisition to Aesynt of Health Robotics, an Italian-headquartered supplier of intravenous medical devices*
• Shamrock Capital on its investment in Silvergate Media, an international TV production and licensing company owning children’s entertainment properties Peter Rabbit and Octonauts*
• TowerBrook on its acquisition of UK aircraft cabin manufacturer Aim Aviation from LDC and subsequent sale to Chinese buyer, AVIC International*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Advising on Real Estate M&A

• Medical Properties Trust on the acquisition of a portfolio of 30 acute care hospital facilities valued at approximately £1.5 billion

Advising Founders and Management Teams

• Founder and management of Symprove Limited on their reinvestment alongside bd-capital 
• Management of Northgate Information Solutions on incentive arrangements in connection with its recapitalisaiton*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Advising on Financial Restructurings and Special Situations

• Ad-hoc committee of bondholders including Silver Point, Golden Tree and Warwick on the financial restructuring and public-to-private acquisition out of a pre-pack administration of UK retail chain Debenhams*
• Ad-hoc committee of lenders led by EQT Credit on the recapitalisation and change of control from Charterhouse of German explosive protection manufacturer BARTEC*
• Ad-hoc committee of lenders including Bain Capital Credit, H.I.G Bayside and CQS on the financial restructuring and acquisition from Blackstone of outdoor clothing brand Jack Wolfskin*
• H.I.G. Bayside on the loan-to-own restructuring of Spanish beauty retailer Bodybell*
• Ad-hoc committee of lenders including York and Oak Hill on the financial restructuring and acquisition from Blackstone of UK restaurant group Casual Dining Group (f/k/a Tragus) and pre-pack sale of Strada restaurants to Sun Capital*
• Junior lenders led by Strategic Value Partners and Perella Weinberg on the financial restructuring and acquisition from Blackstone of global packaging manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast*
• York Capital-led lender committee on the financial restructuring of German cable company Tele Columbus and subsequent IPO*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.