CVC Credit Partners and the EQT Mid-Market Credit Fund’s European Private Debt businesses have jointly provided a GBP110 million unitranche facility to Paymentsense. As Europe’s largest merchant services provider, Paymentsense specialises in providing fast, affordable and reliable card processing services to over 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses processing GBP5bn of
YFM Equity Partners has sold its investment in GO Outdoors, the outdoor clothing and equipment retailer, to JD Sports Fashion in a GBP130 million deal. The sale, together with the partial realisation in 2011, means that YFM has achieved close to 40x its original investment, with a GBP23 million total
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners has raised aggregate commitments totalling EUR1.85 billion for its eighth mid cap fund, the IK VIII Fund. Fundraising commenced in March 2016, and has seen strong demand from both existing and new investors. The fund exceeded its EUR1.6 billion target and secured
John Paul, a specialist in the concierge market, has joined AccorHotels in a transaction led by Cambon Partners. John Paul was established in Paris in 2007 and merged with American company LesConcierges in 201. John Paul has over 1,000 employees around the world who are available 24/7 to cater
Gide has advised Rivadis Group, which specialises in cosmetics, on the sale to L'Oréal of the Société Thermes de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, which operates the Saint-Gervais-les-Bains spa establishment as part of a public service delegation contract, and of its cosmetics and skincare production and commercialisation business, under the brand name Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc.
Noerr is advising ISS Facility Holding Services, subsidiary of the listed Danish company ISS, on its acquisition of EVANTEC from Luxemburg private equity fund palero invest. ISS was the successful bidder in a structured auction process. ISS is relying on a Noerr team led by the Berlin corporate partner
Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has appointed Rachel Birkett as research analyst in its Manchester office. Birkett, who is a qualified chartered accountant, joins from Brown Shipley where she spent two years as a company analyst and fund manager. In this role, Birkett researched the consumer discretionary sector of the
A consortium comprising the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Singapore’s Changi Airports International (CAI) and Russia’s Basic Element is to acquire Vladivostok International Airport in Russia’s Far East from Sheremetyevo International Airport. Upon regulatory and corporate approvals, the consortium will own 100 per cent of JSC Terminal Vladivostok which owns
Law firm Noerr is adding a team of 11 DJBW lawyers including three partners and an of counsel to its Warsaw office, effective 1 January 2017. DJBW is an independent Polish law firm founded by ex-White & Case managing partner Witold Daniłowicz and former White & Case partner Witold Jurcewicz,
Global law firm Dechert has advised Mid Europa Partners on its acquisition of Profi Rom Food, the largest supermarket chain in Romania, from Polish Enterprise Fund VI. This is the largest deal ever completed by a private equity fund in Romania and the largest retail deal in the country’s history.
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