TowerBrook Capital Partners is to sell Metallo Holdings 3 (Metallo), a Belgian-Spanish non-ferrous metals recycling Group, to Aurubis AG. Metallo is a recycling and refining company with around 530 employees at its main sites in Belgium and Spain. In the fiscal year 2018, Metallo generated revenues of approximately EUR 985
Palatine Private Equity has supported the management buyout of technology-driven testing, inspection and certification (TIC) business Lucion Services. Founded in 2003, Lucion is a multidisciplinary risk management group focused on hazardous materials, with a market-leading presence in the asbestos compliance market. Headquartered in Gateshead but with offices across the UK,
Orrick has advised Michelin on its acquisition of the Masternaut Group from majority owners Summit Partners and Fleetcor Technologies for a transaction value equal to 8x 2018 EBITA before synergies. The transaction closed on 22 May, 2019. Founded in 1996, Masternaut is one of Europe’s largest telematics providers, operating primarily
Streamline Press, a leading commercial printer specialising in lithographic, digital and large format print services, has secured GBP250,000 funding from MEIF Maven East & South East Midlands Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners. This funding will support the implementation of Streamline Press’ profit improvement and growth strategy. Streamline Press
Private equity firm LDC is to sell fast-growing holiday park operator, Away Resorts, to Bregal Freshstream. LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group, will retain a minority shareholding as part of the deal. Founded 10 years ago by leisure entrepreneur Carl Castledine, Away Resorts now operates six leading resorts in prime
Fountain Healthcare Partners (Fountain) has held the initial closing of its third fund, Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund III (Fund III) with EUR118 million of committed capital, exceeding its initial target raise of EUR100 million. Fund III is a dedicated life science venture capital (VC) fund and brings Fountain’s total capital
IW Capital – a debt, equity and EIS investment specialist based in the heart of Mayfair – has closed its first secured debt fund. The GBP2.0million Fund is the first in a series of diversified investment vehicles that IW Capital has launched over the past few months. With the close of this first senior debt fund, IWC
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has merged Montage, a solution to engage, interview and hire candidates, with Shaker International, a provider of predictive talent intelligence and assessment software solutions. The combined company will help its client base, including hundreds of prominent global brands and 47 of the Fortune 100,
Building on the acquisition of property finance firm Titlestone, Paragon’s development finance business has led the way for new lending within the specialist lender’s Commercial Lending division. Paragon’s half year results announced show Commercial Lending has seen strong business growth as it focuses on helping British SMEs gain access to
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired SMAC, a global manufacturer of waterproofing and building envelope solutions, from Colas Group. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. SMAC operates across two divisions: Travaux and Industrie. SMAC Travaux specialises in waterproofing solutions typically utilized on flat roofs structures and
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