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DC Capital closes first institutional fund at hard cap of USD450m

DC Capital Partners Management has held the final close of its first institutionally-backed private equity fund, DC Capital Partners Fund II, at its hard cap of USD450 million.   The fund was established to make control, private equity only investments in middle market, US based, government services and engineering &

Clearwater International advises Buchbinder on sale to Europcar

Clearwater International has advised the shareholders of Buchbinder on the sale of the company to Europcar Group.   Founded over 60 years ago, Buchbinder is a well-established company in Germany, with an extensive network of 152 stations of which 18 airport stations and an average fleet in excess of 20,000

Conquest acquires six solar parks in France from SolairDirect

Conquest Asset Management has reached a final agreement with SolairDirect, a subsidiary of Engie, to acquire a portfolio of six solar photovoltaic parks in France.   The real assets portfolio, located in the South of France, represents a total of 35MW power capacity.   The assets are supported by up

Linklaters advises SoftBank on launch of largest ever technology fund

Linklaters has acted as fund counsel to SoftBank Group on the launch of the SoftBank Vision Fund, leading the establishment of the world’s largest technology investment fund targeting USD100 billion and the largest ever private fundraise.   As fund counsel, Linklaters advised Japan’s SoftBank, one of the world’s leading technology

Beringea launches ProVen Legacy for mitigating IHT

Growth capital investor Beringea has launched a new lending company, ProVen Legacy, and closed its first two deals.   Healthcare media and marketing firm Cogora and fintech company Celoxica have received GBP500,000 and GBP250,000 loans respectively to support them in their next stage of growth.   Both companies are existing

Generational Equity sells EMCO to Motor City Fastener

Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses, has advised on the sale of client EMCO to Motor City Fastener, a platform company of private equity firm Oakland Standard.   EMCO, founded in 1954, provides a wide array of electrical, mechanical, fluid power and automation products to

Maples and Calder advises Avolon on USD10bn acquisition

Maples and Calder has assisted aircraft leasing company Avolon Holdings in connection with its USD10 billion acquisition of the aircraft leasing business of CIT Group.   The acquisition has doubled the scale of Avolon’s business to create the third largest aircraft leasing platform in the world, with a combined fleet

FIS to sell majority interest in Capco to CD&R

FIS is to sell its majority ownership stake in Capco to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), establishing Capco as an independent company.   FIS will sell approximately 60 per cent equity interest in its Capco business to CD&R funds and receive net cash proceeds of USD477 million.   Upon closing,

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