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CVC Strategic Opportunities Platform to acquire stake in CLH

CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) Strategic Opportunities Platform has agreed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in CLH, a Spanish oil transportation and storage company. CVC’s Strategic Opportunities Platform will acquire this stake from Ardian (10 per cent), as well as Kutxabank (5 per cent), Abanca (5 per cent) and

Amundi and CEA in joint venture to create Supernova Invest

European asset manager Amundi, with over EUR1 trillion in assets, has established a partnership with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), creating an independent asset management company: Supernova Invest. In addition to taking over the current CEA Investissement funds (with an advisory mandate for the CEA's strategic

Abac Solutions acquires PronoKal Group

Private equity fund Abac Solutions and PronoKal Group’s management team have acquired 100 per cent of the company from its founders, in order to support its expansion process in Europe and Latin America. PronoKal Group makes protein-based dietary treatments for obesity and overweight, with sales in excess of EUR42 million

Vistra expands footprint in Germany with optegra acquisition

Vistra, a provider of international incorporations, trust, fiduciary, private office and fund administration services, has acquired optegra, a Germany-based specialist in auditing, tax consultancy, legal advisory, and management consultancy services. With offices in Cologne, Hamburg and Munich, optegra has a staff of 120 professionals serving clients from a range of

SFW Capital Partners sells Essen BioScience to Sartorius for USD320m

Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners has sold Essen BioScience, a specialist in the field of cell-based assays and instrumentation used for life sciences research, to Sartorius Group for USD320 million. SFW acquired a controlling interest in Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Essen in May 2014.   SFW recruited Brett Williams to

Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advises on Pinarello acquisition financing

Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners has advised the arrangers Banca Popolare di Milano and UBI Banca in the financing of Italian high-performance bicycles manufacturer Pinarello’s acquisition by the Franco-American private equity firm L Catterton. Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners assisted the two lenders with

Keensight Capital and TIME for Growth to sell stakes in Oodrive

Private equity firm Keensight Capital and digital growth capital specialist TIME for Growth are to sell their stakes in Oodrive, a provider of sensitive data management SaaS solutions, to a pool of investors led by Tikehau Capital. TIME for Growth acquired an interest in Oodrive in 2011 and Keensight Capital

GX Private Equity Index to be distributed through FIS Data Exchange portal

State Street is to work with Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) to distribute its GX Private Equity Index (PEI), a benchmark for comparative analysis of private equity performance, to nearly 300 global asset management clients, including private equity managers, investors and third-party administrators. The PEI will be integrated into FIS’s

LongueVue Capital closes USD252m private investment fund

LongueVue Capital (LVC), a New Orleans-based private equity firm, has held the final closing of LongueVue Capital Partners III (LVC III). Building on LVC's predecessor funds, LVC III will focus on private equity investments in lower middle market companies across a variety of industries.   LongueVue Capital welcomed new institutional

Panasonic to establish new VC company

Panasonic Corporation is to establish a new company, Panasonic Ventures, in April 2017, which will be based in California and invest in start-up companies mainly in the US, with initial investments of around USD100 million. Panasonic has invested in Silicon Valley start-ups with cutting-edge technologies for nearly 20 years since

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