Specialist finance and advisory firm Trafalgar Capital Advisors (TCA) has signed a strategic relationship with leading Israeli financing boutique, Xpert Financial Group (Xpert). The strategic relationship allows TCA to expand its reach into the institutional investor market in Israel, as well as having access to a robust pool of companies

Out of approximately 400 European leveraged loan and high yield bond issuers backed by private equity sponsors in the Debtwire universe, 81 completed a debt restructuring between 2008 and 2010. These 81 issuers represented EUR 367bn of pre-restructured debt in Western Europe. While a large share of LBO restructurings returned

Olswang’s Private Equity group has advised Chamonix Private Equity LLP (Chamonix), on the sale by funds managed by Chamonix of Intellident Acquisition Company Holdings Limited (Intellident) to Library Solutions BV, a company within the Bibliotheca group and a portfolio company of One Equity Partners (a division of JPMorgan Chase &

Harris Williams & Co ha advised Packers Sanitation Services, Inc (PSSI), a portfolio company of Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point), on its sale to Harvest Partners. The transaction closed on June 13, 2011. Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to PSSI.  The transaction was led by

Larger deals are winning favour amongst private equity backed businesses according to an analysis of buy & build activity across Europe during the first quarter of 2011.   The study, to be published on, 13 June 2011, by Silverfleet Capital the European private equity house in conjunction with mergermarket, shows

Finmeccanica has finalised its agreement with private equity investor First Reserve Corporation (First Reserve for the sale of a 45% stake in Ansaldo Energia (AEN). The terms of the agreement are those previously announced in March 2011.  Finmeccanica sold AEN at a price of EUR 1,073 million to an Italian

borro, the short term asset lender has announced an important new partnership with Octopus Investments (Octopus), which will provide borro with significant new lending capacity. Octopus is a leading investment specialist whose funding solutions cover the entire capital structure, from equity through mezzanine to senior debt. Octopus has won a

The Resolute Fund II, LP, an affiliate of The Jordan Company, is to acquire Pro Mach from from Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Pro Mach is a leading provider of packaging machinery solutions and related aftermarket products and services to multinational clients

Tortoise Capital Resources Corp. (NYSE: TTO) has invested USD9.9 million indirectly into Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP (Lightfoot), which owns a refined products storage business, Arc Terminals LP (Arc).   Arc is an independent operator of above ground storage and delivery services for petroleum products and chemicals including refined products, renewable