Searchlight Capital Partners and Ares Management Invest £500M in RSK Group
June 17, 2024
RSK Group agreed to receive a £500 million preferred equity investment from a consortium led by Searchlight Capital Partners and Ares Management funds. Ares also committed an incremental £300 million debt facility (bringing its total available debt facilities to £1.4 billion) to support RSK’s 2030 strategy, including organic growth and the company’s acquisition programme. The capital will be used to accelerate RSK’s expansion of environmental consulting and engineering services globally.
- Buyers
- Searchlight Capital Partners, Ares Management Corporation
- Targets
- RSK Group Limited
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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