Deal sizes are returning to their pre-2008 levels owing to the “dry powder” accumulated by private equity firms, according to Joseph Cohen, a panellist at the 2017 Guernsey Funds Forum in London. Cohen says this is resulting in a greater number of club deals in the buyout arena as
Dentons has appointed Giulio Andreani as a partner in the law firm’s tax practice in Italy. He joins along with a team of five, including senior counsel Giuseppe Ferrara, senior associates Irene Avanzini, Giacomo D’Angelo and associates Erika Andreani and Valeria Andreani. They will be based in Dentons’
French private equity firm Activa Capital has appointed Xavier Govare, former president of Labeyrie Fine Foods, as chairman of the company’s industrial committee. He succeeds Philippe du Mesnil, former president of Ceva Santé Animale. Du Mesnil will remain fully active on the industrial committee, of which he has
New York-based High Road Capital Partners has appointed Nicholas W Martino as partner and Eojin Lee as vice president. “I’m pleased to welcome Nick and Eojin to the High Road team,” says Bob Fitzsimmons, managing partner of High Road Capital Partners. “I believe they will be tremendous assets to
Fundamental Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on special situations in municipal market and public purpose assets, has held the final close of its third private equity fund, Fundamental Partners III, with USD993 million in capital commitments. Fundamental exceeded its target for Fund III. A majority of Fundamental’s
Dallas-based Preston Hollow Capital (PHC), an independent specialty finance company, has appointed Matthew Challis as executive director. Challis brings an extensive public finance background to PHC, most recently as a Managing Director with RBC Capital Markets, and previously holding senior vice president roles with Jefferies’ Municipal Securities Group and Piper
Nautic Partners is to acquire, in partnership with the existing management team, Endries International and certain Endries related affiliates, from Ferguson Enterprises and its affiliates. The transaction is expected to close within the next 45 days. Endries is a distributor of fasteners and Class-C parts serving industrial Original
Audax Private Equity has completed the sale of Aavid Thermalloy to Boyd Corporation, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital Management. Aavid, founded in 1964 and headquartered in Laconia, New Hampshire, provides a broad range of technologically advanced thermal management solutions for aerospace and defence, telecommunications, LED lighting, server, data
Ambit has appointed Vikrant Narang as head – NBFC/structured finance. The business has additionally brought in Sunil Gulati as an external senior adviser. Sanjay Sakhuja, CEO, Ambit Investments, says: “Ambit’s NBFC business, along with co-investors, will focus on providing Structured Lending solutions to our clients. I am delighted
Craig Goos has joined GPB Capital as managing partner and chief operating officer. Goos, who has more than 20 years of experience in wealth management and financial services, will work closely with the GPB executive team to develop and implement plans for enhancing operations and meeting the organisation’s objectives
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