London – Mayer Brown has advised Sun European Partners on the separate acquisitions of the Turners Accident Repair group, a leading provider of vehicle accident repair in the North of England, and Hilton Coachworks, the UK's largest independent manufacturer-approved automative repair centre. The transactions follow Sun European's earlier acquisition of Alton Cars in the car collision sector.
Sun European Partners is a global private equity firm focused on partnering with outstanding management teams to accelerate value creation. Since 1995, Sun Capital has invested in more than 500 companies worldwide with revenues in excess of $50 billion across a broad range of industries and transaction structures.
The Mayer Brown teams involved in each transaction were led by Private Equity partners Jessica Kolhorn, Electra Callan and James West. They also included Private Equity senior associates Sam Kahan, Isaac Paine and James Beattie and associates Alex Potten and Olivia Woodhead, IP partner Oliver Yaros and associate Alasdair Maher, Environmental partner Tim Baines and consultant Michael Hutchinson, Real Estate partner Iain Roberts, senior associates Kirsty McLeish and Isabel Hershman and associate Julia Wyszomirska, Pensions partner Andrew Block, senior associate Henry Corrigan and associate Joel Silverstein, Employment & Benefits partner Miriam Bruce, counsels Katherine Fox and James Perrott and associates Cheryl Stevart and Ruth Kellard, International Trade & Sanctions partner Jason Hungerford and associates Kirsty Morris and Mihira Patten, Tax partner Ben Eaton and associate Jack Feehan and Banking & Finance senior associate Mike Gorski and associate Sophie Courtney.