David S. Karat

Clarat Partners LLP (Clarat) is a specialist UK investment firm which was established by Barry Clare and David Karat in 2003 to facilitate private equity investments in healthcare assets. Based in London, Clarat aims to share their expertise, participate in sector and transaction evaluations and co-invest in attractive transactions in the healthcare, beauty, personal care and well-being sectors and to work with private equity firms and other investors who wish to become involved in these sectors or to increase their exposure to them.

LGT Wealth Management UK LLP (LGT WM UK) is the wealth management subsidiary of LGT UK Holdings Ltd., which is owned by LGT Group Foundation (LGT) in Liechtenstein. Previously known as Vestra Wealth LLP and as LGT Vestra LLP, the firm was founded in 2007 by Matthew Evans, Andrew Sims, David Scott and Ben Snee. In June 2016, LGT owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein took a majority stake in the firm, primarily from external investors in the firm. In October 2020, LGT completed the acquisition by buying the remaining equity previously held by the executive partners of LGT WM UK. Headquartered in London, LGT WM UK provides wealth management services to private clients, companies, trusts, charities and financial intermediaries based predominately in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).