A debate in the UK’s House of Lords saw peers raise concerns over private equity ‘profiteering’, following a report by the Observer last December revealing that investments by private equity firms in children’s care homes in England have doubled since 2018.
Thompson Street Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm investing in the life sciences and healthcare, software and technology, business and consumer services and products sectors, has jointly agreed to a deal with private investment firm Cequel III to take a controlling interest in DDC Cabinet Technology, a designer and
Global law Firm Paul Hastings has appointed Dr Nikolaos Paschos as a Partner and Chair of the German M&A practice in its Frankfurt office, as part of the firm’s expansion of its cross-border M&A and private equity capabilities.
Investor services group IQ-EQ has promoted Joanne McEnteggart, most recently Global Head of Corporate and Loan Servicing, as its new Global Head of Debt, Capital Markets & Corporate (DCMC), based in Dublin.
Rise Growth Partners, a capital financing platform for registered investment advisors founded by Joe Duran, former CEO of United Capital, has secured a $250m investment commitment from Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm with offices in Boston and New York.
Funds advised by global private equity advisory business Apax Partners have completed the previously announced acquisition of WGSN, Ascential’s subsidiary data business unit focused on consumer trend forecasting.
Global law firm White & Case is expanding its global debt finance practice and has appointed Lauren Winter, who has joined from Shearman & Sterling where she was Counsel, as a Partner in London.
West Monroe, an adviser to private equity firms and strategic buyers on their M&A transactions and execution of value creation strategies, has promoted Keith Campbell as its new Global Mergers & Acquisitions Leader.
As investor demand for private debt and direct lending investments grows, Silverview Credit Partners has adopted global fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions’s Sentry Portfolio Management solution.
LPs will be sharing their top tips for some of the world’s most established GPs attending Private Equity Wire’s annual Leadership Summit later this month (28 February), in London. The highly anticipated event will conclude with a panel on investor sentiment, covering new LP markets, investor relations strategies and evolving
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