Corporate law firm AZB & Partners continues to top the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisor for both Private Equity and M&A deals – advising a total of 51 transactions – in the first six months of 2011. Ernst & Young topped the Most Active
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has signed an agreement with Barclays Private Equity and Quadriga Capital to acquire German outdoor specialist Jack Wolfskin. The transaction is expected to close in August. Dr Axel Herberg, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone says: “We have seen consistent growth in the outdoor market, and Jack Wolfskin has
Shareholders of Citadel Capital, a leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, approved an EGP1.05 billion rights issue at par at an Extraordinary General Meeting held today in Cairo. Shareholders voted to raise the firm’s capital to EGP4,358,125,000 from EGP 3,308,125,000 by issuing 210,000,000 new shares at
Craton Equity Partners, Southern California’s leading clean tech private equity fund, has led a USD60 million round in Series E financing for Bridgelux Inc, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies. Existing financial and strategic investors also participated in the round, including VantagePoint Capital Partners, DCM, El
Acquisitions of insolvent businesses in the UK have continued to fall in the first half of 2011, according to research by Experian Corpfin on behalf of the insolvency trade body R3. The figures show that distressed deals now account for one in 19 of all mergers and acquisitions, compared to
Investment vehicles managed by Colony Capital LLC (Colony) have completed the acquisition of a portfolio of institutional real estate collateralised non-performing loans (NPL) from four German banks, including Eurohypo, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), Berlin Hyp and Archon Capital Bank. These first ranking loans have a face value of EUR370 million and
Private equity firms often look to sell holdings on the public market in order to realise gains on investments and increase returns to their investors. Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the US, provides private equity groups with four recommendations to help them
The Sterling Group (Sterling), a Houston based private equity investment firm, has, through its affiliated investment fund, Sterling Group Partners III, completed the acquisition of the Stackpole International (Stackpole) business from Gates Canada (a subsidiary of Pinafore Holdings PV). The acquisition is Sterling’s second investment in its third fund, USD820
European venture-backed companies raised EUR2.2 billion through 447 deals in the first half of 2011; a 28% decline in deal activity from a year earlier, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Capital invested remained flat. Capital raised and the number of European venture-backed initial public offerings (IPOs) were up slightly on
Dental Technology, Inc, (d/b/a SmileCare), a portfolio company of Liberty Partners (Liberty), has been sold to strategic buyer Coast Dental Services, Inc (Coast Dental). Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to SmileCare. The transaction was led by Todd Morris and Andy Dixon from the firm’s Healthcare
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