Rubicon Partners Acquires Avove
April 12, 2022
Rubicon Partners has acquired the utilities business, now operating as Avove, in a carve-out transaction completed on 12 April. The stand‑alone business provides water and power maintenance services to customers including Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent; Rubicon has retained the existing management team, appointed Mark Perkins as Executive Chairman, and intends to grow the business leveraging its experience in water, energy and power sectors.
- Buyers
- Rubicon Partners
- Targets
- Avove
- Sellers
- Amey
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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