3i Infrastructure has completed its investment in renewable development and operating company Valorem. 3i Infrastructure has invested EUR57 million to acquire its 28.5 per cent interest in the French business and to fund the company’s pipeline. 3i Infrastructure acquired its interest from FCPR Capenergie, a fund managed by Omnes
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has elected Michael Gerstenzang as managing partner, effective 1 January 2017. He will succeed managing partner Mark Leddy. Gerstenzang is a leader in organising and advising private investment funds, including buyout funds, international funds, growth funds, special situations funds and other types of alternative
Jean-Philippe Barade has been appointed as partner and head of the London office of consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton with immediate effect. Barade brings more than 15 years of experience in private equity with a focus on consumer and retail. Most recently, he served as co-founding partner of
European private equity investor Idinvest Partners has held the first close of its Secondary Fund III (ISF III) at its initial target of EUR350 million. ISF III will follow its predecessor fund by focusing on mature secondary transactions in the European small and mid-market. ISF III has already completed its first secondary transaction and
Granting Guernsey a “third country” passport under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) would lead to increased investment in European infrastructure projects, research by the island’s financial services regulator has found. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) undertook a survey of Guernsey fund administration companies in response to a
Investors hunting for returns should closely monitor five trends that could spark an increase in corporate takeovers in coming months, according to asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB). Mark Phelps, AB’s chief investment officer—Concentrated Global Growth, says that while the annual scale of global mergers and acquisitions was currently down on the
Hong-Kong based private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired Integreon, a provider of legal, document, business and research outsourcing, from LiveIt Investments and Actis. Financial terms of the deal have not been released. Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest, says: “The Integreon transaction is an
Alternative investment firm Black Diamond Capital Management and alternative asset manager Spectrum Group Management have received a favourable ruling in their long running dispute with Yucaipa in connection with their investment in Allied Systems. In a written opinion last week, Judge Sue L Robinson of the US District Court in
HarbourVest Bidco has received an irrevocable undertaking from a SVG Capital shareholder in respect of 31,221,994 SVG Capital shares and letters of intent from SVG Capital shareholders to accept its offer in respect of a total of 35,419,782 SVG Capital shares. These represent, in aggregate, approximately 20.0 per cent and
Bedell Cristin Guernsey has promoted two lawyers, Jon Barclay and Richard Sharp, to partners in the firm. Barclay practised as a barrister at a leading UK chambers and was admitted as an advocate in Guernsey in 2006. He specialises in international financial services litigation, with a particular focus on cross-border asset recovery,
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