On October 13, 2022, risk information and services company Sigma7 announced its acquisition of Alaco Limited, a London UK-based research and strategic intelligence practice. Sigma7 is a portfolio company of private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners. Seward & Kissel was pleased to represent Sigma7 as its US counsel in connection with this middle market private equity transaction.

Sigma7 is a market leading risk information and services platform that is unconflicted, comprehensive and focused on measurable business outcomes. Alaco is a leading business intelligence and strategic advisory firm that supports decision makers in mitigating risk, maximizing commercial opportunities and gaining critical insights when most needed. Growth Catalyst Partners is a middle market private equity firm focused on information, marketing and tech-enabled services businesses.

Seward & Kissel LLP (sewkis.com) is a leading New York law firm, originally established in 1890, offering legal advice emphasizing business, financial and commercial law and related litigation. The firm’s Business Transactions Group handles middle-market M&A, private equity, venture capital and joint venture transactions involving a wide variety of industries. The firm is ranked as Highly Regarded for Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA and is recommended by The Legal 500 in the middle-market M&A category, stating that Seward & Kissel “regularly acts for private equity firms, international businesses and financial services companies in a huge variety of domestic and cross-border corporate and financing transactions.”

The company’s press release describing this transaction is available here.