We are proud to share that Hamilton Locke, together with global advisory firm Liberty Finance Group (Liberty), advised the management team and non-sponsor shareholders of Waste Services Group (WSG) in connection with its majority stake acquisition by global investment firm The Carlyle Group. The Hamilton Locke team advised on all aspects of the transaction to help negotiate and implement global market leading terms for the management team, in a compressed competitive auction-led timeframe. Credit to the Hamilton Locke team with Partners James Delesclefs (M&A) and Seema Sandhu (Tax) and consultant Anya Gleichmann leading the way.
Commenting on the transaction Matt Tamplin, CEO of WSG, added “The Hamilton Locke team were a great support by providing strategically astute and valuable commercial advice seamlessly across all corporate, tax and employment aspects of the transaction. The seniority and depth of the team were of huge assistance in managing various stakeholders’ interests right throughout the sale process.”
Tom Anning, Partner at Liberty had this to say about working with the Hamilton Locke team “We were impressed with the responsiveness and commerciality of the Hamilton Locke team. Their deep international technical expertise and extensive experience representing both domestic and global sponsors ensured the key issues important to our clients were proactively addressed without sweating the small stuff, allowing the transaction to progress smoothly for all involved.”.
Congratulations to the WSG and Livingbridge teams, as well the HSF and Allens teams working on this significant transaction with us. We look forward to seeing what is next for Matt and the WSG team.
Hamilton Locke has a market leading dedicated Executive Compensation team which advises sponsors, corporates and executives in connection with all forms of incentive arrangements. To find out more about our team and what we do, please contact James Delesclefs or your usual Hamilton Locke contact.
