Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is advising emerging market mobile telecoms operator VimpelCom on its combination with Weather Investments, a transaction that will create the world’s fifth largest mobile telecommunications carrier by subscribers. The deal was signed on 4 October 2010 and is expected to close subject to certain

Lyceum Capital-backed M&C Energy, one of the largest energy procurement and compliance specialists in Europe, has completed two acquisitions for an undisclosed value. The Fife-headquartered company provides a broad range of bill auditing, energy price risk management and carbon optimisation services which help its 3,500-strong client base of businesses operate

A new film fund launched by a local investment manager is believed to be the first investment fund established in Guernsey to specifically invest in film production, marketing and distribution. Confiance Fund Services has worked closely with UK-based investment adviser High Fliers Film and local law firm AO Hall as

Albion Ventures has invested GBP8.7m in Radnor House School, a new co-educational independent school for students aged seven to 18 in Twickenham, South West London.  Radnor House is located on the historic site of Alexander Pope’s villa on the banks of the River Thames.   Albion Ventures identified a market

Black Pearl Capital Partners has participated in the latest round of financing for Infinia, which has developed a scalable solar power solution that will enable broad access to inexpensive, mass-manufactured solar power. The financing, which was led by GLG Partners with participation from Black Pearl and includes previous investors such

The value of smaller private equity buyouts grew 25 per cent in the three months to September to almost GBP600m, indicating a returning confidence amongst Britain’s small and mid-sized companies in the aftermath of recession.  Data from The UK Growth Buyout Dashboard – a quarterly trend analysis of private equity

Antin Infrastructure Partners has reached its final closing at EUR1.1bn, exceeding its EUR1bn target. Alain Rauscher, chief executive officer and managing partner, says: “The fundraising was initiated at the beginning of 2009, in an extremely difficult market. We were, however, able to attract some high quality investors early on, which

Private equity group MerchantBridge and partner Lafarge have assumed control of the Karbala Cement Plant. The USD220m transaction marks the region’s largest private equity deal this year The partners now take on full operations and management of the plant from the Government of Iraq under a 15 year lease agreement.

Privalia Venta Directa, a private online sales club providing value for fashion brands and consumers, has received a EUR70m (USD95m) financing. Privalia was founded in Barcelona, Spain in 2006 by Lucas Carné and José-Manuel Villanueva. New investors General Atlantic and Index Ventures, together with current shareholder Highland Capital Partners, participated