21 September 2026

Latham Advises CVC on Partnership With Ridge

Private Equity & Buyouts Professional Services Announced United Kingdom

Advising firms

Deal team

25 lawyers named

Lawyer	Firm	Seniority	Practice	Office
Ross Allardice Lead	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	Not stated	London
Suneel Basson-Bhatoa Lead	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	Not stated	London
Nick Fisher	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Angus Baird	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Natalie Lam	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Nikolaus Wollner	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	Not stated	Not stated
Charles Armstrong	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	finance	London
Julie Van der Meersche	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	finance	London
Jack Holmsen	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Aiko Wadley	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Riddhima Wahi	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	finance	Not stated
Helen Lethaby	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	tax	London
Aaron Bradley	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	tax	Not stated
Ines Kilkelly	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	tax	Not stated
Clare Nida	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	white collar	London
Gregory Slevin	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	white collar	Not stated
Matthew Unsworth	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	white collar	Not stated
Kendall Burnett	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	employment	London
Ismay Keane	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	employment	Not stated
Alain Traill	Latham & Watkins LLP	Counsel	data and technology	London
Sophia Shum	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	data and technology	Not stated
Lorenzo Meusburger	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	data and technology	Not stated
Jonathan Parker	Latham & Watkins LLP	Partner	antitrust	London
James Mathieson	Latham & Watkins LLP	Associate	antitrust	Not stated
Thomas Lane	Latham & Watkins LLP	Counsel	sanctions	London

Stated terms

Stated value: Not stated
What the figure measures: Not stated
Client: CVCBuy-side
Counterparties: Horizon Capital (Sell-side)
Ridge (Target)