Czarnikow, the UK’s second oldest sugar trader, has advised Rio Vermelho, a Brazilian ethanol producer, on Glencore’s acquisition of a 76 per cent equity participation. The deal value was greater than USD80m.   Czarnikow, through its corporate finance division, was the sole adviser to Rio Vermelho, which is located in

Omnova Solutions has completed its acquisition of chemicals manufacturer Eliokem International from Axa Private Equity.  Omnova paid EUR227.5m for Eliokem, or approximately USD302m at current exchange rates, before subtracting Eliokem’s net debt and subject to working capital and capital expenditure adjustments.  The company expects the transaction to be neutral to

Jendens Securities, the stockbroking and advisory firm, has advised InternetQ on its AIM listing.  InternetQ is a mobile marketing services company operating in emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. The company commences trading of its shares today at an initial market capitalisation of GBP31m.  The placing

Maven Capital Partners has led the GBP6.9m MBO of Attraction World, a Birmingham-based provider of tickets for tourist attractions. The new funding package will be used to further develop the business, including support for the roll out of the company’s products and services into Germany. Whilst the travel industry has

Guernsey has been selected as the jurisdiction of choice for the establishment of a large closed-ended investment fund listed on the London Stock Exchange. John Laing Infrastructure Fund, advised by Mourant Ozannes and administered by Heritage International Fund Managers, was admitted to the official list of the Financial Services Authority

Africa Renewables, the newly-formed biomass producer and exporter, has entered into a long-term commercial agreement with Ghana Rubber Estates, a subsidiary of SIFCA, an African agribusiness group. AfriRen’s partnership is the first between a London-based biomass producer and exporter and an African agro-industrial company and will see USD16m worth of

Krokus’ country fund for Poland, Nova Polonia Natexis II, has acquired 55 per cent of the shares in Catermed via a capital increase. Catermed is the largest independently owned Polish company specialising in catering for hospitals. Catermed offers catering to hospitals and other healthcare units as well as for community

DN Capital, a media and technology early stage and growth capital investor, has led a first round of investment in Performance Horizon Group, an online performance marketing technology provider. Performance Horizon Group is founded by a team of entrepreneurs in the online performance marketing space. The team contains two of