Fried Frank has advised RoundShield Partners (RoundShield) on the successful raising of its third European special opportunities fund. The fund was almost three times oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of EUR500 million within three months of launch. RoundShield now advises approximately USD1.4 billion across three funds and several
Dr Mark Mobius, Carlos Hardenberg and Greg Konieczny have launched a new asset management company, Mobius Capital Partners. Headquartered in London, Mobius Capital Partners will offer a highly specialised active investment approach with an emphasis on improving governance standards in Emerging and Frontier Market corporations, with a measurable impact on
Altendorf Group, a portfolio company of Avedon Capital Partners, has closed the acquisition of Maschinenbau Hebrock and ebm Maschinenbau (together Hebrock), providing a succession solution to its founding family. Hebrock is a leading provider of high-quality edgebanding machines for craft processing of wood panels based in Bünde and Hüllhorst (Germany).
Private equity investment in European companies hit a 10-year high in 2017 at EUR71.7 billion, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe. Almost 7,000 companies received investment, of which 87 per cent were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Invest Europe’s 2017
Natixis has appointed Michael Moravec as Head of Investment Banking, Americas. He will report locally to Kevin Alexander, Managing Director and globally to Mohamed Kallala, Global Head of Investment Banking. Moravec will oversee all aspects of the Investment Banking division for Natixis’ CIB Americas platform. “Michael’s appointment furthers Natixis’
Global investment advisory and alternatives platform Mercury Capital Advisors has appointed Nick Savasta as Chief Investment Officer and Partner, overseeing Investment Advisory. He will report to Michael Ricciardi, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, and will lead the firm in advising clients across a range of alternative asset classes including
US power and energy infrastructure manager LS Power Equity Advisors has held the final close of LS Power Equity Partners IV (Fund IV) at USD2.25 billion, exceeding its initial target of USD2 billion. Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the global placement agent for the fundraise with Magenta Capital Services
Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed David A Bronner and Todd R Southwell as partners in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively. Bronner joins the firm from Nixon Peabody, while Southwell arrives from Clark Hill. Bronner advises private equity funds, emerging growth companies, family-owned businesses,
High Road Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company All Integrated Solutions (AIS) to MSC Industrial Supply Co, marking the sixth exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I. The transaction closed on 30 April, 2018. Purchase price was approximately USD86 million. Wisconsin-based AIS is
Gresham House is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FIM Services Limited (FIM), an alternative investment fund manager specialising in UK real assets, specifically sustainable forestry and renewable energy investments, by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gresham House Holdings Limited (GHH), for a total consideration of up to GBP25.0 million
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