PwC Lead Advisory team acted as financial advisor to Nordic Capital on its acquisition of Anaqua

PwC acted as the financial advisor to Nordic Capital in connection with its acquisition of Anaqua, a portfolio company of Astorg Partners.

About the Companies

Nordic Capital is a leading private equity investor with a resolute commitment to creating stronger, sustainable businesses through operational improvement and transformative growth. Since inception in 1989, the company has invested over €26 billion in more than 150 investments. Nordic Capital Advisors have local offices in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and South Korea.

Anaqua is a premium provider of integrated, end-to-end innovation and intellectual property (IP) management solutions. The company’s IP management solutions combine best practice workflows with big data analytics and technology-enabled services to create an intelligent environment that informs IP strategies, enables IP decisions and streamlines IP processes. Today, over two million IP executives, attorneys, paralegals and administrators in corporations and law firms all over the world use Anaqua’s IP management software. The company is based in Boston, with additional offices in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Astorg is a global private equity firm with over €10 billion of assets under management. The company has industry expertise investing in software, healthcare, business-to-business professional services, and technology-based industrial companies. Astorg has offices in London, Paris, New York, Frankfurt, Milan, and Luxembourg.

Nordic Capital was advised by PwC Lead Advisory, with the team consisting of:

• Corporate Finance: Charles Chang, Claire Chalouhi, Qasim Iqbal and George Francis.
• Deals Insights & Analytics: Dan Stott, Nazia Khalfey, Michael Evans and Heather Walton.