Fabrizio Capponi, a chartered accountant and auditor who advises on deal structuring and taxation in M&A and private equity transactions and on obtaining tax rulings from the authorities, has joined Dentons’ tax practice in Italy. Capponi also assists banks in corporate financing transactions. Recently, he has handled some of Italy’s
Venture capital (VC) deal volume continued to fall in Q1 2017 with only 2,716 deals completed globally during the period compared to 3,201 in Q4 2016, according to Venture Pulse Q1 2017 – the quarterly global VC trends report by KPMG Enterprise. Despite the fourth straight quarter of declining deal activity,
SV Health Investors, the venture capital and growth equity firm formerly known as SV Life Sciences, has closed on its sixth flagship fund at its target of USD400 million. SV also manages the Dementia Discovery Fund, plus five other funds that aim to support entrepreneurs and companies that create and
An affiliate of New Water Capital Partners, a Boca Raton-based private equity investment firm focused on lower-middle market companies, has completed its recapitalisation of Montreal-based GSC Technologies, a manufacturer of kayaks, watersports equipment and storage and outdoor furniture products. “GSC offers leading North American retailers a great product suite of kayaks, paddle boards and accessories under strong brands,
Cowen Group has appointed Todd Coleman and Kevin S Manning as managing directors in the company’s investment banking team. Coleman focuses on semiconductors, semiconductor equipment and general electronics and Manning focuses on diversified industrials. Coleman is based in New York, and Manning in Chicago. “Todd and Kevin are highly
SEI has welcomed three new participants to Codify, the company’s new Regulation Technology (RegTech) incubator. Codify is the first London-based incubator designed solely for financial regulation technology developers. The incubator provides participants with crucial business resources and development opportunities, including office space in SEI’s UK headquarters for a minimum of four
Inverness Graham, a private investment firm focused on high growth, innovative manufacturing, technology and services companies, has promoted Aliya Khaydarova to principal. "Over the past nine years, Aliya has played a key role across all aspects of the deal spectrum – from due diligence through successful exits at AdvancedCath, RacoWireless, and Danville,"
The most popular M&A deal project name in 2016 was Project Blue, according to Intralinks, a provider of virtual data rooms for M&A transactions. Intralinks analysed almost 5,000 transactions in 2016 – all of which used an Intralinks Virtual Data Room – revealing that Project Blue, Project Diamond and Project
iCapital Network, a financial technology platform focused on democratising access to alternative investments for high-net-worth investors and their financial advisers, has appointed Thomas Fortin as managing partner and chief operating officer (COO). Fortin (pictured) will report to iCapital Network’s chief executive officer, Lawrence Calcano, and be responsible for technology development
The venture capital trust (VCT) sector raised GBP542 million in the 2016/17 tax year, the second highest amount raised on record and an 18 per cent increase on last year’s figure of GBP458 million, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). This is the highest amount raised since 2004/5
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