Stephen Bowman

Fundraising

• Advising HydrogenOne on its €24 million Series D investment in Sunfire GmbH, as part of a €109 million round.
• Advising PeakSpan Capital on its $15 million Series B Investment in Simfoni, a procurement and spend automation platform powered by AI.
• Advising Nova Innovation on its £6.4 million Series A funding from Scottish National Investment Bank, and subsequent crowd-round with Seedrs.
• Advising PeakSpan Capital on its $10 million Series B and follow-on investments in Cognism, a sales intelligence platform.
• Advising Zzoomm Group on its £100 million investment from Oaktree Capital Management.
• Advising Tonik Energy on its £13 million investment from Japanese investment firm Mitsui.
• Advising Toob Limited on its £75 million investment from Amber Infrastructure Group's National Digital Infrastructure Fund.
• Advising Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit) on its Series A and follow-on investments in electronic car charging company Pod Point as part of two £18 million rounds, and subsequent exit to EDF Energy.
• Advising Panoramic Growth Equity on its £1.5 million investment in Freed Foods.
• Advising Barclays Bank on its Series A investment in FinTech payment processing company Form3 in a $5 million round.
• Advising the founders of Greenko Energy on raising approximately $1 billion from GIC and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority during 2018 and 2019.
• Advising Business Growth Fund on its investments and follow on investments (totalling £14 million) in TCC and Record Sure.

Private Equity

• Advising Gyrus Capital on its equity investments in Corcym (heart valves) and €45 million growth financing from Hayfin Capital Management.
• Advising the management team of IWSR (drinks industry data and intelligence) on their secondary buyout by, and rollover investment alongside, Bowmark Capital.
• Advising a minority shareholder in the refinancing of RL Datix by Nordic Capital.
• Advising NVM Private Equity on its £7 million acquisition of Chemigraphic (electronic manufacturing services).
• Advising Apposite Capital on its MBI of Stirling Anglian Pharmaceuticals Limited.
• Advising Williams F1 on its disposal of a majority interest in Williams Advanced Engineering Limited to EMK Capital.
• Advising the founders and management team of Roadworks Information Limited on the equity release sale and rollover investment with Bridgepoint Growth Fund.
• Advising the partners of fund manager Vantage Infrastructure (formerly Hastings Fund Management) on their equity investment and incentive terms alongside majority owner Northill Capital.
• Advising Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) on their exit and reinvestment alongside Phoenix Equity Partners in the MBO of Forest Holidays.
• Advising Derek Hood on the disposal, reinvestment, and fundraising in JD Classics alongside Charme Capital Partners.
• Advising the founders of Roof-Maker on their £30 million disposal and rollover alongside Next Wave Partners and Pricoa.
• Advising Palatine Impact Fund on the MBO of e-Days Absence Management Limited.
• Advising Mobeus Equity Partners on its secondary MBO of Arc Specialist Engineer from Greybull Capital.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advising Corcym on its acquisition (multi-jurisdictional corporate carve-out) of a heart-valve business from LivaNova Plc for €60 million.
• Advising Cove Hill Partners on the acquisition of Artlogic Media.
• Advising Active Assistance Group on its acquisition of Remeo Healthcare Limited from BOC Group.
• Advising Cairngorm Capital on the acquisition of Millbrook Healthcare and Ross Care, forming its platform in the assisted living sector.
• Advising the founders and management of Clearscore on its aborted £275 million sale to Experian.
• Advising Rigby Group on the acquisition of Bournemouth International Airport.
• Advising the sellers of technology business Rant & Rave on the £50 million cross-border sale to Upland Software.
• Advising Wilmington Plc on its £19 million acquisition of Health Services Journal (HSJ) from Ascential plc.
• Advising Ford on the divestment of various Ford dealership businesses in the United Kingdom.
• Advising Synlab on the acquisition of Lextox Drug and Alcohol testing.
• Advising the founders on the disposal of health care consulting business Maxwell Stanley Consulting Limited.
• Advising on the UK aspects of Legrand Holding's multimillion-dollar acquisition of Server Technology Inc, and subsequent acquisition of Universal Electric Corporation.
• Advising on the merger of several GP practices into Lakeside Healthcare, forming the biggest GP partnership in the UK.
• Advising Cairngorm Capital Partners on the acquisition MJ Wilson Group.

Clean Energy

• Advising HydrogenOne on the deployment of over £51 million across five investments in the hydrogen supply chain following its IPO, including in electrolyser manufacturers, hydrogen developers, hydrogen powered flight, fuel cells, and distribution systems.
• Advising UK energy storage developer, owner, and operator Eelpower on a £100 million joint venture partnership with NextEnergy.
• Advising Pioneer Point Partners on the acquisition of an anaerobic digestion plant in Northern Ireland and its €60 million funding commitment to bio-energy developer Stream BioEnergy Limited.
• Advising UK solar developer Island Green Power Limited on the sale of a 50% stake to Macquarie Asset Management, together with the acquisition of a 65MW ready-to-build solar project in Suffolk.
• Advising UK energy storage developer, owner, and operator Eelpower on a multi-asset agreement with SUSI Partners.
• Advising Falkor SA on its seed investments into green hydrogen and fuel cell developer and consulting team, Protium Green Solutions.
• Acting for Welsh Power on the disposal of a ready-to-build battery storage project.