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Travers Smith LLP has advised Nest on its investment into a HarbourVest Partners fund, its second move into private equity this year.

Travers Smith LLP is advising O.C.S. Group Limited on the proposed sale of its facilities services business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a leading global investment firm, under which funds managed by CD&R will acquire the entire share capital of OCS Group International Limited, the facilities services division ("OCS FS") of O.C.S.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Storeshield Limited, a subsidiary of the BOC Group, on the sale of Gist to Marks & Spencer. Gist is a contract logistics business with approximately 5,800 employees across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Travers Smith is delighted to introduce its new diversity & inclusion campaign, Understanding Social Mobility – a series of activities aimed at ensuring careers in law, and in City law firms, are accessible to all, regardless of background or personal circumstances.

Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that it will be increasing its trainee intake to a maximum of 40 trainees per year. Numbers will increase in line with the September 2023 and March 2024 trainee intakes.

Travers Smith has advised longstanding client Inflexion on its investment in SteriPack Group, a market-leading global contract manufacturer serving the medical device, pharmaceutical and diagnostic markets.

Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Livingbridge on its acquisition of the CitNOW Group ("CitNOW"), a global provider of front-office software to the automotive retail industry, from Tenzing Private Equity and other management shareholders. Tenzing will reinvest materially alongside Livingbridge.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Quilvest Capital Partners (Quilvest) and management shareholders on the sale of Phaidon International (Phaidon) to a global investor consortium led by private equity firm Further Global.