Ropes & Gray Advises EQT and CPP Investments in Agreement to Acquire NEOGOV

Ropes & Gray represented EQT and CPP Investments in a definitive agreement to acquire human capital management and public safety solutions provider NEOGOV from funds managed by Warburg Pincus and Carlyle. The transaction was announced in a July 28 press release.

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with €266 billion in total assets under management (€141 billion in fee-generating assets under management) as of June 30 within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets. EQT owns portfolio companies and assets in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas and supports them in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments™) is a professional investment management organization that manages the Fund in the best interest of the more than 22 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan.

The team included private equity partners Eric Issadore, Dee Kuchukulla, and Neill Jakobe, finance partners Andrea Hwang and Michael Lee, employment partner Jen Cormier, litigation & enforcement partner Brendan Hanifin, tax partners Adam Greenwood and Brandon Dunn, IP transactions partner Emily Karlberg, and data privacy partner Ed McNicholas.