Advising Inflexion on its investment into FDMUK Limited

We have advised Inflexion on its investment into FDMUK Limited ("FDM"), a provider of telecoms market share, pricing and proposition data across Europe.

FDM is a specialist insight agency that is focused on the telecommunications, media and technology markets.  It has established itself as the industry authority within UK telecoms due to its unrivalled data quality & granularity and is the fastest growing insights agency of its type, having realised 150% growth over the last 3 years. Its proprietary point-of-sale and real-time pricing datasets provide the most accurate view of market share and brand performance measurement, and is utilised by every major UK broadband provider, mobile operator and price comparison website, as well as by global manufacturers.

The investment is being made by Inflexion's Enterprise Fund V and aims to support the growth of FDM including expanding the company's geographic reach and product offering.

The deal was led by partner James Goold, senior associates Alex Walker, Bryce Bartlett and Omar Amin, associates Kayla Sinclair, Alex Stones and Callum McLean, trainees Evie Mason and Joseph Miller, and apprentice Luke Harrison in the Private Equity team. Further support was provided by:

Banking and Finance

Partner Martin Yells and associate Zenia Kumar

Commercial Technology and Data

Partner Sian Skelton and associates Megan Lukins, Nick Harrison and Miles Harmsworth

Competition

Partner Paolo Palmigiano and senior associate Elisabetta Rotondo

Corporate

Paralegal James Giddins

Disputes and Investigations

Partner Emma Allen and associate Akash Jamang

Employment, Pensions and Mobility

Partners Sean Nesbitt and Anna Taylor, senior counsel Charlie Pring, senior associates Jordan Buckle and Afshan Mallik, associate Liam Hutton, and immigration adviser Gizem Genç

Real Estate

Partner Emma Oakley and associate Charlie Marshall

Tax and Incentives

Partner Liz Wilson, senior associate Bridget Winters and associate Freddie Knottenbelt