Howes Percival advises private equity investor LDC on Stonbury investment

1st October, 2026

Howes Percival’s Milton Keynes team has advised private equity investor LDC on a new round of investment in Stonbury, a leading provider of water infrastructure and environmental services.

Headquartered in Bedfordshire, Stonbury delivers innovative, low-carbon solutions to maintain, repair and refurbish critical assets, from drinking water provision to wastewater treatment.

The transaction involved LDC reinvesting alongside new minority co-investor Federated Hermes to support the next phase of Stonbury's growth, including further acquisitions and expansion across the UK water sector.

Howes Percival’s role was to guide LDC through all legal aspects of the transaction, helping to structure, negotiate and successfully complete the investment.

Led by partner Tom Redman and the Corporate team, with support from Howes Percival specialists in Banking, Employment, Real Estate, Regulatory, Commercial, Company Secretarial and Governance, and Tax.

Howes Percival’s Tom Redman commented,

This was a significant transaction in the infrastructure and environmental services sector, supporting a high-growth business operating in an area of increasing strategic importance. Stonbury has delivered substantial growth since LDC's original investment, increasing revenues by 74% and expanding its workforce by 58% while broadening its service offering through both organic growth and acquisitions. The deal reflects continued investor appetite for resilient infrastructure businesses benefiting from long-term regulatory and sustainability drivers.

This deal highlights Howes Percival's to ability to provide integrated private equity transaction support and our strong reputation acting for investors, management teams and portfolio businesses on sophisticated transactions.

For more information on Howes Percival’s Corporate Law team, click here.

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