The value of UK M&A deals involving e-retail businesses has jumped to GBP461 million in 2017/18, a fourteen-fold increase from just GBP31 million the previous year, says RPC, the City-headquartered law firm. RPC says that this M&A activity has been driven by deals targeting luxury fashion e-retailers, as both luxury
Compass Banca (Compass), which is 100 per cent owned by Mediobanca, is to acquire 19.9 per cent of PT BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk (BFI Finance) from the Trinugraha consortium which currently owns 45.7 per cent of the share capital. Upon closing, Compass will become one of the largest shareholders
Calculus Capital, an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, has invested GBP2 million in Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT), a clinical-stage oncology company that is developing next-generation cancer treatments. OBT has a strong pipeline of ‘immune-oncology’ (IO) therapies that are intended to provide more targeted, specialised treatment strategies
Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of JS Hamilton, partnering with its founder, Jan Olszowski who will remain involved in the business. JS Hamilton is a testing, inspection and certification company in Poland engaged in food, non-food, fuel and
Green Acre Capital (GAC) has launched the Green Acre Capital Fund II which is exclusively dedicated to making investments in the cannabis industry. This is the second cannabis fund in the GAC umbrella which follows Green Acre Capital Fund I, a USD25m fund with a focus on ancillary Canadian opportunities
ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS) on its acquisition of KMK Projekts, a provider of traffic safety products and permanent road marking in Latvia. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Founded in 1994, KMK Projekts provides and installs crash barrier systems and offers horizontal road marking, on both
Noerr has advised the investment company Mutares and its subsidiary Donges SteelTec on the strategic acquisition of Tata Steel’s roof and facade system division operating as the Kalzip Group. Donges, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, has so far been operating in the steel bridge and structural steel construction business in the
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise, has invested GBP1.1 million in responsible lender, Five Lamps, based near Stockton-on-Tees. The investment is part of a GBP5 million deal over six years that will help vulnerable households across the UK break out of the cycle of
Teamleader, known for its SaaS platform for CRM, project management and invoicing, has closed a Series C funding round of USD22 million (EUR18.5m). The Series C round was led by a new investor, London-based Keen Venture Partners. Existing investor Fortino Capital & Sage Capital, which led Teamleaders A and B
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a specialist sell-side M&A firm, has advised the shareholders of Neilson Active Holidays (Neilson), a provider of overseas active holidays, on its investment by to mid-market private equity investor, LDC to support management’s expansion strategy. Neilson offers a fantastic range of award-winning, activity-focussed holidays across seven countries
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