White Star Capital, a global venture capital fund with offices in London, New York, Montreal and now Paris and Tokyo, has closed its second institutional fund at USD180 million. The fund, which was oversubscribed and had an initial target of USD140m target, will back around 20 new companies with an
Law firm Stroock has represented Atlas Merchant Capital as co-lead investor in the acquisition of Talcott Resolution, the run-off life insurance and annuity division of The Hartford. The total consideration to The Hartford of USD2.05 billion was comprised of cash, a pre-closing dividend, transferred debt and a 9.7 per cent
Sarah Zeng has joined Orrick’s M&A and private equity practice, resident in Beijing. Zeng has over 25 years of corporate law experience serving Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and US multinational companies, and most recently served as Managing Partner of Denton’s Beijing office. Prior to that, Zeng was General Counsel of
Mekong Capital’s Mekong Enterprise Fund III (MEF III) has completed an investment in mattress and bedding solution provider Vua Nem Joint Stock Company. Hoang Tuan Anh, Founder and CEO of Vua Nem, says: “We are excited about this partnership with Mekong Capital. They are the leading private equity firm in
Knight Corporate Finance, a specialist TMT corporate finance boutique, has advised the shareholders of Frontier Voice and Data on its sale to technology solutions provider, Chess ICT. Frontier was owned and operated by industry veterans Peter Southgate and Sean Linehan who have built a number of successful businesses in the
Bilateral deals sharply increased in 2017-18 according to data from Investec, as private equity firms increasingly seek out direct sales in an effort to deploy dry powder without the competition of an auction process. An analysis of 587 deals from 2016-17 and 2017-18 shows that the number of bilateral deals
Driven by the increased momentum in responsible investing, private capital firms are seeing rising investor demand for integrating ESG considerations into the investment process. However, with a myriad of factors to consider, it is challenging to collect and monitor ESG and impact information across all stages of the private equity
Goodwin’s Private Equity group led a multidisciplinary cross-border team as it advised long-time client GTT Communications (NYSE: GTT) on the completion of its acquisition of Interoute, for approximately EUR1.9 billion (USD2.3 billion). GTT expects to complete the integration of Interoute within three to four quarters after closing. The addition
Cédric Lalain has joined Artemid as a Partner. Since 2017, Lalain worked as Head of Fixed Income at Assurances Crédit Mutuel and now joins the team which advises funds from the Artemid range. These funds provide senior financing solutions, with maturities between five and seven years to European SME and
Despite private equity managers raising a record USD453 billion in 2017, it is estimated that the amount of dry powder has risen to USD1.3 trillion. Whilst PE managers search for the best investments, this dry powder sits idle, to the detriment of investors. This is pushing large institutions to increasingly
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