Agilitas, the pan-European mid-market private equity firm, has invested in Great Britain by purchasing the business and assets of Impetus Waste Management Limited.  This follows the successful completion of Agilitas' maiden investment in ISS Nordic Damage Control in June 2013, on which Ashurst provided legal advice.

Impetus handles more than 500,000 tonnes of commercial, industrial and municipal waste annually with waste transfer stations in Wallsend and Washington, and landfill sites in Cowpen Bewley and Teesport.The

The Ashurst team was led by partner David Carter and associate Lucy Phillips, who advised Agilitas on the corporate aspects, and senior associate Luke McDougall, Vanessa Hunter and Louise Chan on the funding aspects. Partner Alexander Cox and associate Sara Mardell assisted on the tax law aspects, counsel Jonathan Hoare and associate Alexa Seagroatt assisted on the real estate aspects, associate Andy Wright on the pensions aspects, senior associate Anthony Johnson on the waste aspects, and consultant Andrew Waite on the environmental aspects of the transaction.