Travers Smith LLP has advised the management team of Civica, a global provider of cloud software solutions for the public sector, on the sale of Civica by Partners Group to Blackstone.

Headquartered in the UK, Civica provides cloud software solutions to over 6,000 organisations across seven countries that deliver critical services to citizens. Civica's solutions are designed to help public bodies, including local councils, government departments, health and social care providers, and schools, operate more effectively through automating and streamlining services. Civica has a comprehensive product portfolio covering workflow and automation, risk and compliance, workforce management, financial management, and data analytics and insights. Given Civica's role in supporting the delivery of critical services, it maintains high customer retention rates and benefits from strong recurring revenues. Civica is well-positioned to continue capitalising on broad growth trends within the software market as organisations look to further digitise to provide better services and save money.

Travers Smith has a long-standing relationship with Civica, having acted for management on Partners Group's investment in 2017.

The Travers Smith team was led by Private Equity & Financial Sponsors Partner Adam Orr, supported by Senior Associate Eilidh Morrison, Associate Rebecca Denton and Trainee Sam Winter. Specialist Tax advice was provided by Tax Partner Hannah Manning and Senior Associate Silvana Van der Velde.

Wyvern Partners acted as financial advisers to management.