Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defence industry, has acquired Bromford Industries, a supplier of complex, close tolerance engine components, fabrications and assemblies and landing gear components for the global aerospace and power generation industries.  Bromford will

The Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners has advised CIR – Compagnie Industriali Riunite on its acquisition with F2i of a 46.7 per cent equity stake inItalian healthcare services group and CIR portfolio company KOS ffrom Ardian or EUR292 million. CIR was assisted by a

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance and SKG Capital have provided GBP1 million worth of funding and investment to support the acquisition of White Knight Laundry Services, a specialist provider of laundry services to international hotel chains. The joint equity funding and asset based lending facility marks the second transaction that

Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners advised the private equity firm CVC on the acquisition of Italian generic drugs firm Doc Generici from Charterhouse. CVC was assisted by a team composed by partners Bruno Gattai and Gerardo Gabrielli, together with senior associate Lorenzo Fabbrini. Lorenzo

The infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has entered a partnership to co-own one of the largest wind farms of its type in Europe. The investment vehicle, GMPF & LPFA Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), along with Greencoat UK Wind PLC (UKW)

Funds managed by Cornerstone Partners and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management are to acquire Polish transfer agent and business processing outsourcing specialist ProService Agent Transferowy (ProService). The agreement for purchase of 100 per cent stake in ProService Agent Transferowy was concluded on 23 February 2016. The company will be

Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has acquired Nichols Portland, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation. Nichols Portland is a leading designer and manufacturer of precision powder metal fixed and variable displacement gears including gerotor gears and smart pumps for automotive

It's a great time to be a borrower, with 63 per cent of direct lenders and 55 per cent of banks reporting that they have higher acquisition finance lending targets this year, according to the DLA Piper European Acquisition Finance Debt Report 2016. However, the report, which polled more than

Samsonite International is to acquire Tumi for USD26.75 per share in an all cash transaction, valuing Tumi at an equity value of USD1.8 billion. “This is a transformational acquisition for Samsonite. It will meaningfully expand our presence in the highly attractive premium segment of the global business bags, travel luggage