DWF advises Kindertons Holdings on sale to ExamWorks

International legal business DWF has advised members of the management team of Kindertons on the acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, of the business by ExamWorks, a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners from Sovereign Capital Partners.

Kindertons is a nationwide specialist provider of outsourced accident management services for motor insurers and insurance brokers.

It provides replacement vehicles and full claims management services to drivers following an accident.

The sale takes place almost five years after the acquisition of Kindertons by the UK private equity buy & build specialist Sovereign, who provided additional funding to meet the growing demand for Kindertons’ offering.

DWF Manchester’s corporate team also acted for Kindertons on its original deal with Sovereign in 2013, and since then the business has completed four strategic acquisitions, doubled its vehicle fleet to 5,300, and almost tripled employee numbers and revenue.

The DWF team was led by DWF national head of corporate, Frank Shephard, working alongside senior associate, Vicky Thomas.

Mr Shephard said: “As a long-standing client, we are delighted to have acted for the management team of Kindertons and its management team on the next stage of growth with Exam Works.

“Since supporting the business in their original acquisition by Sovereign, we have seen the company thrive in both scale and service offering and we look forward to seeing the business go from strength to strength.”

The DWF corporate team acts for clients in a wide variety of sectors and recently advised multi-national technology outsourcer Equiniti on its acquisition of specialist shareholder engagement company Boudicca Proxy Ltd.

Law firm Pinsent Mason led on the deal  and DWF advised one of the shareholders. Gregg Davison was the lead partner on the deal.