Rutland Partners has completed the sale of Millbrook Group to Spectris for GBP122 million. The disposal from Rutland Fund II realises for investors a return of over six times its investment. Millbrook was acquired from General Motors for an undisclosed sum on 2 October 2013. It is a test,
STAR Capital has acquired a majority stake in Globalways, a Stuttgart-based IT services and infrastructure business. The investment is the second made by the STAR III Fund, following the acquisition of Synergy Health Management Services in July 2016. STAR, in partnership with the founders and management team of Globalways,
Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme and venture capital trust specialist Calculus Capital has sold its holdings in AIM-listed Horizon Discovery. The average exit multiple for sale of the shares was 1.82x, constituting a tax-free return of over 160 per cent to investors, when factoring in initial income
Law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners on the sale of Millbrook Group to Spectris for GBP122 million, realising a return for investors of over six times their investment. Taylor Wessing advised Rutland on the acquisition of Millbrook from General Motors in 2013. The business, a test, validation
Orrick has advised a consortium of international private equity firms, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Innova Capital, MC Partners and Oak Investment Partners, in the sale of Slovakian telecommunications provider Benestra to private equity house Sandberg Capital. The deal, announced one 26 May 2016, has now closed.
Hong-Kong based private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired Integreon, a provider of legal, document, business and research outsourcing, from LiveIt Investments and Actis. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest, says: “The Integreon transaction is an
Law firm Paul Hastings has advised Filtration Group, an affiliate of Chicago-based Madison Industries, on the GBP220 million acquisition of the Porous Technologies business of UK-based industrial group Essentra. Essentra Porous Technologies is a producer and distributor of the essential components that control liquids and vapours in products used in
Private equity firm Vector Capital has sold Gerber Technology, a provider of integrated software and automated systems for the production of flexible materials, to American Industrial Partners. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Tolland, Connecticut, Gerber Technology provides integrated software and system solutions to more
Sierra Income Corporation and its affiliate Medley Management provided a senior secured first lien term loan to facilitate ZS Fund’s acquisition of AmeriJet Holdings. AmeriJet, headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a provider of air cargo and logistics services to and from the US and the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has held the final close of its newest energy-focused private equity fund, the Kayne Private Energy Income Fund (KPEIF), with total capital commitments of USD1.55 billion. KPEIF’s strategy is to partner with a select group of high-quality management teams to acquire and develop large, long-life producing
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