Kirkland & Ellis LLP
05/13/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/13/2025 09:35
Kirkland Advises GTCR on Acquisition of JMG Group
Kirkland & Ellis is advising GTCR, a leading private equity firm, on the acquisition of JMG Group ("JMG"), a leading UK insurance broker, in partnership with existing investor Synova LLP ("Synova"). GTCR and Synova will collaborate to support JMG's existing management team, led by CEO Nick Houghton, which will continue to operate the business and retain substantial equity ownership.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025.
The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Jacob Traff, Ted Frankel, Andrew McAlpine, Christopher Thomas, David Higgins, Matthew Barbato, Steven Hunter, Saniya Sidhu, Angie Ertel, George Rix and Martin Floro; debt finance lawyers Daniel Borg, Ben Burton and Oliver Clayson; financial services regulatory lawyers Albert Weatherill and Ipsiata Gupta; technology and IP transactions lawyers Ben Zeris and Julia Ostendorf; and tax lawyers Peter Abbott and Abigail Curry.
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