Inventus Solutions, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired Unified OS, a provider of electronic data discovery.
Unified is a provider of eDiscovery and managed review services to corporations, law firms and government agencies operating across Europe. Unified was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in London, UK (www.unif-id.com).
Inventus is a provider of electronic data discovery (EDD) and other managed services to law firms, large corporations, and government agencies. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago(www.inventus.com).
Inventus’ acquisition of Unified marks a significant expansion into international markets and its focus on adding attorney review to its suite of services. The combined business creates an international, full legal process outsourcing (LPO) solution capable of servicing clients operating in multiple jurisdictions around the globe. Inventus will remain headquartered in Chicago and Trevor Campion will continue to lead the combined company as Chief Executive Officer.
“We have been keen to expand internationally and are thrilled to add Unified as the platform for that expansion as we look forward to building on their impressive history of growth and customer satisfaction,” said Mr. Campion. “Inventus is committed to expanding the global reach of our platform as we continue to focus on providing our clients with a best in class, comprehensive solution handling all phases of the discovery process.”
Clearlake invests in special situations such as corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, buyouts, restructurings, turnarounds and minority equity investments. Sectors of interest include business services; communication; consumer products and retail; defense and public safety; energy and power; healthcare; industrials; media; software and technology. Clearlake currently manages approximately $1.4 billion of equity capital. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York (www.clearlakecapital.com).
The Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) group of GE Capital served as administrative agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Unified by Inventus. GE Capital Markets served as sole lead arranger and bookrunner on this facility.
GE Capital’s Telecom, Media and Technology business provides financing for corporate growth, acquisitions and balance sheet refinancings to companies in the following industries: cable, towers, data centers, wireless, metro fiber, radio, TV, digital media, education services and software. It also finances technology companies that enable these industries (www.gecapital.com/tmt).
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