Ogier is to open a boutique law firm in Luxembourg in early 2012, making it the first offshore firm with an onshore legal presence in the country. This is expected to be followed by a fiduciary business later in the year. Ogier has extensive funds experience, and this new office will
Thirty-eight US venture capital funds raised USD5.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This level marks a 162 per cent increase by dollar commitments but a 41 per cent decline by number of funds compared to the third
Private equity related banking fees were higher in 2011 than they have been at any point since 2007 according to a new report. Mark Spinner (pictured), partner at international law firm Eversheds, comments on why 2011 has been such a good year for the industry… The ongoing economic uncertainty and
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Acquisition Finance has supported HgCapital’s GBP153 million take private of Group NBT (NBT), which was previously AIM-listed, to enable the company to increase its focus on acquisition-led growth. The team acted as joint mandated lead arranger in a three bank club, providing a GBP70 million
Growth equity firm Summit Partners has announced the final closing of two equity funds with combined commitments of USD3.22 billion. This brings Summit Partners’ total amount available for investment in rapidly growing companies across North America, Europe and Asia to more than USD9 billion. Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund VIII
NYSE Euronext (NYX), raised more proceeds from Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) than any other global exchange group in 2011, with USD33 billion in total global proceeds raised from 104 IPOs. In the US, for the fifth consecutive year, NYSE Euronext led the market for IPOs and total proceeds raised with
Ashurst LLP has advised ACG Private Equity and Vivéris Holding on the acquisition of 95% of the shares in Vivéris Management by Vivéris Holding from Caisse d’Epargne Provence Alpes Corse and Financière Mirabel. Founded in 2000, Vivéris Management is one of the leading French private equity management companies having developed
Normal assumptions about investing in share and bond markets have been turned upside down by Europe’s debt crisis, according to John Chatfeild-Roberts (pictured), Chief Investment Officer and Head of the Jupiter Merlin Independent Funds Team at Jupiter Asset Management… Making investment decisions has become trickier than ever with the gloomy
Private equity fundraising floundered in the second half of 2011, with the funds that closed in the final quarter of the year raising a similar amount to those closed the previous quarter (USD54.4bn), according to Preqin. However, the firm expects the Q4 figure to increase by around 10-20% and exceed
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has announced the successful close of its new growth equity and venture capital fund, SEP IV, confirming that it had reached its GBP200 million target by the end of 2011. The fund, which ranks as one of the largest raised in Europe over the last year,
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