The homeowners of one in every of Britain’s largest commerce present operators has picked bankers to supervise a sale subsequent yr which may fetch properly over £1bn.
Sky Information has learnt that Windfall Fairness Companions, which has backed CloserStill Media since 2018, has employed Jefferies and The Raine Group to orchestrate talks with potential patrons.
Metropolis sources stated this weekend that CloserStill’s earnings trajectory meant that £1bn was more likely to be the minimal price ticket supplied by potential new homeowners of the enterprise.
The corporate operates greater than 200 specialist occasions, in sectors together with healthcare and know-how.
In September, it acquired Billington Cybersecurity, an operator of reveals within the US.
CloserStill’s efficiency has, like a lot of its friends, rebounded for the reason that nadir of the Covid pandemic, when many convention organisers feared for his or her survival.
Alongside Searchlight, one other personal fairness agency, Windfall additionally owns Hyve, one other main occasions organiser.
Different gamers within the sector embrace Clarion, which is owned by Blackstone and which performed an aborted sale course of earlier this yr.
Bidders for CloserStill are anticipated to incorporate commerce rivals and different monetary buyers.
Windfall has been contacted for remark.
