Clearwater International has advised the shareholders of Buchbinder on the sale of the company to Europcar Group. Founded over 60 years ago, Buchbinder is a well-established company in Germany, with an extensive network of 152 stations of which 18 airport stations and an average fleet in excess of 20,000
By Bob Shaw (pictured) – As cyber threats continue to mature and firms become increasingly dependent on third-party service providers and Internet applications to support operations, they not only begin to benefit from greater efficiencies and advanced technologies, but also open themselves up to more security vulnerabilities. Investment firms need to
SoftBank Group has selected Jersey for the structuring of its new Vision Fund, working alongside law firm Carey Olsen and fund and corporate services provider the Aztec Group. The SoftBank Vision Fund has now raised over USD93 billion in committed capital, making it the world’s largest ever investment fund.
ArchOver, the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has secured full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate as a P2P lending platform. Since launching in September 2014, ArchOver has facilitated over GBP35 million of investment over its platform, operating under interim permissions granted by the FCA.
Conquest Asset Management has reached a final agreement with SolairDirect, a subsidiary of Engie, to acquire a portfolio of six solar photovoltaic parks in France. The real assets portfolio, located in the South of France, represents a total of 35MW power capacity. The assets are supported by up
Linklaters has acted as fund counsel to SoftBank Group on the launch of the SoftBank Vision Fund, leading the establishment of the world’s largest technology investment fund targeting USD100 billion and the largest ever private fundraise. As fund counsel, Linklaters advised Japan’s SoftBank, one of the world’s leading technology
Orca is planning to launch its own four-factor rating service for individual peer-to-peer (P2P) providers, the Orca Rating. The rating will be designed in partnership with Dublin City University’s Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce research team, to respond to the growth of the asset class and the
Growth capital investor Beringea has launched a new lending company, ProVen Legacy, and closed its first two deals. Healthcare media and marketing firm Cogora and fintech company Celoxica have received GBP500,000 and GBP250,000 loans respectively to support them in their next stage of growth. Both companies are existing
Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses, has advised on the sale of client EMCO to Motor City Fastener, a platform company of private equity firm Oakland Standard. EMCO, founded in 1954, provides a wide array of electrical, mechanical, fluid power and automation products to
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD28 million senior credit facility to support the merger of two consumer products research companies. The merger will form the leading consumer products and testing research company in its industry. The combined
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