G-III Apparel Group, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of branded apparel and accessories, is to acquire Donna Karan International, parent of the Donna Karan and DKNY brands and owned by LVMH, for USD650 million. The transaction is expected to close in late 2016 or early 2017. Morris Goldfarb, chairman,
Elm Creek Partners has acquired Liberty Paper Products, a Phoenix, Arizona-based specialty converter and distributor of thermal paper. Liberty Paper Products provides customised solutions to its customers across a variety of end markets, including restaurants, point-of-sale, and gaming. Management believes that Liberty's best-in-class customer service and flexible manufacturing capabilities will
Leading global investment firms have committed to continue investing in the UK’s tech sector saying that London will remain an important destination for investment despite the vote to leave the European Union. Venture capital houses such as Index Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Balderton Capital and Hoxton Ventures are among a wider
Hamilton Lane Advisors has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Private Equity Fund IX, a global and diversified private equity fund-of-funds. Originally targeting USD400 million, the fund received strong interest from the institutional investor community, exceeding its target to close on USD516 million. “We are thankful for the
IP Cleaning (IPC), a portfolio company of environmental investment-focused private equity firm Ambienta, is to acquire Vaclensa Ltd, an independent distributor of professional cleaning machines in the UK. Vaclensa employs around 100 people including a network of engineers spread across the country providing high-value after-sales services to blue chip clients,
Teradata, a big data analytics company, has purchased Big Data Partnership, an EMEA-based services provider of big data solutions and training. Big Data Partnership has deep expertise in disruptive technologies, including Apache Hadoop, and helps its clients discover how to become more data driven and data savvy through data science and the
Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) has held the final closing of its second fund with total committed assets of around EUR200 million, in excess of the initial target of EUR150 million. The new fund, named Three Hills Decalia after the fundraising partnership with Geneva-based asset manager Decalia, has completed its
Altitude Partners, a regional private equity fund, has completed a development capital investment into Moortec, a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) business supplying high accuracy ‘in-chip' monitoring circuits. Founded in 2005, with offices in the Plymouth Science Park, Moortec has developed a core portfolio of IP for in-chip sensors. The three
Clearwater International has been mandated by Papierfabrik Palm to support the company in developing and implementing a favourable mid-term financing structure. Based on a tailor-made financing concept, Clearwater International coordinated a competitive process with several international banks and managed the structuring of a refinancing comprising a term loan and a
Duet Private Equity and AMCON (Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria) are to establish an investment fund focused on Nigeria’s FMCG sector. The fund will launch with an initial target size of USD400 million and AMCON will contribute six portfolio companies currently under its control. The fund will invest an additional
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