China Synergy Fund, co-managed by CICC Capital and TPG, has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Impala to acquire Electropoli, a leading provider of surface treatment services in Europe, notably for the automotive industry. Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, President of Silk Road Fund Wang Yanzhi, and CICC UK
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buyout (MBO) of CMS Window Systems (CMS), an end-to-end provider of window and door solutions. The transaction includes the largest equity cheque written by Maven as well as debt funding from Clydesdale Bank led by its Corporate
Entertainment Partners (EP), an end-to-end provider of production workforce management and automated production software and services to the entertainment industry, is to be acquired by TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG. EP’s management team, led by Mark Goldstein, President and CEO, will continue in their
JTC, a provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services to institutional and private clients, has acquired Exequtive Partners, a Luxembourg-based specialist provider of corporate and related fiduciary services. Exequtive Partners’ 28 employees, including the five principals, will all join the existing Institutional Client Services team at JTC, which this
Frontier Capital (Frontier), a growth equity firm focused exclusively on software and tech-enabled business services companies, has made a significant equity investment in Clearwave Corporation (Clearwave), a provider of digital check-in, insurance eligibility, and patient payments solutions to health systems and physician practices. Clearwave’s solutions are utilised by an array
A company which has developed a new glass coating that protects against the sun has set up its headquarters in Nottingham, following a GBP250,000 investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. Solaris Technology’s coating blocks
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented Oakley Capital, a Western Europe-focused private equity firm, on its Fund III acquisition of Ekon. Ekon is a Spanish provider of enterprise resource planning software, with the acquisition structured as a carve-out from the Iberian operations of its seller, Unit4. The Paul Hastings
Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a significant investment into Frescobol Carioca Limited (Frescobol). YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc. Founded in 2013 as the
Zeus Capital has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Prestat, the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of premium chocolates, on its sale to Italian coffee dynasty and chocolatier Gruppo illy. Established in 1902, Prestat produces over 300 tonnes of chocolates and baked goods per annum from its artisan
A consortium led by private equity firms Apax and Warburg Pincus is to acquire British satellite communications company Inmarsat in a deal worth USD3.4 billion. The consortium, which also includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP), has agreed to pay USD7.21
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