Ropes & Gray has advised global investment firm Avenue Capital Group on the GBP106.8 million sale of Hawthorn Leisure Holdings, the 298-strong UK pub group, to leading UK property investor NewRiver. Hawthorn Leisure, which was formed four years ago and was controlled by both its management and Avenue Capital, comprised
Green Network Energy UK is to acquire the energy branch of Burgo Energia with effect from 28 June 2018. The energy branch of Burgo Energia is an electricity and gas supplier with turnover and EBITDA both expected at EUR2 billion in 2018, before the agreement with Green Network Energy UK.
InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, has invested in FATMAP, a platform for outdoor adventure lovers and mountain professionals with global 3D mapping technology. The investment from InMotion Ventures, along with Episode 1 and Capnamic Ventures, will support FATMAP with their global ambition to become a key destination
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) is to acquire Reparenco, a privately owned paper and recycling business in the Netherlands, for a cash consideration of approximately EUR460 million. Reparenco operates a two machine paper mill in the Netherlands with a capacity of 675,000 tonnes together with a 750,000 tonne recovered fibre operation.
Future Finance, Europe’s leading private student lender, has closed a GBP100 million funding facility agreement with Waterfall Asset Management. To date, Future Finance has raised over EUR90 million in equity and GBP150 million in debt. The new debt facility will allow Future Finance to continue to grow its student lending business, which
Oakley Capital Investments’ Oakley Capital Private Equity II is to sell its stake in Facile.it, an Italian price comparison website, to EQT VIII (EQT). Oakley Capital Private Equity III (Fund III) will invest EUR80 million alongside EQT as a minority partner to continue to benefit from Facile’s strong market leading
High Street Capital has closed its fifth fund, High Street Capital Fund V SBIC, with USD165 million of committed capital. The fund will follow the same operations-led strategy which has allowed the firm to generate strong returns for its investors over the last 21 years. Joe Katcha, Co-Founder and Investing Principal,
Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services and technology, has acquired RIA in a Box, software as a service (SaaS) provider of compliance solutions to the registered investment adviser (RIA) industry. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. In a complex
Private equity firm Permira is to invest USD350 million in WeddingWire, an online marketplace connecting engaged couples with wedding professionals, becoming the Company’s majority shareholder. As part of the transaction, WeddingWire’s management team and existing investor Spectrum Equity will maintain a significant minority ownership in the Company. The new investment
Keensight Capital has acquired a majority stake in Biovian, a European specialist in contract manufacturing and development of biopharmaceuticals, alongside the founders and the managers, and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES) funds. Founded in 2003, Biovian is a one-stop-shop GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) CDmO of biopharmaceuticals providing manufacturing and
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