PriestleySoundy have been advising Louise O’Shea, CEO of CFC Underwriting, in connection with her employment and incentive arrangements. The appointment is subject to FCA approval.
Louise is a NeD on the Board of CFC, Chair of FinTech Wales and an Advisor to YuLife.
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Its global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today’s most critical business risks. Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Austin, Brussels and Brisbane, CFC has over 700 staff and is trusted by more than 130,000 businesses in 90+ countries.
In October 2021, it was announced that EQT Private Equity and Vitruvian Partners had agreed to make a significant minority investment in CFC. The transaction reportedly valued the business at more than £2.5bn. The deal also saw Vitruvian reinvest in the business after it first bought a 40% stake in CFC in 2017, valuing the business at that time at £230m.
Headquartered in Sweden, EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organisation with close to three decades of consistent investment performance across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies and with Euro 224bn in total assets under management.
Vitruvian is an international investment firm that supports the most ambitious and talented entrepreneurs and companies to achieve their goals. From its fourth fund of Euro 4bn, Vitruvian invests Euro 25-600m+ in high-growth, dynamic situation buyouts and growth capital investments, from seven offices around the world with more than 140 professionals.
EQT and Vitruvian were advised by Kirkland & Ellis.
12 January 2024
