Candover

“I got a call on the Saturday from the client, and ironically I was actually on a treadmill at the time. We had to have the team ready to negotiate the documents by the Monday, and then we had three weeks from start to finish.” – Kem Ihenacho, Partner

The technical challenges of buy-out specialists Candover’s investment in Technogym - world leading manufacturer in the design of home and commercial fitness training equipment - were magnified by the fact that given the requirements of the parties, the deal had to be closed within a matter of weeks.

The urgency of the deadline and the deal’s jurisdictional aspects demanded the excitingly fast mobilisation of a private equity team with expertise in several locations; the Clifford Chance team consisted of lawyers in London, Milan and New York.

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