Global mergers and acquisitions totalled USD858.8bn in the first half of 2010, up 5.1 per cent from the first half 2009, according to a report by mergermarket. Deal count was also up by 10.3 per cent at 4,895 announced deals. Despite the strong start to the year, the second quarter

Cleary Gottlieb has represented TPG Capital on the acquisition of British young adult fashion retailer Republic from private equity company Change Capital Partners and Republic’s management team. Republic’s management team will continue to run the business and remain significant investors. The transaction was signed on 19 June 2010 and closed

The Oiltech Investment Network has been launched by a number of investors including Chevron Technology Ventures, Energy Ventures, Epi–V, Lime Rock Partners, SEP, Shoaibi Group and Viking Venture. The network is managed by OTM Consulting.   Together the initial members have invested more than USD950m (GBP630m) in over 50 oil

The UK saw a 15.5 per cent decrease in the number of UK mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market transactions announced during Q2 2010 compared to Q1 2010, data from Experian shows. GBP46.2bn worth of transactions were announced in the UK in Q2 2010, down by 8.7 per cent

Sofinnova Partners, Gimv and Amundi Private Equity Funds have invested in McPhy Energy together with the historic investors in a second round of funding worth EUR13.7m. The funds will be used towards the global expansion of McPhy Energy and the further industrialisation and commercialisation of its products. McPhy Energy is

Affiliated Managers Group has completed the acquisition of Pantheon from Russell Investments, a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance. Pantheon is a private equity fund of funds manager, delivering private equity investment solutions to a broad range of clients for over 25 years. Pantheon manages regional funds of funds in

Brooke Private Equity Associates has changed its name from Brooke Private Equity Advisors. The manager of private equity funds of funds made this change in an effort to more accurately reflect the structure of the organisation and better align the mission and philosophy of the firm. “This name change is

Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity buy and build specialist, has acquired Tech Music Schools, its second investment in the UK higher education market this year. Tech Music Schools is the longest established contemporary music provider in the UK, delivering a range of drum, vocal, keyboard and guitar courses for

Symform, a company in the backup and disaster recovery segment, has closed a USD4m financing led by Longworth Venture Partners. OVP, Symform’s original venture investor, also participated in the round. As part of the financing, Longworth’s Nilanjana Bhowmik will join Symform’s board of directors. “Symform’s unique cloud storage technology puts