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A&O Shearman advises Providence on acquisition of Tax Systems

A&O Shearman advises Providence on acquisition of Tax Systems
Published Date
Apr 2 2025
A&O Shearman advised Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”), a specialist private equity investment firm focused on growth-oriented media, communications, education and technology companies, on the financing for its acquisition of Tax Systems, the global tax and accounting software provider, from Bowmark Capital (“Bowmark”), the private equity firm specialising in technology, data and service companies.

Tax Systems is a leading specialist provider of software and solutions which digitise the tax compliance process – enabling tax professionals to automate workflows, enhance compliance, mitigate risk and generate valuable insights from their tax function.

Providence’s investment will support Tax Systems’ continued platform expansion and innovation, targeting new tax and regulatory compliance solutions in existing and new geographies.

The A&O Shearman team was led in London by sponsor side leveraged finance partner Nick Hallam and associate Jack Mellett.

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