DLA Piper advises TradingHub on strategic investment from Nordic Capital

DLA Piper has advised TradingHub, a leading provider of trade surveillance technology for global financial institutions, and its founder and manager shareholders, on their agreement to partner with Nordic Capital, which will become the company’s majority shareholder. The transaction closed earlier today.

The investment marks a significant milestone in TradingHub’s journey and provides strong backing to support the company’s continued growth and innovation. The existing investor Summit Partners and TradingHub’s co-founder Neil Walker, will continue to hold minority positions in the company.

Founded in 2010 and operating from offices in London, Toronto, Singapore and Sydney, TradingHub has built a highly differentiated technology platform that helps banks and financial institutions detect potential market abuse. The company processes over four billion trades and orders per day and serves some of the world’s largest investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, commodity houses and brokerage firms. TradingHub has experienced strong growth as financial institutions have increasingly adopted more precise technology to detect market manipulation and meet evolving regulatory expectations.

The DLA Piper team that advised on the transaction was led by Corporate partner Jonathan Watkins, with partner Christopher Wilson (Corporate), legal directors James Petts and Helen Tsang, senior associate Phil Roberts and associates Megan Green, Guilherme Carvalho and Jenni Entwistle. Partner David Thompson advised on tax elements alongside several other lawyers from across the firm.

DLA Piper Corporate partner, Jonathan Watkins, commented: “The close of this transaction is strategically important for TradingHub, with Nordic Capital’s investment marking a significant milestone in the company’s exciting journey. This partnership brings together a proven growth investor with a highly innovative business, creating a strong foundation for the next phase of development. We are proud to have advised TradingHub, its founders and wider management team throughout this process and to have played a role in enabling an outcome that positions the company for continued international expansion and long‑term success.”