Chiquita Brands International and Fyffes have updated the anticipated annualised pre-tax cost synergies for the proposed combination of the two businesses. Chiquita and Fyffes have identified an additional USD20 million of synergies for a total of at least USD60 million in annualised pre-tax cost synergies by the end of 2016,
Paul Hastings has advised Ocean Holding on the acquisition of the Düsseldorfer Hypothekenbank, a German mortgage bank, from the US investor Lone Star. Measured by total assets estimated at EUR12 billion, this is the largest German bank takeover since the start of the financial crisis. Ocean Holding, a fund
Brentwood Associates, a consumer-focused private equity investment firm, has acquired Marshall Retail Group, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marshall Retail Group is a specialty retailer for high-foot-traffic marketplaces with locations in major casino-hotels and airports across the US. The company is led by chief executive officer Michael C Wilkins, who
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners’ (EdRIP) BioDiscovery 3 portfolio company, Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (Sapiens SBS), has been acquired by Medtronic for approximately USD200 million in cash. Sapiens SBS, located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is developing a DBS system that features an advanced DBS lead with 40 individual stimulation points.
Edmond De Rothschild Investment Partners’s (EdRIP) BioDiscovery 3 portfolio company, Covagen AG, has been acquired by Cilag GmbH International, an affiliate of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Company. Covagen is a privately-held, biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of multi-specific protein therapeutics through the FynomAb technology platform. The company's lead product, COVA322,
Harris Williams & Co has advised Mister Car Wash, a portfolio company of private equity platform ONCAP, on its sale to private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners. Harris Williams acted as lead financial advisor to Mister Car Wash. The transaction, which closed on 21 August, was led by
2013 was a year of strong private equity exit activity in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, the third highest on record, according to the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA). Unlike the previous two record years, 2013 was not dominated by one or two large disposals.
Highland Capital Management has launched a non-traded product line with a publicly-registered business development company (BDC) NexPoint Capital. The BDC will be the industry’s first healthcare-focused fund of its kind with a target raise of USD1.5bn in capital for investing primarily in medium-sized businesses. NexPoint Capital represents Highland’s initial
Private equity firm GTCR has completed the acquisition of Cole-Parmer Instrument Company from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Cole-Parmer, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty laboratory equipment, instruments and supplies to a diverse range of customers in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, chemicals, food and other research-based or
Sensata Technologies is to acquire the Schrader group of companies from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for a total enterprise value of USD1.0 billion. Schrader specialises in tyre pressure monitoring sensors (TPMS). The transaction provides TPMS and additional low pressure sensing capabilities that address large and fast growing
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