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Private Credit Funds and other Lenders

• Ares Management Corporation funds on a £500 million preferred equity investment from a consortium led by Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. and Ares for environmental consultancy RSK Group Limited.
  
• Kartesia Management on the provision of a financing package to support the acquisition of Optegra Eye Health Care by MidEuropa Partners.
  
• Ares Management Limited on the provision of financing facilities to the SmartWater Group (a Freshstream Investment Partners portfolio company) to refinance its existing debt.
• Ares Management Limited on the provision of financing facilities to the Survitec Group (a Searchlight Capital Partners portfolio company) to refinancing existing debt and finance the acquisition of Hansen Protection.
• Ares Management Limited on the provision of financing facilities to the Ocorian Group (an Inflexion Private Equity portfolio company) for its acquisition of Estera, a leading global provider of funds and trust services.
• Apollo Management International LLP and Investec Bank plc as senior lenders on debt financing for ICG’s acquisition of the Supporting Education Group, a leading UK education services platform.
• Baring Asset Management Limited on its provision of funding to support Livingbridge Private Equity’s acquisition of the CitNOW Group, a leading vertical SaaS platform providing front-office products to automotive dealerships.
• Baring Asset Management as direct lender on a senior secured financing package to support Exponent Private Equity’s investment in the Xeinadin Group, one of the leading networks of business advisory and accountancy practices in the UK and Ireland.
• Blackrock as direct lender on a unitranche financing package to support the acquisition by a private equity house of a UK provider of communications and IT solutions
• Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP as direct lender on the provision of debt financing for GHO Capital Partners’ acquisition of ClearView Healthcare Partners, a leading life sciences strategic consultancy.
• CVC Credit Partners as direct lender on debt financing provided to a foreign exchange and derivatives brokerage firm to support business growth.
• Kartesia Management as direct lender on a unitranche financing package to support MidEuropa Partner’s acquisition of Optegra Eye Health Care, a leading European ophthalmology platform.
• Kartesia Management as direct lender on a unitranche financing package to support H.I.G Capital’s acquisition of CPS Building Services, an installation and maintenance services provider.

Financial Sponsors and Borrowers

• Shareholders of QX Global Group in connection with a significant investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners.
• Warwick Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Danforth Care Partners.
  
• Kier Group plc, a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, on the resizing and extension of its £475 million revolving credit facility.
• ArchiMed as financial sponsor on the debt refinancing of its equity-funded acquisitions of Direct Healthcare Group and the European Patient Handling division of the Handicare group.
• Further Global Capital Management, L.P. as financial sponsor on debt financing for its acquisition of Progeny, a UK professional advisory firm.
• Further Global Capital Management, L.P. as financial sponsor on debt financing for its acquisition of AA Ireland Limited.
• One Equity Partners as financial sponsor on debt financing for its acquisition of the Brush Group, an independent provider of equipment, services and solutions for electrical power generation and distribution.