Duff & Phelps Corporation (NYSE: DUF), an independent financial advisory and investment banking services firm, has acquired MCR. Comprised of approximately 150 employees, MCR is a UK-based corporate restructuring and turnaround firm focused on insolvency administration and independent business reviews. For the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2011, MCR

Evercore Partners (NYSE: EVR), a leading investment banking advisory firm headquartered in New York, USA, and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited (Kotak Investment Banking), a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, have entered into an exclusive strategic alliance for cross-border M&A advisory services between India and the United States, the

Piper, a leading private equity specialist in consumer brands, has taken a significant, minority stake in bar operator Be At One. Be At One was founded by Steve Locke, Rhys Oldfield, and Leigh Miller, three former bartenders who worked together at TGI Fridays in the 1990s, The trio spotted a

Amplio Filtration Group has secured a EUR16 million equity investment from Ambienta SGR, a global private equity firm that invests in the environmental sector. Ambienta made the investment through its Ambienta I fund, and this leads to Ambienta SGR becoming a minority shareholder in Amplio Filtration Group. Ambienta I, started

Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT), a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in premium-branded, select-service hotels, and affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, LP, a private investment firm, have completed the acquisition of 64 hotels from affiliates of Innkeepers USA Trust. The joint venture between Cerberus and Chatham

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of CoSentry, an Omaha-based provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services. TA partnered with CoSentry management to acquire the company. Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Selling shareholders include McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity fund,

Following hot on the heels of it’s acquisition of C-nario, YCD Multimedia has completed a new USD6 million fundraising round led by Carmel Ventures, Opus Capital, Pitango Venture Capital and Plenus, together with other existing shareholders. "We are delighted to have assisted this transaction and to be able to invest

Pan-Africa private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners has made a US$32 million investment into IHS, a leading telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider. IHS was founded in 2001 and has grown into one of the leading tower infrastructure companies in Africa. The Company offers an end-to-end suite of telecoms infrastructure solutions and

EMPEA has been selected as a Strategic Data Partner and emerging markets private capital data provider for the Private Capital Research Institute (PCRI) global research initiative, led by Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner. The PCRI aims to facilitate high quality academic research on the nature and impact of private

The UK’s Business Growth Fund (BGF) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Scottish Investment Bank’s (SIB) Scottish Venture Fund to boost availability of equity funding for ambitious Scottish businesses. The partnership will create significant potential investment opportunities of up to GBP10 million for Scottish businesses with a solid