Crescent Capital Group’s European Specialty Lending strategy has completed a unitranche financing to support the refinancing and recapitalisation of Interfloor Group Ltd. Interfloor, majority-owned by Milestone Capital Partners LLP, also refinanced the mezzanine facility provided by Hutton Collins Partners LLP, which remains a minority shareholder. This financing is consistent with
Commercial and regulatory pressures mean that now is the right time for private equity investors to expand their involvement in the shipping services and technology sector, according to Moore Stephens. Dr Adam Kent of London-based consultant Maritime Strategies International (MSI) told the recent Moore Stephens Opportunities in Shipping Services seminar
AlixPartners is to acquire the business and assets of Zolfo Cooper Europe, a provider of business advisory solutions spanning the entire corporate lifecycle including restructuring services, pensions advisory, forensic and litigation support, debt advisory and corporate finance to both companies and their stakeholders. Fred Crawford, CEO of AlixPartners, says: “Combining
The climate for IPOs in Germany has considerably improved, according to the IPO sentiment indicator jointly developed by Deutsche Börse and TU Munich. The indicator climbed from 30.1 points to 34.2 points, reflecting buoyant sentiment among investors, companies and underwriters in the primary market. The indicator is based on surveys
Archangels, alongside Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm, Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), has completed additional rounds of funding totalling over GBP3.3m for three growing Scottish businesses. All three businesses are now competing on a global stage and have received support from Archangels from early stage. The capital raised will enable all three
Private equity firm Agilitas' waste management portfolio company, Impetus Waste Management, has acquired a further waste transfer station and processing facility in the North East of England. The consideration for the acquisition of T Shea Limited, based in Leeds, is not being disclosed. Impetus is one of the largest waste management
GE Antares is serving as administrative agent on a USD145.6 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Lazer Spot by Greenbriar Equity Group. GE Capital Markets served as co-lead arranger and co-bookrunner on this facility. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Atlanta, Lazer Spot is a leader
Peer-to-peer secured business spending platform ThinCats has partnered with ESO Capital Group to underwrite a regular series of large deals on the ThinCats platform. The deal will initially involve GBP20m-GBP50m being deployed on the ThinCats platform but both partners expect this figure to rise significantly over the next few years.
Halesowen-based Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE) has secured a substantial funding package from banking group Santander and private investment firm SEA Equity. Prominent West Midlands businessman, Roy Kishor, has taken the role of Chairman and will lead the management team in growing the GBP10 million turnover firm in the longer term,
An investor group led by Siris Capital Group has completed the acquisition of commerce-as-a-service solutions provider Digital River. The execution of a definitive merger agreement outlining the terms of the transaction, which is valued at approximately USD840 million, was initially announced on 23 October, 2014. In the transaction, all outstanding
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