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Alceon Private Equity finalises Specialist Medical Services investment
Johnson Winter & Slattery has advised Alceon Private Equity on its investment in Specialist Medical Services (SMS).
Emma Musgrave
Firms: Johnson Winter & Slattery (Alceon Private Equity); Gilbert + Tobin (SMS); Allens (NAB).
Value: Undisclosed.
Area: Finance, corporate.
Key players: The Johnson Winter & Slattery team was led by partner Andrew Williams and special counsel Aidan Douglas, supported by associates Katherine McNamara and Rebecca Proudman.
Partner David Beckett and special counsel Man Loi advised on the banking aspects of this transaction, partner Christine Ecob, senior associate Stanley Yu, and associate Rachel Cox advised on the IP/IT aspects, and partner Peter Trevaskis and associate Lucy Wang advised on the property aspects.
Deal significance: Established in 2010, Alceon Private Equity is a leading private equity firm.
Since its inception, the group has invested over $3.8 billion of capital for its high net worth, family office and institutional clients across real estate, private equity and listed equity.
“With this deal, the firm will make a move into ophthalmology and short stay medical services by investing in SMS, which is a roll-up of ophthalmology clinics and short stay hospitals in Australia,” a statement from JWS explained.
“The business was founded by Carl Adams, who previously led the creation of radiology business QScan for Quadrant Private Equity.”
Commenting further, lead partner Andrew Williams said: “This investment by Alceon will enable SMS to capitalise on opportunities within short stay hospitals and ophthalmology clinics, which is a relatively untapped opportunity in the market”.
“We are delighted to have supported Alceon in this strategic transaction, which is its third investment so far this year.”
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
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