Houlihan Lokey Advises Apax Partners

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Apax Partners LLP (Apax) has acquired a controlling stake in Alcumus, a global leader in technology-led risk management and compliance solutions, from Inflexion. The transaction values Alcumus at more than £600 million and closed on 9 March 2022.

Alcumus helps organisations of all sizes anticipate, manage, and avoid risks, thereby improving outcomes for employees and company operations. Alcumus has a unique breadth of technology-enabled services, providing solutions to 42,000 contractor and supplier customers, and more than 3,000 enterprises. These services are critical in improving worker protection and compliance with regulations and international standards.

Apax is a leading global private equity advisory firm. For nearly 50 years, Apax has worked to inspire growth and ideas that transform businesses. The firm has raised and advised funds with aggregate commitments of more than $60 billion. The Apax funds invest in companies across four global sectors of tech, services, healthcare, and internet/consumer. These funds provide long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. Apax’s expertise across software, services, ESG, and digitisation ideally positions it to partner with Alcumus’ management team in the next stage of the company’s evolution.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to Apax. This transaction exemplifies the continued success of Houlihan Lokey’s dedicated coverage of the testing, inspection, certification, and compliance and EHS software markets.