Allen & Overy (A&O) and Macfarlanes are among four firms advising on the sale of UK specialist care provider Lifeways Community Care to a Canadian pension fund.

The deal saw OMERS Private Equity buy Lifeways from August Equity for about £207m, backing the company’s chief executive Paul Marriner in a management buy-out (MBO). August Equity had held its stake in the business since an initial MBO in 2007.