The corporate team from the Manchester office of national law-firm, Shoosmiths has advised private equity firm, NorthEdge on its investment into TKC, a Greater Manchester-based kitchen trade supplier. The investment was used to back a management buyout of TKC and to secure a majority stake in the GBP19m-turnover business for

Fifth Street Asset Management successfully agented and syndicated over USD3 billion in 22 deals across its platform in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters LPC League Tables.  This represents a company record and a 67% increase over the USD1.8 billion of deals agented and syndicated in 2014.   The Fifth Street

According to Altius Associates, one of the biggest global challenges facing investors in 2016 will be how private equity fund managers deal with the highest level of dry powder ever recorded while still delivering returns commensurate with private equity risk.  This, together with making sense of the unprecedented number and

International investment bank Altium has completed 54 consumer deals worth in excess of GBP8.5 billion over the last five years. The firm has enjoyed a buoyant 2015, completing 13 deals in the sector, including two of its largest-ever transactions. In May, Altium advised the Singh Family Trust on the GBP1.9

Accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston has advised AIM listed Abzena on the raising of GBP20 million through a placing of new shares. James Cowper Kreston acted as reporting accountant on the fund raising, with the team led by Partner and Head of Corporate Finance Nick Rogers.   Abzena,

Golding Capital Partners (GCP) now manages a EUR175 million mandate for infrastructure investments from Düsseldorf-based Nordrheinische Ärtzeversorgung (NÄV), one of Germany's largest private pension funds. Under the terms of the mandate the commitment will be allocated to a globally diversified portfolio, with a focus on core/core plus investments and existing

BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) and Orion Partners have formed a strategic partnership that brings together an Asia-focused alternative investment firm specialising in real estate and private equity, and an asset management specialist.  Under the terms of the transaction, BNPP IP – through its alternative and incubation specialist BNP

Shanghai-based QuanCheng has raised tens of millions of US Dollars in a Series B financing round led by Eight Roads along with participation from ClearVue Partners and Arbor Ventures. Eight Roads, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International, has an 18-year track record of investing in the Asia-Pacific region, and

Appleby Fiduciary Business (AFB) has completed its management buyout backed by private equity firm Bridgepoint from the Appleby Group. With immediate effect, AFB and the Appleby law firm are now two independent businesses. Farah Ballands, who will lead the AFB team as Chief Executive Officer, says: “AFB has grown significantly

Nasdaq and the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) are to form a jointly-operated venture to support private growth companies in Israel. The venture, which will operate out of Tel Aviv, will offer various benefits to private companies including strategic counselling and mentoring, exclusive networking, a secondary market for liquidity events and debt financing services. The private