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Maples and Calder advises Avolon on USD10bn acquisition

Maples and Calder has assisted aircraft leasing company Avolon Holdings in connection with its USD10 billion acquisition of the aircraft leasing business of CIT Group.   The acquisition has doubled the scale of Avolon’s business to create the third largest aircraft leasing platform in the world, with a combined fleet

FIS to sell majority interest in Capco to CD&R

FIS is to sell its majority ownership stake in Capco to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), establishing Capco as an independent company.   FIS will sell approximately 60 per cent equity interest in its Capco business to CD&R funds and receive net cash proceeds of USD477 million.   Upon closing,

TPG Capital backs RCN’s acquisition of Wave Broadband

TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, is backing RCN Telecom Services’ acquisition of Wave Broadband for USD2.365 billion.   Currently owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, Wave management and GI Partners, Wave is a regional broadband fibre company offering a full suite of high-speed

Noerr advises Anschutz Entertainment Group on cycling joint venture

Noerr has advised Anschutz Entertainment Group in setting up a strategic partnership in the German cycling market.   Together with the Amaury Sport Organisation, it intends to revive the most important German stage race in road cycling, the Deutschland Tour.   The goal of the joint venture is sustainable development

Bain Capital Ventures hires VP of marketing

Bain Capital Ventures has hired marketing veteran Annis Steiner as the firm’s vice president of marketing.   Steiner will be responsible for driving marketing strategy and execution – from branding and messaging to content, events and thought leadership – designed to expand the firm’s network of current and future founders.

YFM Equity Partners backs MBO of TEV

YFM Equity Partners, a private equity fund manager, has backed the MBO of TEV Limited, a UK designer and manufacturer of cooling, heating and refrigeration equipment.    TEV marks the third investment from the YFMEP 2016 Fund which closed at the end of last month.    TEV operates through two

Infrastructure

Transport dominates performance of Quaero’s infrastructure strategy

Transportation has dominated the performance of Quaero’s infrastructure strategy over the past four weeks, with the largest sectoral exposures diversified infrastructure companies (17.3 per cent), toll roads and tunnels (16 per cent) and rail & bus (12.8 per cent).   The best performing sectors in April were satellite (up 9.2

Neil McGill joins Cairngorm Capital Partners

Cairngorm Capital has appointed Neil McGill as Investment Director, strengthening and extending the firm’s capacity to pursue new investments.  McGill joins a team of talented investment professionals and operating partners, whose unique mix of sectoral expertise and investment skills has built a portfolio of successful, high-quality businesses.  A seasoned investment

High Road Capital Partners acquires storage battery systems and solutions

High Road Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Storage Battery Systems from Supply Chain Equity Partners, marking the seventh platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II. Founded in 1915 and based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Storage Battery Systems (SBS) is a leading assembler and value-added distributor of

IGF hires three city heavyweights

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed three senior hires at its offices in London and Manchester with a new ABL Director and two Regional Sales Directors joining the firm. Joining IGF Business Credit as ABL Director for London and South East, Jamie Gould has

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