Sharma Saya

Saya Sharma

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Associate
Saya Sharma
London
+44 (0)20 7667 3566

Saya Sharma is an associate in Goodwin’s Business Law department and member of its Private Equity group. Saya advises on a broad range of corporate matters, with a focus on private equity and private M&A transactions. Her experience includes advising private equity sponsors on mid-market buy-outs and investments, structured equity investments, distressed investments, management incentive plans and advising on private M&A acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures.

Saya joined Goodwin in 2021.

Experience

Saya has worked on a range of matters including advising:

  • TA Associates
    • alongside Fortissimo, on their agreement to sell a majority stake in Priority Software, a provider of cloud business management solutions, to Blackstone
    • on its strategic growth investment alongside Carlyle in SER, a global Intelligent Content Automation software vendor
    • together with Five Arrows on their investment in Agilio, a leading UK frontline healthcare operations software provider
    • together with Warburg Pincus on their investment in Epassi, a leading digital payments provider for employee benefits
  • TowerBrook Capital Partners
    • on its acquisition of Team Eiffel, a leading provider of integrated consulting and project delivery, outsourcing and interim professional services, from Gilde
    • on its impact investment in Envevo, a provider of EV design and installation engineering services
    • on its impact investment in TXO, a critical telecom network hardware and asset management services provider
    • on the sale of a minority GP stake to Dyal Capital Partners*
    • on the pre- pack acquisition of the Azzurri Group, the owner of the ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco di Mama brands, along with the Pod Food Limited fast food delivery service*
    • on the investment in the GBA Group, a UK-based vehicle logistics business servicing the global automotive and shipping industries*
  • H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of CLC Group, a leading UK provider of property and asset refurbishment
  • An American multinational investment bank and financial services company on its multi-million dollar investment in Aircall, a cloud-based telephony business as part of a late-stage financing round
  • York Capital Management
    • on the acquisition of Cennox, a business which provides automatic teller machine (ATM) and retail support services
    • and its portfolio company Cennox on their acquisition of iTech, a leading Irish transport provider providing specialised services associated with moving and locating high technology equipment
    • and its portfolio company Cennox on their acquisition of Lincsafe, a cash automation equipment and solutions business
  • JMI Equity and its portfolio company Raptor Technologies, on its acquisition of Oaktree Topco Limited, a leading software solution for monitoring safeguarding, wellbeing and a range of child welfare issues
  • GHO Capital Partners on the acquisition of Ardena, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization providing early-stage drug development and manufacturing for small to mid-sized biopharma companies*
  • Five Arrows Principal Investments on the sale of and co-investment in Datix, a patient safety and risk management software company*
  • Queen’s Park Equity
    • on its investment in TelcoSwitch, a leading communications software provider to the UK SME market
    • on the acquisition of Sagacity Solutions Ltd, a London-based IT consultancy company
    • on its acquisition of Learndirect Limited, a provider of online learning courses*
    • on its acquisition of DCSL Limited, a software development and digital transformation specialist 
    • on its acquisition of Guidesmiths Limited, a software development and digital transformation specialist
    • on its acquisition of JayStack, a Hungarian software development firm
  • HqO Inc.
    • on its acquisition of Symbiosym a smart office technology solutions platform, from HB Reavis 
    • on its acquisition of Leesman Limited, a world leader in measuring and analysing the experiences of employees in their places of work
    • on the end-to-end tenant experience platform for commercial real estate properties, on its acquisition of Office App, a leading European tenant and employee engagement platform
  • Lloyds Development Capital on its investment in Horse Health Wessex Ltd, which owns a leading equestrian brand LeMieux
  • Scottish Equity Partners
    • on the sale of and reinvestment into Dotmatics, a developer of an information platform that facilitates scientific data access
    • on the investment in Braincube, a European manufacturing data software company*
  • Camber Partners on its investment in SE Ranking, an SEO platform*
  • FNZ, a global wealth management fintech backed by private equity investors on its agreement to acquire IFSAM, a Luxembourg-based business-to-business fund platform
  • Wavecrest on its investment in HICX, a supplier experience management provider
  • Rare Whisky Holdings, a whisky investment group based in Hong Kong, on its acquisition of a 49% stake in Whisky Hammer, provider of a whisky auction service
  • Global Loan Agency Services Limited
    • on the restructuring of Galapagos Holding S.A.*
    • on the restructuring of BARTEC, a German manufacturer of explosion safety equipment*
    • on the sale of Young’s Seafood Limited, one of the UK’s leading producers and distributors of seafood, to Karro Food Group*
  • An American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets on the ongoing management incentive arrangements for Athora Holding*
  • eBay Inc. on the acquisition of Motors.co.uk from Cox Automotive Relation Solutions*
  • WEX Inc., a leading financial technology service provider, in connection with its acquisition of EG Group Limited’s GO Fuel Card Business*
  • Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition of ESIM Chemicals GmbH*
  • Origami Capital on its establishment and structuring of a joint venture real estate development investment platform in Germany*
  • ADIC in its investment with JC Flowers, relating to the management of a leading Puerto-Rican based private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry*
  • D3O Limited in its multi-million dollar funding round led by Beringea and Entrepreneurs Fund*
  • AEW Asia in its acquisition of retail property in Singapore from CapitaLand*
  • CPPIB in its Korean logistics joint venture with a Dutch pension fund*

*denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Credentials

Education

Legal Practice Course

BPP Law School

LLB Law

London School of Economics and Political Science

Admissions

Bars

  • England and Wales