IK Partners Acquires Majority Stake in HSL Compliance
February 4, 2025
IK Partners’ IK Small Cap III fund has agreed to acquire a majority stake in HSL Compliance, a UK environmental testing, inspection, certification and compliance (TICC) business, with the HSL management team reinvesting and LDC taking a minority reinvestment. The deal positions HSL to continue an aggressive buy-and-build strategy to expand services and coverage across the UK and Ireland; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
- Buyers
- IK Partners (IK Small Cap III Fund), HSL management team, LDC
- Targets
- HSL Compliance
- Sellers
- LDC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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