Mr. Grimwood’s representative experience includes advising on the following:
- AURELIUS on a number of transactions including:
- its acquisition of GKN Wheels & Structures, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of off-highway wheels
- its acquisition of Bertram Books, a global multi-channel bookseller*
- Mayfair Equity Partners on a number of transactions including:
- its acquisition of Stork Topco Limited and its subsidiaries through which Seraphine Limited, a maternity clothing retailer and designer operates
- its sale of SuperAwesome, developer of tools to create safer digital experiences for younger audiences, to Epic Games
- the buyout of atHome Group, the market leading online real estate and auto classifieds business in Luxembourg*
- the buyout of Parcel2Go, the UK’s largest price comparison website for parcel delivery services*
- a minority investment, as part of a Series C fundraise, for Ultrahaptics, a leader in mid-air haptics technology*
- the buyout of Hotels & More, together with a series of follow-on acquisitions to form Tour Partners Group, an inbound tour operator for group and individual tours*
- its investment in Talon Outdoor, the out-of-home specialist media agency*
- its minority investment in OVO, the UK’s largest independent energy supplier*
- LDC on a number of transactions including:
- its investment into Beekman Associates, a developer and provider of the data-driven marketing procurement platform RightSpend
- its minority investment in Croud, a leading global digital marketing agency*
- the buyout of Onecom, a business telecommunications provider*
- advising both LDC and management on the exit of FC Business Intelligence, a global conference events provider, to Thomson Reuters*
- Antin Infrastructure Partners on its investments in both Hesley and Kisimul, businesses in the social infrastructure sector which provide acute special educational needs to children and young adults*
- Cinven on its acquisition of Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a leading European pet food manufacturer*
- Inflexion on a number of buyouts including:
- Xtrac, a manufacturer of high performance transmission systems*
- Atcore, a travel technology business*
- Risk Capital Partners on a number of transactions including:
- the buyout, and subsequent disposal to Bridgepoint Development Capital of cruise.co, an online cruise holiday company*
- the buyout from Thomas Cook, and subsequent disposal to LDC, of travel business Neilson Active Holidays*
- A number of family office investors on a range of transactions, including the buyout of OEG Offshore from KKR, and the disposal of part interest in Seaway Heavy Lifting Group to Subsea 7*
- The founders and management team on the sale of HolidayTaxis Group to Cinven backed HotelBeds*
- The owners of Medivet, the veterinary pet care business, on the minority investment by Inflexion*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
