Craig Jourdan joined the corporate and private equity transactions group of Ropes & Gray’s London office as an associate in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, Craig qualified and practiced as a solicitor with a Silver Circle law firm in London.

Craig has experience acting on a broad range of corporate and M&A matters with specific experience acting for private equity sponsors.

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Experience

  • Advising ERM, the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy, and the ERM Partner shareholders, on the sale of ERM to KKR, a leading global investment firm
  • Acting for Bridgepoint on its investment in Matrix SCM, a leading managed service provider for the outsourced hiring and management of temporary local government staff in the UK
  • Acting for Avista Capital on the sale of Trimb Healthcare, a leading consumer health care company based in Stockholm, for SEK 3.4 billion
  • Acting for Duke Street on York-based Great Rail Journeys’ acquisition of Chicago-based Vacation By Rail, a U.S. provider of railway holidays 
  • Acting for Silverfleet Capital on the acquisition of CARE Fertility, the UK’s leading fertility services provider
  • Acting for TPG Capital, and its portfolio company Beaver-Visitec on its acquisition of PhysIOL Group SA
  • Acting for Epiris on its acquisition of Bonhams, the global auction house, from private shareholders
  • Acting for Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a leading health care investment firm, in its acquisition of Abzena plc, a Cambridge, UK-based biopharmaceutical services company

Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray:

  • Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a mobile phone business
  • Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of an aircraft component manufacturer
  • Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a classic car business
  • Acted for a private equity sponsor on its acquisition of a pub and restaurant group
  • Acted for a music publishing group on the hive down and sale of part of its business to an international music print publisher
  • Acted for sellers on the disposal of their comparison website business to a multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer 

Areas of Practice