Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Investec Alternative Investment Management (“IAIM”), a subsidiary of Investec Bank plc (“Investec”), on the successful launch of Investec’s inaugural European senior debt fund, Investec Senior Debt Fund I (“SDF I”, the “fund”), a private credit fund with approximately €400m of investable capital managed by the Investec Direct Lending team.

Travers Smith has advised long-standing client Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the sale of Manx Telecom Group to a strategic partnership of CVC DIF and Jersey Telecom. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Manx Telecom is the incumbent digital-infrastructure platform on the Isle of Man, offering broadband, fixed line, mobile, and secure data services to residential, business, and public sector customers.

Travers Smith has advised longstanding client Investec on the provision of upsized senior debt facilities to support Triple Private Equity-backed Legal Benchmarking Group (“LBG”) in its strategic acquisition of The Lawyer, a leading UK legal business intelligence platform, which has been acquired from Centaur Media.

Travers Smith has advised Deutsche Numis as sponsor on GB Group plc's ("GBG") move from AIM to the Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) Category of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Travers Smith has advised Shawbrook Bank on the provision of a new £65 million NAV facility to Castelnau Group Limited (“Castelnau”), a listed closed-ended investment company on the London Stock Exchange.

Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that it has been ranked 48^th in the Social Mobility Employer Index for 2025, the first time the firm has entered the index.

Travers Smith LLP is proud to share that the multi-award-winning Domestic Abuse Response Alliance (DARA) has placed its 300th case.

Travers Smith LLP has advised the founders and senior management team of International Schools Partnership ("ISP") on the acquisition of a 20% stake in ISP by CVC Strategic Opportunities ("CVC"), a leading global private markets manager. ISP is a longstanding client of the firm, Travers Smith having advised ISP, the founders and senior management team on a previous incoming investment in 2021.