Houlihan Lokey Advises Oakley Capital Investments

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. (Oakley), a leading pan-European private equity investor, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in G3, a global strategic advisory consultancy. This will be the first investment from the Oakley Capital VI fund since closing at its €4.5 billion hard cap earlier this year.

G3 helps clients manage their risk and enable opportunities by providing reputational and strategic human-source intelligence, dispute advice, and cyber consulting. The company’s clients include some of the largest private equity and sovereign wealth funds, global corporates, and leading law firms. Headquartered in London, G3 also has offices in New York, Singapore, Tokyo, and Abu Dhabi. The company is led by Michael Bevan and Nick Alcock.

G3 has achieved strong, double-digit growth in recent years, driven by increasing client demand for support on critical business decisions and by its expansion into new geographies and high-growth areas such as cyber advisory. Michael and Nick will remain invested in G3 and continue to manage the business alongside the wider management team. Oakley will support the continued growth of the business, including accelerating G3’s international expansion, with a particular focus on the U.S.

Arthur Mornington, Partner at Oakley, said: “Global businesses face an increasingly complex and volatile geopolitical environment. G3 has earned a strong reputation for guiding clients through these challenges as a trusted strategic advisor. We look forward to partnering with Nick and Michael and helping them further elevate G3 to a leading position in the corporate intelligence market.”

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to Oakley in a deal that exemplifies the continued success of the firm’s dedicated global coverage of the business services sector.

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