UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the GBP20 million management buyout (MBO) of UAP Limited (UAP), a UK supplier and distributor of door and window hardware. The transaction represents Maven’s second investment from its new buyout fund, having earlier this year led an investment in Scottish-based
Foresight Group (Foresight) has invested GBP2.5 million to support the partial buy-out of Bolton-based community healthcare and wellbeing provider ABL Health Limited (ABL). ABL is a provider of community healthcare and wellbeing services across the North of England. The Company was founded in 2009 by Denise Leslie and Dr Sheena
Falcon Private Holdings, the private investment manager of the US-based family office of Jamshid Keynejad and Barry Siadat, has closed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Halcón Cerámicas (Halcón), a Spanish ceramic tile producer, from the existing family owners. The Montalbo and Vicent families will retain ownership positions and
Noerr has advised Ipsen International Holding on the refinancing and recapitalisation of the Ipsen Group. The new financing structure of this portfolio company of Quadriga Capital includes unitranche financing provided by Barings, including an acquisition credit line for future inorganic growth and international revolving super senior credit lines provided by
ING Bank, in its role as Coordinator and Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arranger, together with NIBC (Mandated Lead Arranger), has successfully closed a EUR52 million Credit Facility for The Datacenter Group to support the acquisition of two datacenter assets from Rabo Bouwfonds Communication Infrastructure Fund. The transaction is a transformative deal
Global investment firms Bregal Investments and KKR are to sell global schools group Cognita to Jacobs Holding of Switzerland. Cognita operates over 70 schools across eight countries, educating more than 40,000 children. The organisation was established in 2004 by Bregal with the acquisition of a single school in the UK
Verdane Capital IX has closed a transaction with Skagerak Maturo containing Skagerak Venture Capital I’s and Skagerak Seed Capital II’s ownership in Zisson, a provider of cloud-based communication centre software, and Penetrace, a provider of software tools to marketing professionals. The plan is to launch the companies internationally. Both
The backers of some of Britain’s most successful technology and e-commerce businesses, including seven companies valued at over GBP1 billion, are to offer their expertise through a new investment boutique YYX Capital. Michael Jackson, former chairman of Sage and PartyGaming, has joined forces with James Cox, founder of sleep tech
UK software firm Ideagen has acquired Morgan Kai Group Ltd, an Audit Management software provider to both public and private sector organisations. With operations in Leeds, Yorkshire, and Chicago, Illinois, Morgan Kai Group Ltd currently generates GBP5.3 million in revenue with GBP3.2 million recurring. The organisation adds more than 370
NorthEdge Capital has invested for a significant majority stake in facilities management company Orbis Protect, backing an MBO with the existing management team led by CEO Guy Other and COO Ben Howard. Employing over 400 staff across its network of 19 depots, Orbis Protect provides a range of vacant property
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