John Tsui

John Tsui

Corporate Managing Associate, London

"I work with private equity and financial sponsors on matters throughout the life of an investment from acquisition to exit, with a particular focus on private and public M&A, portfolio company advisory matters and management incentivisation plans."

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

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

Professional experience

Other M&A experience includes:

  • Hg on its acquisition of CTAIMA
  • Hg on its acquisition of CUBE
  • Carlyle on its sale of Barbon Insurance
  • Arqiva on the £2bn sale of its telecoms business to Cellnex
  • Carlyle on its recommended offer for Harwood Wealth Management Group plc
  • GIC on its investment in Sani/Ikos Group
  • Hg on its sale of Intelliflo to Invesco

Experience with PE portfolio advisory and MIP implementation matters includes:

  • Hg portfolio companies, including CUBE, CTAIMA, Ideagen, FE fundinfo, Access Group, A-Plan Group, Waystone and Commify Group
  • Carlyle portfolio companies, including Theramex, PIB Group and Barbon Insurance
  • Montagu portfolio companies, including Waystone and Janes
  • HomeServe’s EMEA business, including Checkatrade
  • Davies Group, a BC Partners portfolio company
  • AtlasEdge, a Digital Bridge portfolio company
  • Míla, a portfolio company of Ardian Infrastructure in Iceland
  • Netomnia, a joint venture between Digital Bridge, Advencap and Soho Square
  • G.Network, a joint venture between USS and Cube
  • Nexfibre, a joint venture between InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica

Education and qualifications

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