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Ashfords ranks No2 in Europe for VC in PitchBook rankings

Ashfords has been ranked as one of the most active law firms globally in venture capital deals for the first quarter of 2018, according to PitchBook. The annual global league table provides a comprehensive ranking of private equity and venture capital (VC) activity worldwide. The firm has been ranked joint

VSL continues strong run

Victory Park Speciality Lending (VSL), a company that invests in opportunities within the financial services market primarily through balance sheet or marketplace lending models, has continued its strong start to 2018 with record quarterly revenue returns, generating a gross revenue return on balance sheet investments of 2.96 per cent and

Kirkland & Ellis tops European M&A and Private Equity League Tables

Kirkland & Ellis International has been ranked first for European M&A by deal value and first for European Buyouts by deal count in Q1 2018, according to the latest legal advisor league tables released by Bloomberg and Mergermarket, respectively. Kirkland advised on 18 announced European deals with a value of

Noerr generates more than EUR200m in revenue for the first time in Germany

European law firm Noerr generated more than EUR200 million in Germany in 2017 for the first time. The overall revenue of the firm also increased and reached a record level of almost EUR223 million. This growth was in particular driven by the strategic growth areas of Corporate/M&A and Litigation.  

LDC-backed Blue Bay Travel reports record start to 2018

Blue Bay Travel, an online luxury travel agent specialising in long-haul holidays to the Caribbean, Mexico and Indian Ocean, has celebrated a record start to 2018 by increasing year-on-year sales by 71 per cent and securing a record numbers of bookings made in a single day, week and month.   The

Chris Grandi, Abacus Group

Abacus Group reports 21 per cent revenue growth in Q1 2018

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has reported a 21 per cent increase in revenue in Q1 2018 compared with the same period in 2017. The growth is attributed to winning a large number of new clients for its signature AbacusFLEXä

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Palmer Square surpasses USD5bn in AUM

Palmer Square Capital Management, an asset management firm that provides portfolios of corporate credit, structured credit and alternative credit strategies to a wide range of institutional and high net worth investors, has surpassed the USD5.0 billion assets under management mark ending the first quarter of 2018 at approximately USD5.5 billion.

Tesi reports strong growth in portfolio companies and numerous exits in 2017

Tesi made new investments totalling EUR149 million in 2017, including a EUR60 million commitment in the fund-of-fund KRR III. The firm’s direct portfolio companies also continued to grow strongly, sales increasing on average 22 per cent during the year.   Coupled with a favourable operating environment, strong growth in portfolio

Gen II Fund Services increase AUM to over USD175bn

Gen II Fund Services, a US-based independent private equity fund administrator, has reported an increase in assets under administration to in excess of USD175 billion. Gen II has grown to service over 100 private fund sponsors, administering over 2,100 fund entities and reporting to over 9,000 investors for our clients. 

Honigman counsels on record number of corporate transactions in 2017

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn served as counsel on more than 265 corporate transactions that closed in 2017, once again topping the previous year’s total and setting a firm record. The total value of transactions came in at more than USD15.8 billion, with the number of transactions growing an impressive

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