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Palatine-backed FourNet strengthens customer experience and AI capabilities with strategic SVL acquisition
FourNet, the customer experience and AI transformation partner backed by our Buyout Fund, has announced the strategic acquisition of Glasgow-headquartered SVL Business Solutions. The acquisition creates a combined business with more than 230 people, over 450 customers and revenues of around £65 million. The two businesses have worked alongside each other for nearly a decade.…
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Palatine partners with leading sports law firm Centrefield
We are investing in Centrefield, a fast-growing sports and media law firm, subject to regulatory approval. Centrefield acts for leading sporting organisations around the world, with a client roster that includes most of the Premier League football clubs, EFL clubs, Major League Soccer in the US as well as many MLS clubs, sports businesses, agencies…
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Palatine-backed Atombit broadens reach into French and Arabic markets with acquisition of Elyadata
Atombit, the data and AI outcomes consultancy backed by our Buyout Fund has announced the acquisition of Elyadata, an AI and data engineering company with offices in Paris and Tunis. Elyadata is the sixth company to join Atombit since the initial investment in May 2025 and the first since the group launched its new brand…
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Palatine Strengthens Impact Team With Award-Winning New Hire
We have appointed Jihad Karambizi as Investment Manager in our Impact team. Jihad joins us with experience spanning audit, corporate finance, and M&A advisory across the UK and South Africa. He began his career in audit in South Africa, working with businesses across the retail, construction, life sciences, media, manufacturing and consumer goods sectors. After…
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Palatine Successfully Exits My Pension Expert After Strong Period Of Growth
We are pleased to announce a successful exit from My Pension Expert, the UK’s leading at-retirement adviser. We made the original investment from our fourth Buyout Fund and first Impact Fund. This exit has generated a circa 5x return for investors. Our team supported Doncaster-based MPE through a four-year period of strong organic growth, achieved following significant investment in people, technology, data and…
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Cutting Waste, Cutting Carbon: Inside Morro’s SBTi Commitment
Matt Moore, Group CEO at affordable homes developer, Morro, talks to us about the culture shift behind the business’s science-based emissions target, the practical changes already paying off on site, and the difference having Palatine’s support made along the way. Can you tell us a bit about Morro: what you do, the nature of…
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Is ESG Dead? Here’s What I’m Hearing From The Businesses Actually Doing The Work
Blog from Senior Sustainability Director Stephanie Wall Two years ago, you couldn’t open a business publication without reading about ESG. Today, the conversation has shifted. You’re more likely to read about ESG fatigue, political backlash, or another fund quietly dropping the three letters from its website. So, let me ask it plainly: is ESG dead?…
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After the deal is done: getting integration right
When total waste management solutions business Papilo, completed its acquisition of Allwood at the start of 2026, the focus shifted immediately to bringing two complementary businesses together in a way that was both structured and people-centred. We sat down with Papilo CFO Russell Collins and Managing Director Gavin Ebery to hear how the integration has…
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