Linklaters has advised The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Anthesis, a global pure-play sustainability advisory and solutions firm, to support Anthesis’ impact and growth, expand its differentiated ESG and sustainability offering, and widen its international footprint.

Carlyle will be investing alongside Anthesis’ employee shareholders, with existing shareholder, Palatine, reinvesting for a minority stake.

This transaction strengthens Carlyle’s commitment to demonstrating leadership around critical ESG issues, and to create and execute increasingly more effective decarbonisation strategies to build value across its investments.

The cross-practice Linklaters team was led by Financial Sponsor partners Alex Woodward and Chris Boycott, and Corporate partner Chris Staples, supported by counsel Ben Suen, managing associate Thomas Scott and associates Kaiya Kim-Saville and Louisa Pratt.

Partner Oliver Sceales led on debt financing, supported by managing associate Daniel Peach and associate Carolina Abecasis. Partner Rachel Barrett led on ESG matters, partner Jamie Coomber on Tax, partner Jean Lovett on Employment & Incentives, partner Yohan Liyanage on TMT/IP, and partner Nicole Kar and managing associate Jennifer Willis on Foreign Investment.