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Vance Street Capital acquires Applied Plastics

Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired Applied Plastics (Applied), an advanced coatings provider to the medical end markets. This is Vance Street’s sixth investment out of Vance Street Capital II, and its fourth investment in the medical space in the past three years. Terms of

Liquid Stock launches Private Company Liquidity Fund

Liquid Stock (Liquid) has launched a fully independent, institutionally backed firm providing liquidity to employees and stockholders of privately held companies.  This strategy will align the interests of employees and shareholders by converting option holders into owners, providing companies with an alternative to tender offers and offering employees and shareholders

Haliday Cassidy, Danesmead

Danesmead Partners hires London Principal

Cayman-based alternative fund governance specialists, Danesmead Partners, has appointed former FRM Head of Operational Due Diligence Haliday Casey to join the London office as a principal of the firm. Haliday (pictured), will provide independent directorship services as well as bespoke consulting services to asset management businesses, family offices, institutional investors,

Peter Hughes, Apex Fund Services

Apex Group acquires Link’s CPCS and Throgmorton

Apex Group (Apex) and Genstar Capital (Genstar) have acquired the Corporate and Private Client Services (CPCS) and Throgmorton businesses of Link Group’s Asset Services division. The acquisition increases Apex’s global assets under administration (AUA) to nearly USD600 billion.   The acquisition substantially bolsters Apex’s corporate services capabilities adding specialist hubs

James Capital closes acquisition of 82-location Pizza Hut portfolio

James Capital Advisors (JCA) has successfully closed the High Plains Pizza transaction of 82 Pizza Hut restaurants.  Grand Mere Restaurant Group (GMRG) a New York-based private equity firm, engaged JCA to market 31 properties as a portfolio sale-leaseback. GMRG also engaged JCA to source a structured financing program for the remaining 17 real estate assets. In

Livingbridge-backed Broadstone Group acquires CS Financial Solutions

Employee benefits and pensions consultants and independent trustee business Broadstone Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Livingbridge, has acquired Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions (CSFS), including CS Trustees. The acquisition is another significant step for Broadstone as it strengthens and extends its competitive offering in the employee benefits consulting

Permira makes investment in Hana Group

Private equity firm Permira is to make an investment in Hana, in partnership with the founders and the management, who will substantially re-invest in the company. The transaction sees TA Associates, which was the first institutional investor in Hana, exit its investment. Founded in 2012 by Laurent Boukobza and Jacques

Maven promotes two property professionals to partner

UK Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from Maven’s specialist property investment team to partnership positions. The strengthening of its partnership base reflects Maven’s continued commitment to expanding Maven’s property investment offering.   Anderson joined Maven in 2014 to further grow Maven’s

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Mintz adds investment funds lawyer to team

Mintz has added to its market-leading corporate practice with the appointment of attorney Loretta Shaw-Lorello, who joins the firm as a Member. Shaw-Lorello was most recently vice-chair of the Private Funds practice at Covington & Burling, as well as a partner in the Private Equity practice.   Shaw-Lorello has a

Ironwood Capital exits investment in Dancing Deer Baking Company

Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in Dancing Deer Baking Company, a manufacturer of all-natural cookies and cakes, based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was purchased by Hudson River Foods. Incorporated in April 1994 to provide high quality baked goods to accompany the growing market for gourmet coffee, Dancing Deer

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