Biography
Henry Birch is a partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Capital Industry Group.
Henry advises private equity funds and other financial investor clients on all aspects of their investments, from initial acquisition through to ultimate exit.
Henry focuses on transactional private equity matters and advises sponsor-held portfolio companies from buyout to exit. He has acted regularly for leading private equity firms, including BC Partners, Castik, EQT, GIC, Hg, Montagu, TDR, and Vitruvian. His extensive experience in the private equity sector ensures comprehensive and strategic advice for clients navigating complex transactions and portfolio management.
Experience
Henry's representation includes:
- Representation of BC Partners:
- on the corporate aspects of its NAV financings;*
- on its sale of IMA;*
- on its investment in Fedrigoni, for an enterprise value of €3 billion;*
- on its investment in CeramTec;* and
- on its investment in IMA as part of a takeover offer, for an enterprise value of €2.9 billion.*
- Representation of Brookfield on its investment in Everise.*
- Representation of Castik on its investment in each of:
- AddSecure*
- Delegate*
- IPAN*
- Angel Springs*
- Waterlogic*
- Representation of GIC:
- on the investment in Synthon;*
- on the acquisition of an additional stake in Belron;*
- on its investment in Verisure;*
- on its investment in Unither;*
- on its additional investment in Belron;* and
- on its investment in Belron, for an enterprise value of €21 billion.*
- Representation of EQT:
- on the separation of WorkWave from IFS;*
- on its proposed offer for Alfa Financial Software Holdings;*
- and its portfolio company WorkWave:
- on its investment in TaskEasy;*
- on its investment in Team Software;* and
- on its investment in Real Green Systems;*
- on its investment in CFC;* and
- on its investment in IFS for an enterprise value of €3 billion.*
- Representation of Hg:
- on the corporate aspects of its NAV financings;*
- on its investment in Argus Media;*
- on its further €640 million investment in Visma;*
- on its sale of a minority stake in Visma to CPPIB;*
- on its sale of IRIS Software;*
- on its investment in Visma, for an enterprise value of US$5.3 billion;*
- portfolio company CogitalGroup on its capital structure and strategic bolt-on acquisitions;*
- on its investment in Azets, Baldwins and Blick Rothenberg to form CogitalGroup;* and
- on its investment in Kinapse.*
- Representation of Montagu:
- on its sale of Covidence;* and
- portfolio companies Open GI, Covidence and DEAS on their capital structures.*
- Representation of Nordic Capital on the equity and co-investment aspects of its recommended cash offer for Advanz Pharma.*
- Representation of TDR Capital:
- on its £563 million recommended offer for Arrow Global Group;*
- on the equity and co-investment aspects of its £2.322 billion recommended cash offer for Aggreko;* and
- on its investment in ASDA alongside the Issa brothers, for an enterprise value of $6.8 billion.*
- Representation of Vitruvian:
- portfolio company Aspia, on its investment in Accountor Outsourcing;* and
- on its investment in Aspia.*
- Representation of Cineworld on obtaining $50 million in additional financing.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case LLP.