Grupo BC has been acquired by Silver Lake

October 2021 — Grupo BC has been acquired by Silver Lake, a leading global technology investment firm based in California, USA, together with Grupo BC’s founding shareholders and management team.

Grupo BC is the leading mortgage management, business processes outsourcing (BPO), legal and digital services provider to the financial sector in Iberia and Latin America. The company has more than 40 years of experience in banking outsourcing. With 3,200 employees, it has 100 offices in seven countries.

Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm with more than US$88 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital and a team of professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia. With this acquisition, Silver Lake aims to support Grupo BC in its next development phase, consisting in strengthening its solution range, fostering digital and data innovation and expanding internationally through organic and inorganic growth.

Our role in the transaction

Oaklins’ team in Spain advised the shareholders of Grupo BC in the design of the process, identification of potential buyers, negotiations and closing of the transaction..

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“The entry of Silver Lake into Grupo BC’s capital marks the beginning of a new growth stage and challenges for the group. It validates the strategy and all the work done by its management team and employees, with the support of its shareholders over the years. I would like to thank the Oaklins team for their hard work, professionalism and dedication during these months, which helped us to achieve this extraordinary result. They demonstrated a deep understanding of the BPO services sector, the group and its need to undertake its future growth plan, and, most importantly, they were absolutely trustworthy and put the interests of the shareholders and the management team above all other considerations. I am therefore confident that Oaklins will continue to advise Grupo BC in the coming years.”

Xavier Costa

CEO, Grupo BC

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Mark Parson

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Madrid, Spain
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José Falgás

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