Mayer Brown advises Inspirit Capital on acquisition of Wiley Edge

London – Mayer Brown has advised UK-based investment firm Inspirit Capital on its acquisition of emerging talent and reskill training company Wiley Edge, with the transaction expected to close in the first quarter of 2024.

Inspirit Capital is a London-based investment firm that specialises in acquiring businesses that are no longer core to their parent company’s strategic objectives and require a different ownership structure to achieve their full potential. Inspirit manages capital on behalf of a blue-chip institutional investor base.

Wiley Edge is an industry-leading provider of Hire, Train, Deploy (“HTD”) talent solutions, supporting multinational employers by sourcing, training and deploying high-potential entry-level talent on a contract-to-hire basis. In addition to its core early-career HTD services, Edge also offers tailored training programs to reskill clients’ existing workforces, enhancing employee retention and helping employers address internal skill gaps.

The Mayer Brown team was led by Private Equity partner James West in London and included Corporate & Securities counsels Jessica Kolhorn (London) and George Rudy (New York), senior associate Daniel Williams (London) and associates Ari Fryer (Washington DC), Michael Russo (New York) and Pia Hutchinson (London), Tax partners James Hill (London) and Karen Kim (New York), associates Jack Feehan (London) and Stephanie Wood (New York), Technology & IP transactions partner Rohith George (Northern California), IP partner Mark Prinsley (London), associates Todd Davidovits (Chicago), Ellen Hepworth and Reece Randall (both London), Employment & Benefits partners James Williams (Chicago), Miriam Bruce and Christopher Fisher, associates Freddie Calder and Francesca Ingham (all London), Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Menssen (Salt Lake City).