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TRAVERS SMITH ADVISES ANCALA PARTNERS ON COMPLETED €136.2 MILLION ACQUISITION OF
AERIAL EMERGENCY SERVICES BUSINESSES FROM BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL

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TRAVERS SMITH ADVISES ANCALA PARTNERS ON COMPLETED €136.2 MILLION ACQUISITION OF
AERIAL EMERGENCY SERVICES BUSINESSES FROM BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL

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OVERVIEW

Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client Ancala Partners LLP (Ancala),
the critical mid-market infrastructure investor, on the €136.2 million
acquisition of aerial emergency services businesses from Babcock International
Group plc (Babcock) in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Following the acquisition, the business has been renamed Avincis. Avincis
provides emergency medical, firefighting and search and rescue aviation
services, typically under availability-based contracts with local and national
governments. It operates a fleet of over 220 aircraft, of which approximately
half are owned, across over 160 operating locations.

Ancala is an experienced investor in critical mid-market infrastructure. Founded
in 2010 as an independent investment manager, Ancala adopts a unique approach
combining differentiated investment sourcing with active asset management.

Travers Smith Head of Corporate, Spencer Summerfield, commented: "We are
delighted to have assisted Ancala with yet another acquisition, strengthening
its position in the European infrastructure market and further demonstrating our
strong sectoral expertise in infrastructure investments. Carve-out transactions
are particularly complex for a number of reasons, and this transaction again
highlights our expertise in this area."

The Travers Smith team was led by Partner and Head of Corporate Spencer
Summerfield, who was supported by Corporate Partner Hugh Hutchison, Senior
Associate Fabian McNeilly and Associate Holly McKinley.

Finance advice was provided by Partner Ben Thompson, Senior Counsel Fiona
Swords, Senior Associates Kanwal Majeed and Katie Henderson, Associates Adam
Schnider, Shehan Canagasingham and Storme Paul-Christian and Trainees Peter
Eaton, George Kajwenge and Isabella Crossfield. Additional specialist advice was
provided by Partner Richard Brown, Senior Associate Richard Offord and
Associate Emma Riggs in Technology & Commercial Transactions, Partner Nigel
Seay and Associates Thomas Davies and Chloe Budd in Competition, Partner Simon
Skinner, Senior Associate Silvana Van der Velde and Associate Callum Burgess in
Tax, and Partner Adam Orr, Senior Associate Rachel MacArthur and Associate Heidi
Jempeji in Private Equity & Financial Sponsors.

Overseas advice was provided by Cuatrecasas (Spain, Portugal and Mozambique),
Chiomenti (Italy), Krogerus (Finland), Thommessen (Norway) and Delphi (Sweden).


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