SMB have advised Cube Management Limited, the team appointed to advise South Downs Investments, following the £152m acquisition of Atlantic Leaf
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Peter Weiss Joint Head of Department
Partner Corporate, Commercial & Finance +44 20 3206 2725 Email Peter -
Simons Muirhead Burton have advised Cube Management Limited, the management team appointed to advise South Downs Investments LP, following its £152m acquisition of SA African listed, Atlantic Leaf.
South Downs is a wholly owned subsidiary of private equity fund, Apollo Global Management.
The deal was led by Partner, Peter Weiss, head of our Corporate, Commercial and Finance team, who was assisted by Associate, Lucy Newman.
We would like to wish the management team every success in their future on this new venture.
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