Hogan Lovells has advised Actis, an emerging markets private equity investor, on its acquisition of fashion retail business Vlisco Group from Gamma Holding for EUR118m. The real estate in Helmond, Netherlands, will remain the property of Gamma Holding and will be let out to Vlisco Group. A long-term lease with
Venture capital firm Beringea has invested in Mophie, a Michigan-based designer and manufacturer of electronic accessories for smartphones and other mobile intelligent devices. The investment, made through Beringea’s InvestMichigan! Growth Capital Fund, will fund the development of future products as well as bolster the company’s sales and marketing efforts. Terms
While financial services deal activity has failed to live up to recovery predictions cast at the beginning of year, further industry-wide restructuring and investment for growth has resulted in a flow of mid-market deals, according to the latest European Financial Services M&A Insight report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Although the overall value
Peakside Capital has launched as real estate private equity firm by former senior managers of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The transaction included ï€ the acquisition by Peakside of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s 100 per cent indirect interest in the general partner of the Merrill Lynch European Real Estate Opportunity
VMG Partners, a private equity firm that specialises in investing in consumer product companies in the lower middle market, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company, Waggin’ Train, a marketer of real-meat dog treats, to Nestle Purina PetCare. The transaction has received US regulatory approval and is
CapVest, a European mid-market private equity firm, has reached conditional agreement to establish Valeo Foods, an Irish food company that will combine the businesses of Origin Foods, the food division of the ESM and AIM listed Origin Enterprises, with Batchelors, a privately-owned Irish ambient food company. On completion, CapVest will
Private equity firm Doughty Hanson is to acquire Equity Trust, a provider business administration and fiduciary services, for a total consideration of EUR350m from Candover and other institutional shareholders. The existing senior management team will invest alongside Doughty Hanson. Equity Trust provides administrative services to organisations worldwide, including secretarial and
Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based investment firm, and Flexpoint Ford, a private equity firm dedicated to the healthcare and financial services sectors, have completed the acquisition of Eagle Hospital Physicians. Eagle is a practice management company providing hospitalist contract services, telemedicine and hospitalist temporary staffing to its hospital partners, primarily in
Key Principal Partners, a USD1bn private investment firm, has sold its shares in Clover Technologies Group, which recycles and remanufactures laser toner and inkjet cartridges. Clover sells its products under its own brand names as well as under the private label brands of several large retail and business-to-business office product
Eden Ventures has made five investments in early stage European technology companies, with amounts ranging in size from GBP100,000 to GBP1m. The new investments are: Brightpearl: a Cloud-based (SaaS) business solution to manage leads, customers, sales, products, suppliers, website and finances in a single online service for SMEs. Eden has
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