Overview
Zoe Woodhouse focuses her practice on advising European and international private equity sponsors and other investors on cross-border corporate and M&A transactions, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and divestitures, structured and minority equity investments, equity and debt restructurings, and management equity plans, as well as related advisory work. She advises clients on investments from across a broad range of sectors, including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, technology, sports and media, manufacturing and industrials.
Results
- Advised H.I.G. Capital on the acquisition of Rainham Industrial Services Limited, a leading UK provider of industrial installation, maintenance, and refurbishment services to the power generation, energy from waste, nuclear and manufacturing sectors
- Advised H.I.G. Capital on the equity aspects of their disposal of Acqua & Sapone, the leading Italian non-food discount retailer selling a wide range of household and cosmetic products, to TDR Capital LLP, with H.I.G. rolling over and retaining a significant equity stake
- Advised Lottomatica Group S.p.A (formerly known as Gamenet Group S.p.A.), a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its acquisition of SKS365*
- Advised Coupang, Inc. in the completion of its acquisition of the business and assets of Farfetch Holdings plc via a pre-pack administration*
- Advised Gamma Biosciences, a life sciences platform created by KKR, in the divestiture of its operating company Univercells Technologies, a leading provider of novel biomanufacturing technologies for flexible and scalable advanced therapies and vaccine production, to Donaldson Company, Inc.*
- Advised IDEX Corporation on its acquisition of micro-precision technology manufacturing company Muon B.V. and its subsidiaries from Rivean Capital for €700 million*
- Advised Kiniciti, a life science platform created by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, on its investment in Ncardia, a leader in developing stem cell-based solutions for drug discovery and cell therapy*
- Advised Arvelle Therapeutics, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company, on its sale to Angelini Pharma for a total cash consideration of up to US$960 million*
- Advised life sciences tools platform created by global US investment firm, on its strategic acquisition of a premier UK-based manufacturer of advanced chromatography columns for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries*
- Advised Crayhill Capital Management on its US$200 million financing of Heroes, a UK-based technology-driven ecommerce company and on the US$300 million financing for Unybrands, an integrated platform for e-commerce businesses*
- Advised a strategic value investment firm as note purchaser of convertible notes issued by a global information, communications and technology business as a follow-on investment to a secured financing provided in April 2022*
- Altamont Capital on its acquisition of Accelerant, a vertically integrated insurance company focused on UK and EU SMEs for €70 million*
- Advised Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of Caseking Group, a leading supplier of high-performance PC gaming equipment and peripherals for US$200 million*
- Advised TransUnion, a U.S. consumer credit reporting company, on the purchase of the Callcredit group (Callcredit), the second largest credit reference company in the UK for £1 billion*
- Advised I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager, on its €1 billion acquisition of Viridian Group Holdings Limited from Arcapita.*
- Advised KKR on its investment in Feedzai, a leading cloud-based financial risk management platform*
- Advised TowerBrook Capital Partners in its investment in Aernnova, a leading Spanish company specializing in the design and manufacturing of aerostructures and component parts for US$650 million*
- Advised TowerBrook Capital Partners on its acquisition of Independent Clinical Services, a leading healthcare staffing, complex care services and outsourcing provider, from The Blackstone Group*
- Advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on its £365 million acquisition of the Bridon global technology leader in the manufacture of wire and fiber rope, from Melrose Industries*
- Advised KKR on its acquisition of the Selecta Group, Europe’s largest independent pan-European vending machine operator, from Allianz Capital Partners*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Credentials
Education
University of Law, LPC, 2013
University of Law, GDL, 2012
University of Warwick, BA, 2011
Admissions
England and Wales
