Ropes & Gray Advises Bridgepoint on its Strategic Investment in Kerv Group

In The News
January 25, 2024

Ropes & Gray has advised Bridgepoint on the strategic investment by Bridgepoint Development Capital IV (BDC IV) a fund focused on investing in mid-market growth businesses in Kerv Group, a next generation cloud and digital transformation services provider.

Kerv Group, a multi-award-winning provider of cloud-led, full-stack technology solutions and digital transformation services, caters to public and private sector mid-market and enterprise customers with complex and growing IT requirements. Founded in 2020, Kerv now employs approximately 700 people in the UK, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States.

Kerv will leverage Bridgepoint’s global network, sector expertise and capital to further accelerate growth. This latest strategic investment builds on Bridgepoint’s long-standing interest and engagement with leading technology services businesses.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity transactions partners Helen Croke and Angela Becker with associates Ciara StratfordGeorge Taylor, Victoria Wilson and William Allen. Other members of the team included finance partner Alex Robb and associates Jacob Bennett, Adjoa Kwarteng, Benjamin Cooper; tax partner Chris Agnoli and associate Omar Asfar, antitrust counsel Dervla Broderick, litigation and enforcement  associate Ross MacPherson; and trainees Katherine Fielding, Matthew Rice and Callum Flanagan.