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Linklaters advises on largest ever project financing of infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

Linklaters has advised the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), together with ECIC and NEXI covered commercial banks, on the multi-billion-dollar financing of the USD4 billion Nacala Corridor Rail and Port

Libra raises USD7.8m in Series A round

Libra, a specialist in financial software for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, has closed a USD7.8 million Series A round led by a prominent, multi-billion dollar European family office. Participating investors include Liberty City Ventures, leading trader and liquidity provider XBTO, Boost VC, and Lee Linden.   The funding will

IK Investment Partners to sell Ramudden

IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VII Fund is to sell the Ramudden Group, a Nordic provider of work zone safety solutions, to funds managed by Triton. Founded in 2005, Ramudden is a specialist provider of work zone safety solutions for the road, construction and industrial sectors. The service offering includes rental

Kirkland advises Consortium on acquisition of Pearson’s Wall Street English

Kirkland & Ellis is advising a consortium comprised of funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital Holdings on its USD300 million proposed acquisition of Wall Street English (WSE), a global private English language school business, from Pearson, a leading global learning company. In 2016, WSE served 180,000 learners

RSM advises law firm Keystone on IPO

RSM’s capital markets team has advised Keystone Law Group, a UK Top 100 law firm, on its GBP50 million initial public offering (IPO).  The AIM listing will help the ambitious law firm, which was founded in 2002, to increase brand recognition and redeem outstanding shareholder loans to leave the Group

VITL raises GBP550k in follow on funding

VITL, the personalised nutrition platform, has finalised a GBP550,000 round of follow on funding, led by the Angel CoFund and backed by Zoopla founder and CEO Alex Chesterman, and Bulldog founder and CEO Simon Duffy. The company will use the investment to expand its features and products, as it aims

PiP to acquire portfolio of UK public-private partnership interests

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) is to acquire a portfolio of interests in ten UK public-private partnership projects for just over GBP400 million from Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners (Aberdeen). PiP will manage the interests directly. The acquisition, by the PiP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), includes hospitals, highways operations and maintenance

IK to sell passive fire protection expert svt Group to Ergon Capital

IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund has reached an agreement to sell svt Group (svt), a provider of passive fire protection products and services as well as restoration management services, to Ergon Capital Partners III (Ergon). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   svt

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