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High Road’s Banner Solutions acquires Berg Wholesale

High Road Capital Partners’ portfolio company Banner Solutions has completed the acquisition of Berg Wholesale, marking the fourth acquisition for the company under High Road Capital’s ownership. Based in Tualatin, Oregon, Berg Wholesale is a wholesale distributor of door hardware, bath hardware, and security products for the residential and multi-family

HIG Europe to acquire Polyurethane Systems Business from Covestro

An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a private equity investment firm with over EUR26 billion of equity capital under management, is to acquire the European Polyurethane Systems Business in a carve-out transaction from Covestro AG.  The transaction is subject to clearing by the relevant antitrust authorities with closing anticipated for

Akin Gump adds two private equity funds partners in London

Private equity funds lawyers John Daghlian and Mary Lavelle are to join the Akin Gump as partners in London. They will both come to Akin Gump from the London office of O’Melveny & Myers. Together, they will join the firm’s investment management practice and transactional platform. They will work closely

Whitehelm marks third anniversary of Listed Core Infrastructure Fund

Whitehelm Capital’s Listed Core Infrastructure Fund (LCIF) has passed its third anniversary achieving a return of 16.5 per cent pa gross of fees and 15.3 per cent pa net of fees, in GBP unhedged, since inception on 31 May 2016. The Fund’s performance exceeds the OECD CPI + 5 per cent

Ethan Levner, Estera

Estera appoints Group Head of Funds

Estera, a leading global provider of funds, corporate and trust services, has appointed Ethan Levner as Group Head of Funds, with overall responsibility for funds operations across the 11 jurisdictions the business operates in. Estera is a specialist in fund administration and associated services. It provides a full range of

Michael Padarin, Carey Olsen

Carey Olsen launches Hong Kong corporate practice with lateral partner hire

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has appointed Michael Padarin as a corporate partner in its Hong Kong office. Padarin, who practises British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands law, will spearhead the development of Carey Olsen’s new corporate offering in Hong Kong. He specialises in the formation, operation and restructuring

YFM appoints investment manager in London

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Helen Villiers as Investment Manager. Based in the London office, she will focus on supporting YFM’s new investment activity, working with the existing team to deploy funds into growing businesses at points of transformational change. Villiers’ appointment comes at a time of significant activity

Rockpool backs MBO of steel stencil foils manufacturer Datum Alloys

Rockpool has backed the management buyout of Datum Alloys, a steel stencil foil manufacturer in Europe and the USA. This is Rockpool’s 5th investment in the last twelve months and brings the total invested to over GBP400 million since the firm was established in 2011. Datum Alloys (Datum) is based

Clessidra Capital Partners 3 acquires L&S Group.

Private equity firm Clessidra SGR is to acquire an 80 per cent stake in L&S Group, a specialist in the interior lighting sector, with a particular focus on the furniture industry. Founded in 1977 in Maron di Brugnera (PN), home of the largest furniture district in Italy, L&S manufactures and

Kaiserwetter launches IRIS to accelerate M&A transactions for UK renewable energy assets

Kaiserwetter Energy Asset Management (Kaiserwetter) has launched IRIS – Analytics Machine, a technology spin-off of IoT platform Aristoteles.  The algorithms developed by Kaiserwetter provide detailed analysis of operational data of renewable energy facilities for a given point in time and are aimed at accelerating the technical due diligence process for

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