John Tsui

Overview

John has worked on a wide range of private and public M&A transactions for financial sponsors. He specialises in advising private equity portfolio companies on corporate or advisory matters throughout the life of an investment and management incentivisation plans.

Work Highlights

John has been a key adviser on the following transactions and matters:

• Hg on several investment and recapitalisation rounds in the Access Group, including the latest Hg investment in 2022 valuing the business at £9.2 billion
• Hg on its initial investment in fundinfo and subsequent merger with Financial Express to form FE fundinfo, together with subsequent bolt-ons and ongoing corporate and MIP advisory work for FE fundinfo
• BlackRock on its acquisition of Lanes Group
• Brookfield Infrastructure on its £4bn recommended cash offer for HomeServe plc
• Carlyle on several funding rounds in PIB Group, together with subsequent bolt-on M&A and ongoing corporate and MIP advisory work, and the exit to Apax
• Hg on its acquisition of A-Plan Group, MIP and portfolio advisory matters throughout the investment, and exit to Howden
• BC Partners on its investment in Davies Group alongside HGGC and AIMCo
• Hg on its sale of Commify Group to ECI Partners
• Wendel on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Globeducate from Providence Equity Partners
• OTPP and its minority investment in the group.ONE and dogado group alongside Cinven
• Advent International on its £4bn recommended cash offer for Cobham

Education and Qualifications

John holds a Law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.