Speciality Finance
OakNorth provides £3m revolving credit facility to DSW Capital to support its acquisition of DR Solicitors, the leading law firm for healthcare professionals
Established in 2002 by three KPMG alumni, DSW is one of the first platform models disrupting the traditional model of accounting professional services firms; The capital from OakNorth will support its acquisition of DR Solicitors, the award winning, specialist law firm for medical professionals; The acquisition will be immediately and significantly earnings enhancing for DSW […]
Speciality Finance
ECI Partners acquires majority stake in digital marketing agency, Croud, to accelerate growth, following £77.6m club loan from OakNorth
Launched in 2011, Croud is a global, full-service digital agency with offices in the UK, US and Middle East; The business has worked with household brands including: International Workplace Group (IWG), Selfridges, Amazon’s Audible and Prime Video, and Nespresso; The transaction follows OakNorth’s initial £34m club loan to Croud in May this year to support […]
Hospitality
SGS Group completes refinancing of four major shopping centres following £445m club loan from OakNorth
The four shopping centres are: Lakeside in Essex, Atria in Watford, Victoria Centre in Nottingham, and Braehead in Glasgow; With a catchment population totalling 9.4m the sites are four of the leading shopping centres nationally; Average occupancy rates for the sites have increased to 93%, with tenants consisting of international and national retail brands, including […]
Speciality Finance
OakNorth provides bespoke capital call facility to returning customer and private equity real estate investor, Paloma Capital
Founded in 2015 by Joe Froud and Jack Pitman, Paloma Capital is a leading entrepreneurial private equity real estate investor; Paloma has raised over £450m of wholly discretionary capital in three value-add funds since launch, mainly from institutional investors in the UK, Europe and the Middle East; The bespoke facility will be deployed within the […]
Real Estate
OakNorth provides Kester Capital with loan facility to support its investment in world-leading architectural visualisation business, The Boundary
Founded in 2014, The Boundary has an international reputation for excellence in architectural visualisation and the built environment; It serves several of the world’s largest real estate developers from three offices across three continents; Kester Capital is a leading UK private equity investor, focused on the technology and healthcare sectors. OakNorth – the digital bank […]
Speciality Finance
OakNorth completes £52m loan to support Warwick Capital Partners’ acquisition of national care home operator, Danforth Care
Founded in 2010, Warwick Capital Partners is a global private equity and credit firm focused on addressing complex capital needs; With offices in London and Stamford, Connecticut, the firm’s assets under management total over $2.5b; The £52m loan from OakNorth will part fund Warwick’s acquisition of national care home operator, Danforth Care, from LNT Care […]