James Excell who joined private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) in 2016, has been promoted to Partner. Based at the firm’s London office, Excell works alongside Partners Mike Fell and Philip Duquenoy to source investment opportunities in profitable, dynamic SMEs across the UK. Since joining KCP five years ago,
Funds managed by Harvest Partners SCF, the non-control private equity strategy of Harvest Partners, have signed a definitive agreement to lead a minority investment in HelpSystems. HP SCF will join existing investors TA Associates (TA), Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank), HGGC and HelpSystems employees. Thousands of organisations around the world
Gen II Fund Services, LLC, an independent private equity fund administrator, has announced that the firm’s assets under administration (AUA) now exceed USD450 billion.
Central Park Group, LLC, an independent investment advisory firm delivering access to premier institutional private equity, hedge fund, real estate and fund-of-funds talent, has appointed Roger Lengyel, formerly a senior investment professional at Fortress Investment Group, as Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Secondaries. Lengyel will further expand the depth
Centaur Fund Services, a specialist in fund administration and fiduciary services, has appointed Gareth Davies as Head of Client Service, Private Equity, Europe. Based in Centaur’s London office, Davies will support Centaur’s private equity (PE) clients and define Centaur’s PE strategy and business development plans. This comes on the back
Ropes & Gray has advised NeoGenomics, Inc, a provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services and global oncology contract research services, on its acquisition – including its financing via private placement of equity – of Inivata Ltd, a global, commercial stage liquid biopsy platform company, headquartered in Cambridge, UK. The acquisition
KPS Capital Partners, LP (KPS) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metra Holding SpA and Metra SpA, (collectively Metra), a global manufacturer of extruded aluminum. The selling shareholders will retain 25 per cent ownership of the company. Upon completion of the transaction, Metra will become the fourth acquisition
IK Investment Partners (IK)’s IK VII Fund has sold its stake in Hansen Protection AS (Hansen Protection) to Survitec Group Ltd (Survitec). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Hansen Protection, with headquarters in Moss, Norway has over 140 years of experience in design and production of
Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH (Haniel) continues with its portfolio transformation and has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Luxembourg-based Aperam SA (Aperam) to sell ELG Haniel GmbH (ELG). ELG will be acquired as a complete group and continue to operate as a fully separate company, serving its customers
Duraco Specialty Tapes (Duraco) has released a joint statement with its private equity partner and global firm OpenGate Capital announcing the appointment of Ed Byczynski as Chief Executive Officer. Byczynski has a long tenure of guiding growth in manufacturing businesses and is based in Chicago. Most recently, Byczynski was the
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