Founded in 1983, Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional services firm. Renowned for its leadership, action and results, Alvarez & Marsal provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services, delivering practical solutions to address clients' unique challenges. With a world-wide network of experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities, Alvarez & Marsal helps corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies drive transformation, mitigate risk and unlock value at every stage of growth.

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $176bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,720 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Our 1,050+ employees are spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.

At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.

AshGrove Capital is an independent pan-European specialty lender providing tailored credit solutions to small and medium-sized companies. AshGrove focuses on senior secured investments in companies with resilient business models within B2B software and services, building long-term partnerships with founder-led as well as sponsor-backed businesses.

Established in 2019, AshGrove has built a high calibre team and institutional quality independent platform bringing extensive credit experience, with a proven track record of building leading European credit franchises. The team’s experience has established AshGrove as a trusted partner for founders and sponsors including Private Equity, Growth Equity and Venture Capital.

Bowmark Capital (“Bowmark”) is a leading private equity investment firm specialising in
technology, data and services companies. Established in 1997, Bowmark manages
funds of over £2 billion and has made more than 50 investments. Bowmark’s focus is
on four core areas of the technology sector: data and insight, managed IT services,
software, and technology-enabled business services. The firm invests up to £300
million per transaction through majority or significant minority stakes in companies with
compelling growth prospects, that are seeking a supportive, value-added partner to
help them realise their ambitions. With our strategic support and capital, we work in
partnership with management teams to accelerate growth and build exceptional
businesses. Bowmark Capital LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Conduct Authority.

Rosedge Capital is an award-winning debt advisory boutique headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm has a proven track record with successful closings in acquisition financing, add-ons, refinancing, and working capital lines. The company has a flexible mandate with expertise in various financing areas such as cash flow financing, asset-backed lending, real estate financing, fund financing (NAV), and opportunistic/complex transactions. The team operates on a Pan-European basis and is sector agnostic, with prior experience in education, healthcare, software/TMT, business services, industrials, consumer, financial services, and real estate. The firm supports both sponsored and sponsorless transactions, for companies with EBITDA above 2M EUR and Debt tickets above 5M EUR.

S-RM is a Corporate Intelligence and Cyber Security consultancy. Founded in 2005, we have 400+ practitioners spanning nine international offices, serving clients across all regions and major sectors. We support our clients and partners by delivering intelligence that informs strategy and decision-making; by supporting them in building resilience to cyber threats; and by providing rapid response to cyber incidents and other organisational crises. Our teams frequently support private equity firms and other leading investors, providing reputational and integrity due diligence, cyber risk management, and ESG services. Find out more at www.s-rminform.com.

William Blair’s investment banking group enables corporations, financial sponsors, and owner/entrepreneurs around the world to achieve their growth, liquidity, and financing objectives. Drawing on the collective intellectual capital and deep sector expertise of a global team that reaches over 20 cities on four continents, the investment banking group brings a rigorous and innovative approach to corporate board advisory projects, mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt financing. From January 2020 to December 2024, the team advised on more than $800 billion in completed transaction volume.