Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has advised The Leisure Pass Group in its sale to Exponent Private Equity. Leisure Pass is a city attraction pass provider with operations in 19 major international cities across Europe and North America. Harris Williams & Co served as the exclusive
The slowdown in deal activity ahead of the EU Referendum in June continued after the surprise outcome, with year-on-year activity down 38 per cent from EUR89.7 billion in 2015 to EUR55.7 billion in 2016, according to the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR). The latest data from CMBOR, which is
SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has acquired Conifer Financial Services, an independent asset services firm, for an aggregate purchase price of USD88.5 million. Senior management of Conifer will continue to lead the business. Conifer has 200 clients worldwide representing USD110 billion of combined
Mercury UK Holdco, the majority shareholder of Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI), has acquired Setefi Processing and Intesa Sanpaolo Card (ISP Card), together known as ISP Processing, from Intesa Sanpaolo for an equity value of EUR1,035 million. Mercury UK Holdco is owned by a consortium of funds managed
ORIX Corporation has acquired a controlling interest in RB Capital Empreendimentos, a Brazilian capital markets and asset management platform. The acquisition leverages ORIX’s strategy to expand its growing capital solutions and asset management business in Latin America. “This acquisition is an important step in expanding ORIX’s footprint in Latin
D E Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired the Mississippi Solar 2 project from Origis DevCo. The project is a 52 MWAC solar power facility located three miles away from Sumrall in Lamar County, Mississippi. Promptly following the acquisition, DESRI started construction of the project, which it expects to be completed
Palatine-backed EPI Group has acquired PDF Limited, an oil and gas geoscience consultancy, allowing the business to broaden its scope for supporting clients’ exploration and development programmes. Established in 1987, Surrey-based EPI provides exploration services to the oil and gas industry, with offices in the US, Australia, Russia, France, Ghana
Decision Tech, a performance marketing and data company that owns and operates broadbandchoices.co.uk, has acquired comparemymobile.com for an undisclosed sum. The move comes just three months after Decision Tech completed the acquisition of sellmymobile.com, and strengthens the group’s presence in the mobile handset recycling market. The comparemymobile.com acquisition makes
European technology has come of age in 2016, with the total M&A deal value more than doubling in the last 12 months to USD127.2 billion, according to M&A advisory firm Magister Advisors. This was driven by the blockbuster acquisitions of ARM, Supercell and NXP. There was also a series
Burford Capital is to acquire GKC Holdings, the parent of Chicago-based Gerchen Keller Capital, for USD160 million in a combination of cash, Burford shares and loan notes and a further potential USD15 million in performance-based share consideration. The acquisition will be immediately accretive to earnings per share. GKC is
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