Private Equity 2022: Jersey

1. Transaction Activity

1.1 M&A Transactions and Deals

As a well-regulated international finance centre, Jersey continues to deliver innovative and highquality downstream acquisition and investment fund structuring solutions to global private equity and sector-focused institutional sponsors

Strong top sponsor appetite remains for infrastructure opportunities that attract greater potential for value creation over the life of an asset. Such transactions may involve more upfront cost and complexity. One key attraction for maintaining a stable of infrastructure assets is the "best in class" investor return prospects they have the potential to achieve.

An increasing number of sponsors are putting investor capital to hard work through innovative minority (GP) stakes deals. In these deals, a larger sponsor acquires economic rights in smaller scale private equity operators. Drivers behind these types of investments include the optimisation of GP/manager and