PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association (PA), has signed an agreement to sell its weather business MeteoGroup to global growth investment firm General Atlantic. MeteoGroup, Europe's largest private sector weather business, provides weather services for corporate, industrial, media and consumer markets including key sectors such as transport,
Law firm Reed Smith has advised Sovereign Capital Partners on the sale of City & County Healthcare Group (C&C) to Graphite Capital Management. Sovereign first acquired C&C in 2009. Since then, C&C has extended its services to include children and adults with learning disabilities, expanding from 13 branches to 64,
Eagle Energy Exploration has received an equity commitment of up to USD300m from energy private equity firm Riverstone. The Riverstone commitment comprises up to USD200m from Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V and up to USD100 m from Riverstone Energy Limited (REL). Eagle will pursue oil and
OFI InfraVia’s European fund II (InfraVia II), its second European infrastructure fund, has acquired Outokumpu’s electricity distribution network located on the Tornio site in Finland. With the transaction, a number of Outokumpu employees are transferring to RIG (Röyttä Industrial Grid), a new industrial electricity distribution company established by InfraVia II
JTC Group has acquired Anson Fund Managers Limited (AFML), the fund administration business of the Anson Group, which is based in Guernsey and represents GBP11.5bn in funds under administration. AFML specialises in providing a wide range of support services to companies and funds. Its clients include trading companies, open ended
U-Boat Worx has partnered with Exa Limited, a company owned by entrepreneur Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay who spearheads the Asian conglomerate Genting Group. The partnership is aimed at advancing U-Boat Worx’ growth path in the coming years, which includes increased production capacity, reduction of delivery times, and improvement of
Private investors Francis Louvard and Gregory Ingram have acquired just under 90 per cent of the shares in KGAL. The firm is a specialist in fund and asset management and is headquartered in Grünwald, near Munich. The current owners, Commerzbank, Bayerische Landesbank, Haspa Finanzholding and Sal. Oppenheim, retain a
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund V (BVPEF V) have made a joint investment of USD48m into newly issued shares of Tigers Realm Coal (TIG). TIG has coking coal assets in the Chukotka province in Russia’s Far East. RDIF will invest a total
Strong momentum in the merger and acquisition (M&A) market during the second half of 2013 is expected to continue into 2014, according to PwC US. Improved stability and early signs of growth in other key global markets have contributed to an increasing level of business confidence and sharpening focus on
Cleary Gottlieb is representing the buyer group, consisting of Dr Wanchun Hou, chairman of the board of directors, and Qiang Li, chief executive officer, in the going-private transaction of Trunkbow International Holdings Limited. The merger agreement was executed and announced on 10 December 2013. The merger will be financed
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