Blue Sea Capital has successfully closed Blue Sea Capital Fund III LP and Blue Sea Capital Executive Fund III LP with $618m in capital commitments, an increase of 40% over the predecessor fund and above its original target of $600m.
Paulo Eapen, Blackstone’s Head of Private Credit for Europe and APAC, is to leave the firm after 17 years, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a company spokesman as confirming his departure by the end of the year.
The Board of NB Private Equity Partners has appointed Pawan Dhir, who has over three decades of experience in private equity and finance, as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 19 September 2023.
Ontra has launched Ontra Atlas, an entity management solution designed specifically for private investment firms which aims to streamline the organisation and management of legal entities and workflows associated with firm and fund operations.
Paul, Weiss has significantly expanded its global private equity practices, with the addition of 13 private equity transactional partners led by Neel V Sachdev and Roger Johnson in London and Eric J Wedel in New York and Los Angeles.
London-based private equity group McWin has acquired a majority stake in Big Mamma, the French-owned Italian restaurant group operating across five countries, in a deal that values the business at €270m, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Private equity firms Certares Management and Knighthead Capital Management, who claim they were defrauded in a deal to invest in a credit funding agreement for a US high-speed rail line, have sued Morgan Stanley for at least $750m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The private markets industry could see its number of active players reduce drastically from around 11,000 to less than 100 over the next decade, according to a report by the Financial Times, quoting an interview with David Layton, CEO of global private markets firm Partners Group.
Mayfair Equity Partners, a private investment firm focused on the consumer and technology sectors, has fully exited its investment in YO! owner Snowfox Group after securing all necessary regulatory approvals for the sale of the business to Zensho Holdings Co in a $621m deal.
Dillon Eustace has appointed Etain de Valera as Head of its Asset Management & Investment Funds practice, succeeding Donnacha O’Connor, who continues working for the firm as Managing Partner and as a senior partner in the Asset Management & Investment Funds team.
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