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Paul Hastings to locate London office at Brookfield’s 100 Bishopsgate

Law firm Paul Hastings has signed a pre-let agreement to locate its new London office at 100 Bishopsgate. The firm will take the top two floors of the 37-storey tower totalling circa 40,000 sq ft  Paul Hastings joins other confirmed occupants including Royal Bank of Canada, Jefferies and Freshfields Bruckhaus

Natixis makes strategic investments in the UK, China and France

Natixis is to make strategic investments in three flagship independent M&A boutiques, all of which are recognised as strong leaders in their respective market segments – Financial Services, China M&A and Technology. The combined impact of these three investments on Natixis’ CET ratio is estimated at around 8bps.   Following

BondMason equity funding round oversubscribed by 50 per cent

BondMason’s latest investment fundraising round raised GBP1.85 million, to drive the growth of the business and fulfil the company’s vision to enable more investors to access returns from direct lending. The direct lending market in the UK is continuing to come of age, offering investors the potential to deliver attractive

Laurent Vanderweyen, Alter Domus

Alter Domus now offering third-party AIFM and Chapter 15 management company services

Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider is now able to offer third party Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) services following its acquisition of Luxembourg Fund Partners, a Super Manco with Chapter 15 (UCITS) and AIFM authorisations. Founded in 2009, Luxembourg Fund Partners was one of the first Luxembourg-based

Palamon sells OberScharrer Group to Nordic Capital

Palamon Capital Partners is to sell OberScharrer Group to Nordic Capital Fund IX (Nordic Capital).  The sale, which is subject to regulatory approvals, will generate investment returns of 3.6x invested capital for Palamon. The full terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. OberScharrer is the largest ophthalmology group in Germany,

NVM Private Equity leads GBP5 million growth capital investment in CurrentBody

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has led a GBP5 million growth capital minority investment in Manchester-based CurrentBody, an online retailer for home-use beauty devices. Having achieved exceptional sales growth in the last year, the investment will help support its next phase of expansion, allowing the company to accelerate its strategic initiatives

Clipperton and Natixis Partners form major strategic alliance

Natixis Partners will acquire a minority stake in Clipperton strengthening its service offering to its industrial and private equity clients in order to assist them in their tech developments. In addition to its own European offices in Paris, Berlin and London, Clipperton will now benefit from a leading platform in

King & Spalding advises BlueLinx on USD413m acquisition of Cedar Creek Holdings

King & Spalding has advised BlueLinx Corporation, a subsidiary of BlueLinx Holdings, on the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Cedar Creek Holdings, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners. The merger agreement provides for an aggregate purchase price of USD413

Burford sells Teinver investment for USD107m

Burford Capital Limited, a finance and investment management firm focused on law, is to sell its entire investment USD12.8m investment in Teinver for USD107 million in cash, representing an investment gain of USD94.2 million and a return on invested capital of 736 per cent. Burford’s stake in Teinver stems from

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Macquarie Group to acquire ValueInvest Asset Management

Macquarie Investment Management, the investment management division of Macquarie Group, is to acquire Luxembourg-based ValueInvest Asset Management SA (ValueInvest). ValueInvest is a specialised asset management business which pursues a unique value-oriented investment strategy across global and Japanese equities. The business is based in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and has

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