Nicholas Matthew
Visiting Solicitor
Nicholas Matthew joined the private equity transactions group of Ropes & Gray’s London office as an associate in 2017. Prior to joining the firm, Nicholas qualified and practised as a solicitor with a Silver Circle law firm in London. Nicholas has also spent time in-house working with the corporate legal team at an asset management company. Nicholas is currently on assignment in the New York office.
Experience
- Acting for TPG Capital, and its portfolio company Beaver-Visitec on its acquisition of PhysIOL Group SA
- Acting for the founder sellers on their sale of the Cathelco Group to the Bridgepoint-backed Evac Group
- Acting for Reed Mackay, an international travel management company, on its acquisition of Hillgate Travel
- Acting for Bain Capital in connection with:
- the acquisition of NGA UK, a UK payroll and HR business from NGA Human Resources
- the acquisition of Benefex, an HR technology business
- Acting for CCMP on the £600million sale of Pure Gym, the largest UK gym chain by membership
- Acting for Profile Capital Management on its acquisition of Little Dish, a UK-headquartered children’s food business
- Acting for Intermediate Capital Group on the US$5.3billion consortium buyout of Visma, Europe's largest ever software buyout
Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray:
- Acting for Silverfleet Capital on its acquisition of Lifetime Training
- Acting for Caledonia Investments on its acquisition of the Liberation Group
- Acting for Exponent on its acquisition of the Leisure Pass Group
- Acting for Epiris on its disposal of the Davies Group
- Acting for the management team on the sale of Audiotonix