Latham and Slaughters steer buyout of UK’s largest dental group

Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May are advising on Bridgepoint’s acquisition of a majority stake in mydentist from its European PE owner Palamon.

The deal will see the London-listed private equity firm take control of the dentistry chain, which operates over 500 practices across the UK. It values the group at more than £800 million, according to Private Equity News.

Palamon bought mydentist from Carlyle in 2021. It's now the UK’s largest dental provider by revenue, practices and clinicians.

Advising

Latham is acting for Bridgepoint, led by London corporate partners Paul Dolman and Suneel Basson-Bhatoa.

Also involved for Latham were London-based Dominic Newcomb and Hendrik Smit (finance), Simon Skinner and Helen Lethaby (tax), Nicola Higgs (regulatory) and Christian McDermott (data and tech) as well as Paris-based Eveline Van Keymeulen (healthcare) and Brussels-based David Little (competition).

Slaughters is advising Palamon, having covered the full lifecycle of its investment in mydentist from acquisition and restructuring to exit.

Private equity partners Filippo de Falco and Aleezeh Liaqat led the transaction, alongside Charles Osborne (tax), David Shone (regulation), Anna Lyle-Smythe (competition) and Caroline Phillips (finance).