Law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised a group of German investors, led by Nordwind Capital (Nordwind) and Dr Hans Albrecht, on their participation in Iranian start-up ChapAgha.com.  WFW advised Nordwind and its fellow investors on the drafting and signing of the participation agreement, as well as on

Golub Capital, as Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arranger, has provided a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of RelaDyne by Audax Private Equity (Audax). RelaDyne, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an industry-leading lubricant, fuel, and DEF distributor providing customers with integrated reliability management services for industrial and commercial

Start-up Townsquared, an online community designed to help small businesses connect and share resources with each other, has secured an USD11.05 million round of Series B funding.  This brings the total amount of funding the company has received to USD16.4 million. The latest funding round is led by top-tier international

PNC Bank has closed senior secured credit facilities totalling USD48 million for two new clients: Wellnext, a Florida-based family of brands that delivers research-backed nutritional supplements, and Elite One Source Nutrisciences, a Montana-based manufacturer of supplements for branded marketing companies. The financing package for Wellnext, a portfolio company of WM

Global Fashion Group SA (GFG), has concluded a financing round worth EUR330 million. During the process, Noerr advised its longstanding client Rocket Internet SE, which is the anchor shareholder of GFG. Due to high demand by investors, the minimum commitment was raised by EUR30 million from the original EUR300 million.

Monroe Capital has increased its credit facility to OSG Billing Services (OSG) to support the acquisitions of ClickSpark (ClickSpark) and The Garfield Group (Garfield). Based in Rochester, New York, ClickSpark is a performance-based internet marketing company that specialises in lead generation and technology. Garfield, based outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, provides

Clearwater International has advised the shareholders of Chase Search and Selection Limited (CHASE) on its recapitalisation with investment provided by Vespa Capital. The business, established in 1998 by Chris and Judy Phillips, started life as a permanent recruitment agency serving the pharmaceutical sector. Today, CHASE is the largest independent recruitment

Noerr has advised Oddo Seydler Bank on the restructuring of a EUR60 million bond of Singulus Technologies as part of a debt-equity swap which involved issuing new shares and bonds. The lead partners were Frankfurt-based Dr Laurenz Wieneke and Dr Julian Schulze De la Cruz.   In February 2016, the Singulus

Groupe RG, a portfolio company of private equity investor Abénex, has refinanced its senior acquisition debt and mezzanine with a more flexible and less expensive new debt structure, allowing it to increase its financial capacity to seize external growth opportunities. The new debt mostly consists of a transferable senior debt