Zouk, an infrastructure and private equity fund manager investing in the sustainable economy, has appointed Lord Paul Myners CBE to the its Board.Myners’ appointment will allow Zouk to draw upon his wider ranging insights into multiple areas of interest including, in particular, ESG considerations within private equity portfolios. Myners’ is
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African private equity firm with USD1.7 billion in assets under management, has elected three new professionals to its Partnership.
Tori Weir, who represents institutional investors in US and cross-border debt financings with a focus on secured and unsecured private placements, has rejoined Morgan Lewis from Akin Gump as a partner resident in London.Weir also advises institutional investors and other institutional lenders in mezzanine financing and leveraged acquisition transactions. Additionally,
Allegro, a Luxembourg based third party management company (ManCo), AIFM and fund administrator, has rebranded as Ocorian Fund Management, following the acquisition of the company by Ocorian group in April. Ocorian is a specialist in fund services, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services. This move adds depth and breadth to Ocorian’s
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a UK mid-market M&A firm, has advised Spring, a new home buying service, on securing private equity investment to support its growth strategy via circa GBP300 million in annual home buying capacity.
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), a law firm serving the financial services industry, has added Douglas S Mintz as a partner and co-chair of the Business Reorganisation Group. Mintz, who is based in the Washington, DC office, was previously a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.Read the full story at
3i Group has agreed to invest cGBP125 million alongside management for a majority stake in MPM, an international leader in branded, premium, natural pet food.Headquartered in Manchester, UK, MPM was founded in 2002 and owns leading brands such as Applaws, Encore and Reveal. The company differentiates itself through its high
Hamburg-based real asset specialist Aquila Capital has launched the Aquila Capital Energy Efficiency Strategy, focussing on investments in small to medium sized energy efficiency projects in the private and public sector. The geographical focus will be on Europe. Its first investment, a street lighting project in Italy, been closed in November
Ares Australia Management (AAM), a strategic joint venture between Ares Management Corporation (Ares), a global alternative investment manager, and Fidante Partners Limited (Fidante Partners), is launching its second Australian product, the Ares Diversified Credit Fund.The unlisted open-ended Fund presents a novel investment strategy to the Australian managed fund space and
Bancroft Bridge Fund, a private equity fund managed by Vienna based Bancroft Private Equity, has sold its stake in Rubik’s Brand Ltd (RBL), the London based company that owns the rights to the world famous Rubik’s Cube, to Spin Master Corp (Spin Master), a global children’s entertainment company. RBL was established
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