febrero 25 2025

Mayer Brown advises Keensight Capital on acquisition of Metacompliance

London – Mayer Brown has advised

leading European private equity manager Keensight Capital (“Keensight”) on the acquisition of a majority stake in MetaCompliance, a leading European Human Risk Management software vendor.

MetaCompliance delivers cybersecurity and compliance software, focusing on human risk management. Its platform enables companies to train their employees around cyber threats and to comply with regulatory requirements, thereby protecting against data breaches and avoiding material fines and reputational damage.

Keensight is one of the leading European Growth Buyout firms and is committed to supporting entrepreneurs as they implement their growth strategies. With over 25 years of experience and €5.5bn of assets under management, its team of seasoned professionals leverages their differentiated private equity experience to invest in profitably growing companies generating revenues in the range of €10 million to €400 million.

The Mayer Brown team was led by Private Equity partner Tarun Patel, and the other key workstreams were led by Nicolas Danan and Louis Nayberg (Tax Structuring), Stuart Brinkworth (Partner, Leveraged Finance) and Mark Hills (Partner, Antitrust & Competition).

Tarun Patel, Partner in Mayer Browns’ Private Equity practice said:

“We are delighted to have assisted Keensight Capital on this transaction.

This deal demonstrates two key differentiators of our Private Equity practice – the strength of our cross border offering for European sponsors looking to invest in the UK and our ability to also provide market leading private equity tax structuring advice on leveraged buyouts”.

Deal support was provided by a broader multi-specialist team including counsel Danny Williams and senior associate Giles Clifford (both Private Equity), associate Anna Jackson-Smith (Corporate), senior associate Bridget Polkinghorne and associate Boaz Levy (both Leveraged Finance), partner Jason Hungerford, associate James Ford and associate Mihira Patten (all Sanctions and Anti-Bribery), partner Daniel Vowden and associate Christopher Howes (both Antitrust & Competition), partner Mark Prinsley and associate Alasdair Maher (both IP, IT and Data Protection), partner Matthew Mortimer and associate Jack Feehan (both Tax), and Olivier Aubouin (Partner, Private Equity).