Clifford Chance

Joshua's notable representations include:

• Permira on their acquisition of a majority stake in leading Energy and Sustainability Advisor Westbridge;
• EQT on their acquisition of AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries;
• Horizon Capital on a variety of transactions including the leveraged buyouts of:*
  • Sapphire Systems, a global provider of digital operating platforms to SMEs;
  • Ridge and Partners, the multi-disciplinary built environment consultancy;
  • The Marketing Practice, a global, business-to-business marketing agency;
  • Dains Accountants, the audit, tax, business advisory and support services provider based in the Midlands; and
  • Boston Multi Family Office, a trust and fiduciary service business based in the Isle of Man;
• Horizon Capital on various bolt-on transactions and portfolio company matters;*
• August Equity on various buyouts, bolt-on transactions and portfolio company matters, including its significant investment in OneTouch and acquisition of tri.x;*
• Synova on its significant investment into Learnlight, an educational technology company specialising in language and communication skills;*
• Three Hills Capital Partners on its follow-on investment in Trak Global, a leading telematics technology company;*
• The management team of Veramed, a leading specialist biostatistics and programming Contract Research Organisation, on its sale to Livingbridge (and associated reinvestment);*
• The management team of Punch Taverns, one of the UK’s leading pub companies, on its sale to Fortress Investments Group (and associated reinvestment);*
• The management team of Aspire Pharma, a leading UK provider of niche generic and branded specialty pharmaceuticals, on its sale to H.I.G Capital (and associated reinvestment); and*
• The management team of UKFast Group, a leading UK cloud hosting provider, on its sale to Inflexion (and associated reinvestment).*

*Matters handled prior to joining Clifford Chance LLP