Lumina Capital Advisers

Please join me in congratulating James Jarvis and Juel Chowdhury on their promotions to Associate Partners at Lumina Capital Advisers. These promotions reflect their commitment, achievements and outstanding contributions to the continuing stellar growth of our firm, clients and transactions across the Middle East and the UK. The Partners and board of Lumina look forward to supporting you through your new roles and continuing to see you grow and thrive. Andrew Nichol Rick Pudner Guy Warrington John Martin St.Valery OBE Gareth Williams

Deals generally don't fall over on headline valuations, rather on the mechanics and judgments that are applied to closing which can be significant to the actual consideration paid/received by buyer/seller. James Jarvis, Director at Lumina Capital Advisers takes a look at the key areas and nuances of this aspect, and why it is critical to have highly experienced on-the-ground M&A advisers, particularly when transacting in emerging markets like the #middleeast

Lumina Capital Advisers acted as lead financial adviser to the shareholders of Grant Thornton - UAE on its combination with Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, the multinational platform backed by New Mountain Capital. The Middle East professional services market is expected to grow at 5.8% CAGR in the five years to 2029, driven by increasing levels of regulation, a rising demand for specialised services and further globalisation as international businesses open regional bases. The deal exemplifies a complex set of key strategic themes playing out in the growing Middle East M&A professional services space: #Middleeast as an ongoing bright spot, despite uncertainty in global markets underscoring the importance of a regional presence as firms seek to deliver truly international platforms to global client bases #Privateequity reaffirms commitment to regional dealmaking by continuing to back the high growth in the region through deploying further capital across the private equity value chain, particularly #buyandbuild strategies. #Professionalservices #businesservices #corporateservices #legalservices continues on its upwards trajectory, a notable combination of M&A and organic growth activity with investors attracted to the proven earnings and resilience of the sector, the growth potential of the region and the value creation opportunities as traditional models are being enhanced by advancements in technology, outsourcing and AI A deep understanding of Middle East and International Markets is required and this deal is a standout example of leveraging our 150+ years of international deal experience to build bridges between the Middle East, European and US deal ecosystems. Lumina led on managing numerous international stakeholders, advising on multifaceted deal structuring issues and negotiating highly complex closing mechanics to bring the deal to completion in an accelerated time frame. For further information please contact Andrew Nichol and James Jarvis

Lumina Capital Advisers was delighted to have acted as lead M&A advisers to the shareholders of Grant Thornton UAE on this transaction. The combination of Grant Thornton UAE with Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, the multinational platform backed by US private equity firm New Mountain Capital, reflects global confidence and increasing private equity activity in the region. It also represents the exceptional platform the shareholders have built in GT UAE. Congratulations to all involved. Grant Thornton - UAE Taylor Wessing. Hisham Farouk faroukmohamed James Jarvis George Traub Rose Arnold Abdullah Mutawi Edward Chapman Richard Price Daniel Sterling Ellie Goonetillake Juel ChowdhuryGareth Williams Ollie Macildowie Saheta Ochani Guy Warrington https://lnkd.in/d49v9dKs

Lumina Capital Advisers is delighted to have acted as lead M&A adviser to the shareholders of Sudlows Consulting, A Kent Company on the sale of the business to Kent . The Sudlows and Kent teams were a pleasure to work with and the collaborative efforts on their part made for an efficient and pragmatic process. A big thank you to all the management and shareholders of both parties John Rippingale John Gilley Ben Jones Marcello Stroppa Phil Nield Chris Dummett and the Lumina team Juel Chowdhury and Saheta Ochani Andrew Nichol John Martin St.Valery OBE James Jarvis Gareth Williams Guy Warrington

Kent, a provider of engineering services, completed the acquisition of Sudlows Consulting, A Kent Company, a design and engineering firm specialising in data centres. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sudlows Consulting (led by John Rippingale) was advised by Lumina Capital Advisers and Gateley Legal. Kent (led by John Gilley, Ben Jones and Marcello Stroppa) was advised by Deloitte (led by Sam Surrey) and Addleshaw Goddard (led by Philip Dowsett). #MergersAcquisitionsDivestitures #Engineering #DataCenters

We are pleased to share that James Jarvis, Director at Lumina Capital Advisers, was recently featured in AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight discussing the growing momentum in Gulf mid-market mergers and acquisitions. In the article, James provides valuable insights into how the region's maturing economy is creating new opportunities for mid-market businesses. You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dCV48u2J #MergersAndAcquisitions #CrossBorder #MidMarket #CorporateFinance #LuminaCapitalAdvisers #AGBI

Delighted to welcome Ollie Macildowie and Darshita Kothari to our fast-growing Lumina Capital Advisers UK team as we continue to see strong cross-border transaction volumes between our core UK and Middle Eastern markets.