RDJ advises Compliance & Risks on private equity takeover

RDJ advised Compliance & Risks on its acquisition by Luminate Capital Partners. The investment from the private equity firm will lead to the creation of 70 to 100 jobs over the next two years as Luminate partners with the Compliance & Risks team to drive rapid expansion across its technology, services and client base.

Compliance & Risks’ market leading SaaS platform, C2P, helps businesses navigate complex regulations and standards to sell products and services around the world. They are recognised as the leading end-to-end global product compliance solution provider across the technology, consumer goods and retail, industrial goods and life sciences sectors. The company serves over 200 global enterprise customers including: Bose, Tesla, Vaillant, Unisys, Samsung and Fujitsu. Compliance & Risks is headquartered in Cork Ireland with a global presence in Buffalo, Brussels and London.

Private equity firm Luminate Capital, based in San Francisco, is focused on buying midmarket software companies. Its portfolio includes Axoinfy and Comply365.

RDJ Corporate Partners Sean O’Reilly and Gillian Keating led the transaction, supported by Gavin Bluett (Corporate), Aidan Burke (Corporate), Eoghan Doolan (Corporate) and Mark Barrett (Tax). Ashling Walsh (Corporate), Eoin Tobin (Tax) and Mark Ludlow (Tax) provided support on discrete aspects of the transaction.