Bond Dickinson advises on management buyout of mixing console firm

June 21, 2013
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The Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson has advised the management team at mixing console manufacturer Allen & Heath on their acquisition of the business.

The £43m debt and equity deal was backed by independent private equity fund manager Electra Partners.

Bond Dickinson has a long-standing relationship with Cornwall-based Allen & Heath and has acted for the management on several deals. Partner Simon Hewes advised on the firm’s initial management buyout, backed by 3i, in 2001, a secondary buyout backed by Close Private Equity in 2006 and the firm’s subsequent sale to D&M two years later.

The Bond Dickinson team was led by partner Tom Fitzpatrick, a private equity specialist in the firm's corporate team. 

Allen & Heath was founded in 1969 and designs and manufactures audio mixing consoles for live sound in venues such as concert hall, theatres, nightclubs and places of worship. Its first hand-built consoles were used by bands such as Pink Floyd and The Who. Its products are designed at its Penryn base with manufacturing split between the UK and a production facility in China.

Also involved in the deal were investment bank Houlihan Lokey and London law firm Ropes & Gray International.

 

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