Browne Jacobson celebrate after winning PE Exit award at West Midlands Rainmakers 2023

Browne Jacobson’s corporate team were delighted to come away winners of Private Equity Exit of the year for Palatine’s exit of its investment in CTS Group, to Oakley Capital, at this year’s West Midlands Rainmakers Awards 2023.

The team were also nominated in six other categories at the event in recognition of their dealmaking expertise, specialist sector knowledge and experience delivering complex transactions, including:

• Beech Tree PE’s investment in Obsequio Group
• InHealth’s acquisition of healthcare software and services provider C7 Health
• the management buy-out of Logik Logistics International
• Aceleron’s £5m investment from BGF and Mercia Asset Management

The Business Desk’s West Midlands Rainmakers Awards highlight the top deals of the year across the region.

Corporate partner Mike Jackson who is also head of the UK & Ireland law firm’s Birmingham office said: "We are delighted to have been recognised at this year’s West Midlands Rainmakers Awards for our work on a number of fantastic deals completed in the region over the last 12 months, including Palatine’s exit from leading UK geoengineering consultancy business CTS Group.
 
“Last year was a great year for the national private equity practice which also won Real Deals regional adviser of the year at the Private Equity Awards. These awards symbolise our commitment to delivering outstanding support on important transactions for the region which have led to great results for our clients.”

Browne Jacobson’s national corporate finance practice is ranked by Experian as one of the country’s leading corporate finance teams. It operates from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter, London, Manchester and Nottingham and is made up of over 50 expert corporate, private equity, venture capital (VC) and banking & finance lawyers delivering multi-layered transactions across a diverse range of sectors including retail, consumer & logistics, manufacturing & industrials, energy & infrastructure, real estate & construction and tech. The team works collaboratively with a rich, diverse, and longstanding portfolio of domestic and international clients including, fast growing start-ups, FTSE 100 companies, private equity investors and the UKs leading banking institutions.