Russell Warren

• Merlin Entertainments on the sale of its LEGO Discovery Centres and LEGOLAND Discovery Centres to the Lego Group.
• Livingbridge on the sale of a majority stake in Jensten Group, a diversified insurance distribution platform, to Bain Capital.
• August Equity on its investment in the award-winning law firm Higgs LLP.
• Marshall Group on the sale of Slingsby Advance Composites to Mangohojden AB.
• Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd on its acquisition, through the Mitsubishi Estate Global Partners investment management business, of a majority interest in Patron Capital Advisers LLP.
• InvestAcc Group, a leading UK specialist pension administrator, on its acquisition of AJ Bell’s Platinum SIPP and SSAS business.
• Phoenix Equity Partners on its sale of Reddington, the independent institutional investment consultant, to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
• The Nutriment Company, a leading provider of premium natural pet food, on its acquisition of Pets Treats Wholesale Limited and Natural Instinct.
• GIC and Greystar owned Student Roost on its acquisition of The Triangle, Birmingham.
• Apax Global Impact Fund on its agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Integrated Environmental Solutions, a world leader in digital twin simulation software to decarbonise the built environment.
• Zegona Communications on its acquisition of Vodafone Spain.
• Integral Acquisition Corporation 1 on its deSPAC transaction with Flybondi, the first and largest low-cost airline in Argentina.
• DIF Capital on its investment in Pinnacle Power, a leading UK district heating platform.
• Equistone Partners Europe on its sale of Bulgin Limited, a leading manufacturer of harsh environment connectivity solutions to Infinite Electronics Inc.
• Noble Corporation on the business combination of Noble Corporation with The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S.
• August Equity on the sale of the Zenergi Group, a market leading energy and sustainability services provider, to ECI Partners.
• IK Investment Partners on the acquisition by its IK Small Cap III Fund of DA Languages Holdings Limited, one of the fastest growing language services providers in the UK, from Foresight Group.

Russell Warren is tax counsel to the Private Capital industry.  He has a particular focus on Private Capital M&A, fund formation and fund finance matters. He also advises management teams selling to top tier Private Capital sponsors.

His practice is international advising clients on a wide range of cross-border transactions, reorganisations, financings, securitisations and management incentivisation.

Russell is a member of the UK Private Capital (formerly BVCA) Tax & Venture Committee and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. You may have also seen his Private Equity Tax 101 Series on LinkedIn.

Clients say “He’s commercial, focused, driven and results-oriented.”

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