EdTech & education

The pandemic and its associated lockdowns have rapidly accelerated changes in education delivery and supply. Interest and attention is now focused on the education industry more than ever and this brings both great opportunity and great challenges.

We have considerable experience in advising businesses in both the education and technology industries and use our in-depth knowledge and wider networks to support our clients in exploring new opportunities as well as providing expert and practical advice.

Our clients include educational institutions, training providers, educational suppliers and publishers, edtech companies and investors. We advise on M&A and investment transactions in the edtech and education sectors, as well as on international expansion by schools, employment and immigration, trade mark protection and data protection compliance.

EdTech & education experience

• Advised founders of The Career Portal Limited (which runs The Medic Portal) and The Lawyer Portal (a leading online education resource for anyone considering a career in law) on its sale to Dukes Applications Ltd.

• Advised the shareholders of education communications agency EdComs Limited on its acquisition by Everfi. The acquisition has given EdComs and EVERFI a global platform from which to deploy education addressing social issues alongside a roster of well-known brands and companies.

• Advised on the sale of online legal publisher, Justis Publishing Limited, to global legal research company vLex Holdings Limited. The transaction builds on Fox Williams’ experience of the EdTech and online learning sectors.

• Advised Volaris on its acquisition of Furlong Business Solutions Limited, a provider of school Management Information Systems.

• Advised EdTech company Firefly Learning on its £5.2 million Series B funding round led by Downing Ventures. Existing investors BGF and Beringea also participated in the round.

• Advised on the funding and establishment of the New College of Humanities, the private university founded by city financiers, high net worth individuals and leading academics including AC Grayling, Richard Dawkins, Niall Ferguson and Sir David Cannadine.

• Advised on the sale of Rising Stars, the publisher of curriculum, assessment and revision resources for primary schools, to Hodder Education.

• Advised Dulwich College, Wellington College, North London Collegiate School and King’s Education on setting up their international schools in China, South Korea, Latvia, Germany and Qatar.

• Advised EdTech company Firefly Learning on its acquisition of SchoolPost, a school-home communications tool, and learning engagement platform, Epraise.