As private equity booms, law firm partner moves hit record high Legal Partner moves in London’s private equity market are hitting a new high, according to a report that revealed last year’s numbers doubled those of 2024, marking a record for the City’s legal sector. New data from legal search boutique Macrae shows there were 50 movements of partners with practices in the private equity sector in [...]
Private equity firm snaps up Evelyn Partners accounting arm for £700m Business British private equity firm Apax has bought Evelyn Partners accounting arm for £700m, according to reports. Apax was in a bidding war with private equity peer Bridgepoint to snap up the professional services unit, which includes the business formerly known as Smith & Williamson that Evelyn Partners bought back in 2020. But Apax emerged the [...]
Apax backs down from Kin and Carta bidding war Private equity In a stock exchange notice today, Apax said that its offer for a takeover of the digital transformation company formerly known as St Ives has lapsed.