Gide has advised Rivadis Group, which specialises in cosmetics, on the sale to L'Oréal of the Société Thermes de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, which operates the Saint-Gervais-les-Bains spa establishment as part of a public service delegation contract, and of its cosmetics and skincare production and commercialisation business, under the brand name Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc.
Noerr is advising ISS Facility Holding Services, subsidiary of the listed Danish company ISS, on its acquisition of EVANTEC from Luxemburg private equity fund palero invest. ISS was the successful bidder in a structured auction process. ISS is relying on a Noerr team led by the Berlin corporate partner
A consortium comprising the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Singapore’s Changi Airports International (CAI) and Russia’s Basic Element is to acquire Vladivostok International Airport in Russia’s Far East from Sheremetyevo International Airport. Upon regulatory and corporate approvals, the consortium will own 100 per cent of JSC Terminal Vladivostok which owns
Global law firm Dechert has advised Mid Europa Partners on its acquisition of Profi Rom Food, the largest supermarket chain in Romania, from Polish Enterprise Fund VI. This is the largest deal ever completed by a private equity fund in Romania and the largest retail deal in the country’s history.
The online investment platform, SyndicateRoom, which allows individuals to invest alongside the professionals, has published its study ‘Rise of the Growth Hunters’.
Seed-stage investment company ZEAL Investments has partnered with MassChallenge UK, a start-up accelerator. The partnership gives ZEAL Investments the opportunity to plug itself into the vast array of start-up companies involved in MassChallenge’s accelerator programme. James Oakes, director of ZEAL Investments, says: “With only 5 per cent of the
Demeter Partners and Emertec Gestion are to merge, creating a European private equity player dedicated to the energy transition, environmental and innovative materials sectors. The firm will have EUR800 million assets under management and 120 companies financed in 10 years. Stéphane Villecroze, managing partner of Demeter Partners, says: “We
Venture capital firm Draper Esprit has acquired a 30.77 per cent stake in Elderstreet Holdings, the holding company of Elderstreet Investments, with an option to acquire the balance of the Elderstreet shares in due course. Elderstreet is a UK venture capital trust (VCT) manager. It manages Elderstreet VCT which currently
Patricia Moore, (pictured) UK Head of Infrastructure for Turner & Townsend, has commented on the infrastructure points raised in the Autumn statement. “Infrastructure is clearly still a priority, with Philip Hammond reaffirming that it’s a powerful way of driving broad-based economic growth. We were never expecting a blank cheque, given
Zarvic Brothers has launched the Vero Fund which is aimed at providing investors with broad exposure to a portfolio of alternative private equity investments managed by experienced partners, such as commercial real estate and merger arbitrage strategies. The new Vero Fund is based on the same Zarvic strategy which has
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