Zolfo Cooper has advised the shareholders of iNTERTAIN Limited, best known for its chain of Walkabout bars, on its management buy-out led by chairman David Myers and CEO John Leslie. The purchaser, Better Capital LLP, is a private equity investment vehicle founded by Jon Moulton, former managing partner of Alchemy.
Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Oak View Animal Hospital, Patton Chapel Animal Clinic and Williams Animal Hospital to form Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP). The company provides general practice veterinary services to companion animals including vaccinations, surgery, wellness exams, oncology, ophthalmology, allergy treatment and dermatology. Headquartered in
Baird has advised MidCon Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arbor Investments, on its sale to Green Bay Packaging. Terms of the transaction, which closed on 31 October, have not been disclosed. Justin Albert, managing director, head of Baird’s packaging investment banking team and lead banker on
Global law firm White & Case has advised GSO Capital Partners on its GBP115 million debt-and-equity financing of the management buyout of XLN Telecom from ECI Partners. White & Case also represented the management-backed Newco on the acquisition. GSO, a subsidiary of global investment and advisory firm The Blackstone
Drug development firm Brabant Pharma has been sold to US-based pharmaceutical company Zogenix, in a deal where the main selling shareholders were advised by Zeus Capital. Consideration for the deal is expected to reach up to USD130m. Brabant is a single purpose company developing its low-dose fenfluramine treatment to
A total of 298 European private equity transactions in Q3 represented a meaningful reduction in volume over the prior quarter, impacted by a decrease in both buyouts and early stage transactions, according to SL Capital Partners. Value held up relatively well given the reduced volumes and, although the EUR19.0bn transacted
Cirque Energy has entered into a USD5 million common stock purchase agreement with Kodiak Capital Group, a Newport Beach, California-based institutional investor. Cirque has agreed to file a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission covering the shares that may be issued to Kodiak under the terms of
The value of global private equity deals targeting Africa has more than doubled (137 per cent) in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to research by global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Global PE funds completed 15 deals collectively worth USD1.5bn in the
More insurance companies across the EMEA region see themselves as sellers of business units rather than buyers over the next three years, according to a survey by Towers Watson and Mergermarket. More than 60 per cent of respondents said they expected to divest operations before 2017, up from just 20
Ogier recently advised English entrepreneur and businessman Richard Caring on his GBP135m sale of the world famous Wentworth Club to China-based Reignwood Group. Wentworth Club provides the headquarters for golf's PGA European Tour and hosts the annual BMW PGA Championship, making it one of the most desirable golfing locations in
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