International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has advised longstanding client Advent International on its preferred securities investment into InverCap Holdings, whose main subsidiary, Afore InverCap, is the largest independent mandatory pension fund administrator in Mexico.
InverCap manages one of Mexico’s best-performing pension funds for private and public sector workers in the country and invests the retirement savings of approximately three million employees nationwide, with total assets under management of US$7.3 billion as of September 2012.
Commenting on the transaction, London partner David Meredith said, “We are delighted to have worked alongside Advent on this strategically important investment – Advent’s first in the asset management sector. Advent is an active investor in the financial services sector in Latin America and Mexico, as well as globally, and this investment will ensure the continued growth of InverCap and more widely, the Mexican pension system.”
The deal was led by London partner David Meredith, assisted by London associates James Cousins, Georgina Wilson, Evgeny Zborovsky, together with input from US tax partner David Bower and associate Lane Morgan, and banking partner Doug Urquhart.
London senior private equity partner Marco Compagnoni is the overall global relationship partner for Advent International. The firm has acted on a wide range of deals and other high profile matters for Advent across the globe for more than 10 years, including most recently on acquisitions, such as: WorldPay, The Priory Group, Oberthur, and TransUnion, as well as sales, including: Sophis, and Poundland.
