OC&C advises Oakley Capital & SEG on its acquisition of Sigmund Freud University

We are delighted to congratulate Oakley Capital & SEG on their investment in Sigmund Freud University (SFU), Austria’s largest private university. OC&C provided buy-side commercial due diligence support to Oakley Capital on the transaction.

With campuses in Austria, Germany, Italy, France and Slovenia, SFU offers university courses to more than 6,000 students across five faculties, including psychology, psychotherapy, medicine, dentistry and law.

Oakley Capital is a leading pan-European private equity investor with deep expertise in the education sector and scaling education businesses, making it well positioned to support SFU’s next phase of growth and development.

This transaction reflects the attractiveness of education as an investment theme, underpinned by growing demand for high-quality, outcomes-focused learning and increasing student interest in specialised professional programmes.

OC&C and Private Equity

We are a leading global strategy consultancy with deep expertise across Education, Consumer, Leisure, Technology and Business Services. We work with investors and management teams to support critical investment decisions and deliver sustainable value creation.

In private equity, we have commercially advised on more than 500 successful transactions over the last five years, supporting clients across both buy-side and sell-side situations.

How we can help:

• Commercial due diligence and vendor due diligence
• Market assessments and growth strategy development
• Value creation planning and portfolio support
• Sector screening and investment theme identification
• Strategic support across the investment lifecycle

For more information about our Education and Private Equity expertise, please get in touch with our team.