Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate and finance practice in the Cayman Islands have advised 99, the Brazilian ride-sharing application and Uber competitor, on its sale to China’s Didi Chuxing.
By Hugh Stacy, Augentius – While the world may have suffered its share of challenges and dislocations over the past decade, the aviation sector has continued to move from strength to strength. The increasingly mobile nature of the global economy has seen air travel volume more than double over the past 15
Maxwellia, a ‘prescription to over the counter’ medicines company, has raised GBP700,000 in early-stage investment from the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures, as well as from existing investors and angels. The funding represents a vital step for Maxwellia, which specialises in ‘switching’ – the conversion of prescription
An affiliate of middle-market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has made a significant investment in CloudNine, a provider of eDiscovery SaaS solutions. Peak Rock and CloudNine have also simultaneously acquired the eDiscovery business from LexisNexis, which includes the LAW PreDiscovery, Early Discovery Analyzer (EDA), and Concordance products
Polaris Private Equity IV (Polaris) is to acquire a majority stake in the Danish interior design company Menu A/S (Menu) from the Hansen Family. Menu, which today supplies high-quality furniture, accessories and lighting to more than 40 countries, is headquartered in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn and has 63 employees. Menu was
Tortoise has launched the Tortoise Tax-Advantaged Social Infrastructure Fund (TSIFX), a closed-end interval fund that offers investors access to the firm’s direct lending strategy that was previously available only to qualified purchasers through a private fund. The fund will provide capital for social infrastructure projects related to 501(c)(3) organisations, non-profits
Blackstone’s (NYSE:BX) Strategic Capital Holdings Fund has acquired a passive minority stake in PAG, a leading Asia-focused alternative investment firm. Blackstone’s Strategic Capital Holdings Fund is part of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), and specialises in minority partnerships with leading alternative asset managers. PAG, based in Hong Kong, is
An affiliate of Sun European Partners has completed the sale of its investment in Albéa, a specialist in in the BPC packaging sector, to funds advised by PAI Partners. Albéa was acquired by an affiliate of Sun European Partners in 2010. During such ownership there was a step change in
Private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire a majority stake in Small World Financial Services (Small World), an international, UK-headquartered, multi-channel, cross-border payment service provider. Small World’s investors, including FPE Capital and MMC Ventures, will sell their shareholdings in the Company as part of the transaction, with
If one looks at Private Equity & Real Estate (PERE) assets, they’ve been growing substantially over the past decade. Since December 2007, PERE assets have more than doubled from over EUR3 trillion to EUR6 trillion. “Today we have around EUR6 trillion of committed capital invested and that is set to
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