Business and professional services

HMT LLP advised Senseco Systems on their acquisition of the much respected, quality fire systems and electrical contractor Power Plus. Senseco is the UK’s-industry leading, independent Carbon Neutral Life Safety Systems specialist. Renowned for their expertise in the design, supply, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of fire, sprinklers, suppression, voice, passive, security, and monitoring systems; along with an unrivalled level of expertise, technical competence and above all excellent customer service for the clients across the UK. Power Plus, a [...]

HMT LLP advised Mobeus on their £10.2million investment in LACE Partners, a full-service consultancy which focuses on optimising and transforming the HR functions of large corporates and multinationals. LACE was founded in 2014 by Aaron Alburey and Cathy Acratopulo, after successful careers at international consultancies. Both worked together in Accenture’s HR and Human Performance teams, whilst Alburey formerly led Deloitte’s HR advisory practice in the UK. LACE has since established itself as a specialist leader in the HR [...]

HMT LLP advised AI-powered language operations platform Unbabel on their acquisition of EVS Translations, an international translation company for corporate requirements in all business areas. Based in San Francisco, Unbabel eliminates language barriers so that businesses can thrive across cultures and geographies. The company’s Language Operations platform blends advanced artificial intelligence with humans in the loop, for fast, efficient, high-quality translations that get smarter over time. Unbabel helps enterprises grow into new global markets and builds customer trust [...]

HMT LLP advised Rockpool Investments on their investment in Rosetta Brands, a B2B ecommerce company specialising in Amazon. Rosetta Brands operates a unique high growth B2B Ecommerce-as-a-Service model offering leading global brands a fully outsourced Amazon channel across multiple geographies. Its proprietary software automates the ordering cycle with minimal human touchpoints while a combination of agency, optimization and vendor solutions allows Rosetta to significantly accelerate its clients’ average revenue per SKU across the Amazon channel. Rosetta Brands has [...]

HMT LLP advised Connection Capital on their £5.1m growth capital investment in Brompton Technology, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of leading-edge processing products for LED video walls used in live events and virtual production for TV and film.  Established in 2011, Brompton Technology is a market leader in supplying products designed for use in the live events market. Brompton Technology’s specialist technology is used to generate seamless, high-quality images across multiple large LED panels that are used as [...]

HMT LLP provided combined buyside advisory services to Ethos Partners’ portfolio company Compliancy Services, one of the UK's leading providers of compliance consultancy and regtech services on their bolt-on acquisition of Portman Compliance. Founded in 2003, Compliancy Services is a market leader in its sector, providing compliance consultancy and regtech services for firms that offer regulated financial services. Compliancy addresses an attractive growing market driven by regulatory change and provides business-critical services to a broad spread of regulated [...]

HMT LLP provided combined buyside lead advisory and financial due diligence services to Mobeus on the £13.4m MBO of Gungho Marketing, a specialist lead generation business focused on the fast growth International RegTech and LegalTech markets. Founded in 2007, Gungho provides outsourced sales support utilising its proprietary global database, identifying corporate buyers of regulatory, compliance and legal solutions and then setting up qualified sales appointments which deliver high levels of return on investment for its clients. With bases [...]

HMT advised the management team of Thames Valley-based creative digital agency O’Neill Modern Media (“OMM”) on their MBO. The deal was funded by alternative finance specialist, Thincats. OMM are an independent creative, technology & large format digital print agency who devise digital, technology and creative strategies, to produce outstanding experiential projects (including both VR and AR content), eye-catching motion graphics and in depth, cutting edge, consultancy for its blue-chip customer base across both sport and retail. Founded in [...]

HMT LLP advised FPE Capital on their investment in 60 Decibels, a social impact measurement company, that talks directly to customers, employees or beneficiaries about social issues in more than 50 countries on behalf of impact focused investors and enterprises. 60 Decibels sources its social impact measurement data via short phone calls through a field of over 800+ remote researchers, where recipients are asked both quantitative and qualitative questions; these conversations are then turned into end individual-level impact [...]

HMT LLP advised AI-powered language operations platform Unbabel on their acquisition of language translation company Lingo24. Based in San Francisco, Unbabel eliminates language barriers so that businesses can thrive across cultures and geographies. The company’s Language Operations solution blends advanced artificial intelligence with human editors, for fast, efficient, high-quality translations that get smarter over time. Unbabel integrates seamlessly in any channel, so agents can deliver consistent multilingual support from within their existing workflows. This makes it easy for [...]