Takeover Completed Sponsor buyer
Hg acquisition of foundU
Announced May 2025 (approx.)
Advisers
foundU
Target
- Financial adviser
- Legal adviser
Citation Group
Acquirer
- Legal adviser
- HWLE Lawyers
(as HWL Ebsworth)Team: Bid Implementation Deed, Brent van Staden, Sam Dwyer, Michael Napoli, Paul Lewis, Damien Gillespie, Yi Tung, Angus Clugston, Jinni Tang, Michael Miles, Yan Li Wang, Jocelyn Zeng, David Fleming, Alexander Shepherd, Matthew Craven, Scott La Rocca, Kimberley Chen, Chris Egan, Pete Callil
- Target
- foundU
- Acquirer
- Citation Group
- Sponsor
- Hg, KKR
- Structure
- Off-market takeover
- Completed
- 12 Jun 2025
- Sector
- Business and professional services
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Sources
- 13 May 2025 Blackpeak Capital advises foundU on its sale to Citation Group (May 2025) blackpeakcapital.com.au
- 30 May 2025 HWL Ebsworth advises Citation Group on its successful off-market takeover hwlebsworth.com.au
- 11 Jun 2025 HWL Ebsworth advises Citation Group on its successful off-market takeover hwlebsworth.com.au
- 12 Jun 2025 Mills Oakley advises foundU Holdings Limited on the off-market takeover by Citation Group millsoakley.com.au