Sidley represented Mid Europa Partners, the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, in connection with its agreement to sell Alpha Medical, the leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Apax Partners’ Unilabs. The transaction is subject to customary clearance by local competition authorities and is expected to close in Q2 2017. The transaction represents the largest healthcare transaction in Central Europe since 2008.

The London-based Sidley team is comprised of partners Mark Thompson (Private Equity), Sava Savov (Private Equity), Oliver Currall (Tax) and Patrick Harrison (Antitrust/Competition) and associates Isabel Berger, Rosanna Connolly, Maud Graves, Jason Pegnall and Michelle Tong.