Ross Allardice
Biography
“Ross Allardice is our lead relationship partner at White & Case for London matters. I rate Ross very highly; he leads from the front and gets deals done on the right terms for us. He is excellent at project management and is very easy to work with.” “Ross Allardice is praised for his excellent project management skills, handling an array of M&A and management equity arrangements for some of the firm’s leading PE client.” Legal 500 UK 2025 Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
Overview
Ross Allardice is a partner in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London. He has been a ranked lawyer in 'Chambers' UK Private Equity: Buyouts: £500m and above' since 2018.
Ross has extensive experience advising private equity houses and financial sponsor clients on a range of complex cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts and public offerings. He advises across all sectors but has particular experience in advising financial investors on transactions in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
Experience
Representation of Nordic Capital:
- on a significant minority investment by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) in Nordic Capital's portfolio company Regnology, alongside a new investment from Nordic Capital;
- on its acquisition of Anaqua, provider of innovation and intellectual property management technology solutions and services, from Astorg;
- on its joint investment with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board in Max Matthiessen;
- on its acquisition of Surgical Information Systems, a provider of surgical software for ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals;
- and Cidron Cecure S.à r.l. as institutional seller in its exit of Swedish Consilium Safety TopCo AB (part of Consilium Safety Group), a leading and fast-growing provider of innovative SafetyTech, to a wholly-owned affiliate of Antin Infrastructure Partners' Flagship Fund V;
- and its portfolio company, Advanz Pharma, a UK-headquartered pharmaceutical company in Europe, on its acquisition of the majority of Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s subsidiaries and operations in Europe, Canada, and all other markets outside of the U.S.;
- on the sale of Macrobond, a fast-growing global technology platform providing economic and financial data, to Francisco Partners;
- and its portfolio company, Sortera Group AB, a collection, recycling, processing and sale of residual products of construction waste business based in Sweden:
- on its acquisition of O'Donovan Group Limited, a waste management business based in the UK; and
- on Reuse Holdings Limited (an affiliate of Sortera Group AB), on its acquisition of G.B.N. Services Limited (a waste services provider operating across North London, UK) from Moralis Group.
- and its portfolio company, Regnology:
- on its acquisition of PwC Tax Information Reporting Limited, a provider of tax reporting software solutions, from PwC Holdings (UK) Limited; and
- a bolt-on acquisition through its UK subsidiary, Regnology UK Limited, on its asset acquisition of the K-Helix business from KPMG LLP.
- on its acquisition of CARE Fertility from Silverfleet Capital;
- and its portfolio company, Care Fertility Group Limited, the UK's leading fertility clinic group for IVF treatment, in connection with Care Fertility's first expansion into the US market with the acquisition of REACH Fertility, PLC, a fertility practice in North Carolina;
- and its portfolio company, European Dental Group, a leading pan-European oral care provider, on its sale of its European laboratory businesses to Oakley Capital;
- on its acquisition of BearingPoint RegTech, a business division that develops software products for regulatory and tax reporting solutions and is a leading European provider of unique software solutions across the regulatory value chain;
- on its portfolio company, Duco, leading SaaS provider of AI-powered data automation, on the acquisition of Metamaze BV, a Belgian tech company that has developed document creation software;
- and Surgical Information Systems on the acquisition of Surgical Notes, an ASC-focused revenue cycle management (RCM), transcription, and coding services provider;
- on its portfolio company, Trustly, on its acquisition of Ecospend Technologies, a provider of 'pay-by-bank' services;
Representation of Titan Wealth:
- on its majority shareholder Parthenon Capital on the £6.6 billion acquisition of IWP Financial Planning and IWP Investment Management;
- on the purchase of AHR, a financial services company in the United Arab Emirates; and
- along with Ares Management, Perdix (formerly Hambleden), Maven Capital Partners, and the senior management team, on the sale of a majority stake to Parthenon Capital, a leading US private equity firm.
- Representation of six existing investors (SoftBank Vision Fund II, Lightrock, Escala, Ally Bridge, Watrium and Cambridge Innovation Capital) on a US$165 million convertible loan funding round into CMR Surgical, a Cambridge-based designer and supplier of next-generation surgical robots.
Representation of Lightrock Climate Impact Fund:
- as lead investor in the US$50 million Series C funding round in AiDash Inc., a SaaS company making critical infrastructure industries climate-resilient and more sustainable through satellites and AI; and
- and Lightrock LLP ("Lightrock") on its inaugural €860 million fund focused on growth-stage companies innovating towards a net-zero economy, in its US$75 million Series C co-investment in Group14 Technology, Inc., a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon-carbon technology for lithium-silicon batteries based in Woodinville, Washington.
Representation of One Equity Partners on its sale of the Power Generator division of the Brush Group to Baker Hughes as part of a carve-out transaction.
Representation of E.E.W. Eco Energy World PLC, a U.K.-based independent global developer of utility scale solar photovoltaic projects from greenfield to ready-to-build, on its US$650 million business combination with ClimateRock.
Representation of brand management company Iconix International Inc. on its acquisition of the global rights across all product categories to the PONY brand (excluding China and Taiwan), from Hong Kong-based Symphony Holdings Ltd.
Representation of the founders on the sale of IND Group Holding Limited to Turaz Global (Misys), a portfolio company of Vista.
Representation of Verallia, the leading European and the world's third largest producer of glass containers for food and beverages, on its acquisition of 100% of Allied Glass, a market leader in the UK premium glass packaging segment.
"UK Trends and Developments", Chambers and Partners, 2024 (co-author)
Ranked lawyer, Chambers UK 2025 Private Equity: Buyouts: £500m and above, 2018 – 2025