Simpson Thacher advised Blackstone in connection with its agreement to acquire Civica, a global leader in public sector software solutions, from the Partners Group.
Founded in 2001, Civica has grown into one of the UK’s largest software companies and a global leader in software for the public sector, providing mission-critical automating and streamlining technology services to clients that range from local to central and federal government, health and social care providers and education. Civica has over 6,000 customers, servicing more than 100 million citizens across the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the United States and Canada. Civica has benefited from the strong growth of the Government Technology space, powered by the ongoing digitalization of the public sector and long-term investments made by governments to improve their technology capabilities and the services they offer to their constituents.
The Simpson Thacher team included Geoffrey Bailhache, Paul Foote, Antony Freeman, Vishaal Patel, Edward Wilson (Corporate); Andrew Bechtel, William Choules, Kwasi Mills-Bampoe (Credit); Matt Feehily, Lauren Gluzman (ESG); and Caleb McConnell and Phoebe Adams (Tax).