Dentons has advised the original founder-shareholders of énergie Fitness on the successful management buyout to reacquire the business. énergie Fitness is a leading fitness and wellness club brand, and includes 105 clubs with 143,000 members and 85 franchisees. Dentons has been a long-time advisor to the énergie group and acted for the founders in August last year when they sold the group to private equity.

Jan Spaticchia, founder of énergie Fitness commented, “We are grateful to the entire team at Dentons for their technical expertise, advice and professionalism in guiding us through this complex transaction on a very short timeframe.”

Chris Colclough, partner and head of Dentons’ Milton Keynes Corporate and Finance team, said, “We’re very pleased to have had the opportunity to act for the énergie founders again. This was an important and time-sensitive transaction for the clients and the business. Our unparalleled knowledge and understanding of the business assisted in completing within a very tight timeframe. We look forward to continuing to represent énergie Fitness in the future as a valued client of the firm.”

The Dentons team, was led by Milton Keynes Corporate partner Chris Colclough, included Corporate senior associate Thomas Redman, Corporate associates Ryan Chia and Fasil Hussain, London Insolvency partner Ian Fox, Milton Keynes employment senior associate Sarah Lovell and Milton Keynes data protection associate Esther Rusling.