UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent interest in Gascan, the second largest distributor and supplier of piped liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Portugal, from Arta Capital. The investment was made on behalf of REPM’s global infrastructure equity
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised SoftBank Vision Fund on its investment in British unicorn OakNorth, in what will be the largest ever European fintech fundraising. The investment values OakNorth at around USD2.8 billion. Closing of the investment will take place subject to regulatory approvals. OakNorth is
RSK Group Ltd, a UK-based integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, has acquired Dr Tillmanns & Partner, an environmental and geotechnical engineering firm headquartered in Bergheim, Germany. It is the tenth acquisition of the 2018/19 financial year by RSK, a private company with 36 international offices, more than 2700
Panoramic Growth Equity (Panoramic), an equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, has supported the management buy-in (MBI) of electrical contracting specialist Process Control Services Limited (PCS). This marks the eighth investment for Panoramic’s second fund. Founded in 1997, Buxton-based PCS has over 20 years’ experience providing essential electrical engineering
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) is to acquire the plastics distribution business (Nexeo Plastics) of Nexeo Solutions (Nexeo). The transaction will follow Nexeo’s pending acquisition by Univar and is expected to close during the first half of 2019. Nexeo Plastics is a specialist in the
Monument Group has advised Altor on the raising of Altor Fund V, which closed at its hard cap of EUR2.5 billion of commitments after a brief fundraising period. The investor base for Fund V, which closed on 6 February 2019, is comprised of primarily existing investors with a select group
INVL Asset Management, one of Lithuania’s leading asset management companies, has completed a first closing of the INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, a closed-end private equity fund intended for professional investors, at EUR106 million. The INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund became the largest private equity investment fund in the
Palatine Private Equity has backed the MBO of SMP Group, the corporate, trust and professional services provider. The MBO, which is subject to regulatory approval, comes as part of a planned leadership succession process at the Isle of Man headquartered business, which will see the appointment of a new group
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has partnered with the management team of Taconic Biosciences to acquire the company. Headquartered in Rensselaer, NY, with operations in Germantown, NY, Indiana, Germany, and Denmark, Taconic is a specialist in genetically engineered models and service solutions used in mission-critical life sciences research. With
PIR Equities, an employee-owned private equity firm, has raised EUR275 million (USD312 million) for its third flagship fund. Established in 2008 by Joseph Aaron Horowitz and Oded ‘OD’ Kobo, PIR Equities manages a varied portfolio including interests in property, securities, technology, and ownership in operating businesses with over USD650 million in assets. “We are proud of
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