Platina Partners and Environmental Technologies Fund have completed a GBP20m management buy-out of TAG Energy Solutions, the UK’s first manufacturer of tubular foundation structures for offshore wind turbines. The investment was led by Platina, a private equity firm specialising in renewable energy and special situation buyouts, and supported by
With changes afoot in the attitude of governments and regulators to compensation and incentivisation packages, Martin Cornish (pictured left) and Mark Silveira (pictured right) of Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish LLP outline the series of steps alternative investment firms need to take in advance of the changes. Persuaded by the argument
J.P. Morgan Private Equity has opened a tender offer to purchase up to three per cent of current equity shares, ZDP shares and 2015 ZDP shares outstanding. Shares will be tendered at a price based on the prevailing net asset value as at 31 December 2010. "Offering the tender
Dawn Capital has made an investment in European online printing company Optimalprint. Optimalprint is using the capital to expand its existing technology and distribution platform in the commercial printing industry. Henrik Müller-Hansen, founder and chief executive officer at Optimalprint, says: “The global commercial printing market is estimated to be worth
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has closed the acquisition of the B&B Hotel Group, which operates a chain of 223 budget hotels across France, Germany and Italy, from European investment firm Eurazeo for an enterprise value of circa EUR480m. Further financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction closed on
Harris & Harris Group has made its first venture debt investment of USD500,000 in GEO Semiconductor. The round of venture debt financing was led by Montage Capital. Harris & Harris received warrants as part of the venture debt financing. This investment is part of Harris & Harris Group’s efforts to
Crosslink Capital, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has closed Crosslink Ventures VI, a USD200m venture fund focused on information technology and energy technology investments. Like prior funds, Crosslink Ventures VI is stage-independent with a bias to early-stage investments. The new fund attracted investment from existing and new limited
Endo Pharmaceuticals has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apax Partners’ portfolio company Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for approximately USD1.2bn in cash. Qualitest, a portfolio company of Apax since 2007, is the sixth largest generic pharmaceutical company in the US. Buddy Gumina, partner and co-head of global healthcare at Apax, says:
Clydesdale Bank Corporate & Structured Finance has backed private equity house ECI Partners in the secondary buy-out of XLN Telecom, a UK provider of telecoms services for small businesses. ECI, which has acquired a majority stake from Zeus Private Equity, will continue to support founder and group chief executive Christian
Private equity firms made 35 investments with a disclosed transaction value of USD8.0bn in the financial institutions group sector during the first half of 2010, up 17 per cent from the same period last year, according to a report by Freeman, an adviser to the financial services industry. The average
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