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Advent International and Bain Capital acquire RBS payments processing unit

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has acted for Advent International and Bain Capital on their acquisition of a 80.01 per cent stake in the global merchant services arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland, with an enterprise value of up to GBP2.025bn. The deal is subject to relevant regulatory approvals and

Wellspring Capital Management acquires Jen-Coat

Wellspring Capital Management has acquired Jen-Coat, a flexible packaging manufacturer in the food, healthcare and industrial segments, from CGW Southeast Partners. Wellspring Capital Management has acquired Jen-Coat, a flexible packaging manufacturer in the food, healthcare and industrial segments, from CGW Southeast Partners. Jen-Coat is the first subsidiary of a new

Eurazeo enters renewed period of exclusivity for sale of B&B Hotels to Carlyle

Investment company Eurazeo entered into an initial one-week period of exclusive negotiations with Carlyle on 31 July for the divestiture of its B&B Hotels chain. With the fulfilment by Carlyle of certain financing conditions, negotiations are continuing under a renewed period of exclusivity. The transaction is expected to be finalised

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Yorkville Advisors completes sixth equity financing in Israel

Yorkville Advisors, the investment manager to YA Global Master SPV, has entered into an equity financing in Israel by closing a USD10m standby equity purchase agreement with Orckit Communications. Orckit is a dual listed Nasdaq and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange company that facilitates telecommunication providers’ delivery of high capacity broadband

Avista sells a portion of its Marcellus Shale acreage for USD326.6m

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners’ wholly-owned entity ACP II Marcellus has agreed to sell approximately 52,200 net acres of its Marcellus Shale mineral rights in Pennsylvania to a subsidiary of Reliance Industries for USD326.6m in cash. Upon completion of the sale of its Pennsylvania acreage, Avista, through ACPM, will

Tax

Cayman Finance rejects claims that low tax jurisdictions hurt US economy

The financial services industry in the Cayman Islands has rejected claims by a US business group that low or no-tax jurisdictions hurt the US economy because they encourage tax evasion. "The deliberate misrepresentation of lawful tax structuring as illegal tax evasion should be a source of real concern to the

Paul Meader, head of portfolio management at Collins Stewart

Asset management activity growing in Guernsey, say industry members

The move by BlueCrest Capital Management, one of Europe’s largest hedge fund managers, to shift its headquarters from London to Guernsey has encouraged industry members who see signs that asset management activity in the island is set to grow.   They say active wealth management operations have been carried out

Dollars

Madison Williams launches placement and advisory group

Madison Williams, a capital markets and investment banking firm, has formed a placement and advisory group with fund placement veteran James J. McCarvill, Jr. The group, called Madison Williams Private Capital Solutions, aims to raise capital for private equity, real estate and real asset funds as well as selected operating

Rizvi Traverse and Starwood Capital lead recapitalisation of Key Air

Rizvi Traverse Management, a private equity firm specialising in opportunistic investments, and Starwood Capital Group Global, a private investment firm focused on real estate and energy infrastructure, have led the recapitalisation of Key Air, a provider of aircraft management and executive charter services. Under the terms of the transaction, Rizvi

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