Gide’s Casablanca and Brussels offices assisted Renault Trucks (Volvo group) on the divestment of its Moroccan subsidiary, Renault Trucks Maroc, to longstanding distribution partner Groupe Bernard Hayot (GBH). The closing took place on 1 November 2017, following the approval of the transaction by the Moroccan competition authorities. A long-standing
Danish environmental services group Reconor, a portfolio company of private equity firm Agilitas, has completed its third acquisition of 2017. Financial terms of the deal have not been announced. Reconor, based in Farum, Denmark, is further strengthening its activities in Southern Jutland with the acquisition of the business of 7-9-13
Noerr had advised Bridgepoint and its portfolio company WiggleCRC on the acquisition of Bike24 from the private equity fund Riverside. Bike24 is an e-commerce platform for bicycles, sports equipment and clothing active in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The company, which is based in Dresden, was taken over in 2011 by
A new fund that aims to invest in EIS-qualifying companies in the media and entertainment industries has been launched by Atlantic Screen Media Limited. Atlantic is seeking to raise GBP15m in the current tax year for identified projects. Demand for content in film and television worldwide is growing exponentially as
Arrowroot Capital Management has held the closing of its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III with over USD177 million in limited partner and general partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its fundraising cap. The firm has already completed a number of investments throughout 2017 and expects to close
Aster has raised an additional EUR240 million bringing its total funds under management to EUR500 million. A specialist in digital transformation and industries of the future, the investment company provides support to growing companies in the sectors of energy, mobility and industry. Building from a Business Hub, a true acceleration
Medigold Health, a provider of occupational health and corporate wellbeing services, has received a GBP9.5 million investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF) to support its ambitious growth plans. The Northampton-based business has used some of the funds to make two strategic acquisitions, buying IMASS, an occupational health provider with
Five Capital, a subsidiary of CDC International Capital based in Dubai and Riyadh, has entered into exclusive negotiations with Diwanee, a subsidiary of Webedia Group, French specialist in theme-based online publishing, for a merger between Diwanee and Uturn Entertainment, a Saudi digital content provider. Further discussions between the parties will
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has raised EUR5.2 billion for Senior Debt Partners III (SDP3), the largest pooled direct lending fund in Europe so far in 2017.

 The SDP3 transaction took from January to September 2017 to structure, document and close. The fund was oversubscribed and catered for a wide-range of
Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest), a tech-enabled arid climate agribusiness based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has secured seed investment of USD4.5 million in a financing round that was significantly oversubscribed. This follows an earlier USD1.1 million pre-seed round led by Abu Dhabi-based Shorooq Investments.
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