Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised Zuffa and its controlling owners on the sale of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the professional mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation. The acquisition was led by WME|IMG, Silver Lake Partners and KKR as new strategic investors, along with MSD Capital and MSD Partners.
Since its initial investment in PathXL in 2012, Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has generated a 270 per cent tax-free return for investors from the sale of the tissue diagnostics medical technology firm to Philips for an undisclosed sum. Queens University Belfast spin-out PathXL has developed digital pathology systems
WestBridge Capital has completed a GBP10.5 million secondary buyout of ISG Technology, marking a successful exit for RJD Private Equity which originally backed a management buyout of the business in 2005. ISG designs, installs and manages mission critical networking infrastructure solutions for blue chip organisations across the UK, including retailers,
Legal & General Capital, through LGV Capital, has agreed terms to sell its majority interest in The Liberation Group to Caledonia Investments in a transaction valuing the company at GBP118 million. Liberation is held principally on behalf of the with-profits fund for customers. Completion is expected over the course
Ambienta, together with the Mosiewicz Family, has closed the sale of SPIG to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (B&W), a company listed on the NYSE. The deal, which was announced on 23 May 2016, has received all necessary regulatory approvals and values the company at EUR155 million. With B&W’s acquisition,
Palamon Capital Partners is to sell Eneas Group to Norvestor Equity or an undisclosed amount. The sale will bring total proceeds to NOK750 million (approximately EUR80 million), representing a 3.3x return on invested capital. The transaction is expected to close in August 2016, subject to regulatory approvals. Full terms of
Permira is to sell Intelligrated, a North American-based advanced fulfilment solutions provider, to Honeywell in an all-cash transaction for USD1.5 billion. Richard Carey, a Permira partner and co-head of the firm’s industrials sector team, says: “This was an incredibly successful partnership for Intelligrated and the Permira funds and we are
VCT provider Octopus has announced a successful exit for investors in its GBP300 million Octopus Titan VCT (Titan VCT) as Twitter acquired portfolio company Magic Pony Technology, a technology company which has pioneered new machine learning techniques for visual processing. Stuart Lewis, VCT Business Line Manager at Octopus, says: “There’s
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed the exit of Synexus, a global research site group which provides patient recruitment and treatment services in support of drug research for clinical trials, in a deal that values the business at GBP178 million. Synexus has been acquired by Jaguar Holding Company Luxembourg
Middle market private equity firm Quad-C Management has completed its previously announced sale of InterWrap, a manufacturer of synthetic roofing underlayment and packaging materials, to Owens Corning for USD450 million. Quad-C made its initial investment in InterWrap in November 2013, partnering with the company’s founders and management team to execute
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