KKR has held the final closing of KKR Asian Fund III, a USD9.3 billion fund focused on investments in private equity transactions across the Asia Pacific region. “The Asia market offers many compelling investment opportunities in private equity given its secular growth and attractive valuations,” says Joseph Bae, KKR Member and Managing Partner of
CIC Capital Canada, a member of the French banking group Crédit Mutuel CM11-CIC, has launched a USD500 million North American Growth Fund, with USD150 million dedicated to Canada, mainly for investment in Quebec and Ontario companies. Established in Montreal since 2010, CIC Capital has managed the Emerillon Capital venture
Alternative investment specialist LGT Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of European Capital Fund Management, a London- and Paris-based private debt manager, from Ares Capital. European Capital’s funds will remain managed by the same team led by Matthew Gordon Clark, Etienne Haubold, Stéphane Legrand and JC Morales Cortes.
Smithfield Foods has completed its acquisition of Pini Group’s packaged meats companies in Poland. These companies will be operated by Animex Foods, one of the largest food producers in Poland and part of Smithfield Poland, which is owned by Smithfield Foods. The acquisition includes Pini Polska, a meat
Private investment firm SK Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of DB Western, Inc – Texas, a technology-driven producer of formaldehyde and derivatives. The company’s La Porte, Texas, plant is the largest merchant market plant in North America serving a variety of applications including oilfield, refineries and petrochemicals.
CVC Capital Partners has held the closing of CVC Capital Partners VII (Fund VII), its latest flagship fund for private equity investments in Europe and North America, at its hard cap of EUR15.5 billion. Together with the commitments of CVC and its employees, Fund VII will have over EUR16
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is to acquire a minority stake in Russian gold producer PJSC Polyus. The purchase will be carried out alongside an investment by Chinese investment company Fosun Group, which is acquiring of 10 per cent stake in the company. The price per share
Mourant Ozannes has advised on three of the most significant private equity transactions in Europe during the first quarter of 2017, according to the league tables published by global deal research agency Pitchbook. Pitchbook’s latest report, entitled 1Q 2017 European PE Breakdown, includes the largest PE exit and the
Concurrent, a specialist in storage, protection, transformation and delivery of visual assets, has sold the European operations portion of its real-time business segment to technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures. The completion of the sale followed approval of the transaction by the French Ministry of the Economy. Concurrent received
Lithium Technologies, a specialist in cloud-based social media management and online community solutions, is to be acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Lithium’s board of directors has unanimously approved the transaction, although terms have not disclosed. “This marks a new chapter for Lithium, and the next
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