Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Thomas Laverty as a partner in the firm’s investment funds group based in London. Laverty was most recently managing director and funds counsel at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group and the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager. “We
Zencap Asset Management has launched Zencap Infra Debt 2, attracting a total commitment of EUR236 million for its first closing from four institutional investors in the insurance sector. The new vehicle, a French FCT, will invest through Natixis’ infrastructure platform, which provides access to infrastructure debt and bespoke servicing on
Hermes Investment Management has launched the Hermes Direct Lending Strategy with an initial commitment from a cornerstone institutional investor. Hermes intends to follow this with the launch of a fund later in the year, subject to regulatory approval. The strategy aims to provide access to the stable, low-correlated returns
Private equity is enhancing value in operating companies, according to analysis by CEPRES looking at thousands of PE-backed operating companies post the global financial crisis. CEPRES has found that during the period there has been a steady and significant increase in average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of EBITDA for
Clearwater International has advised the owners of Deku-Pack on its cross-border sale to UK-based DS Smith, a provider of paper, corrugated packaging and recycled materials across Europe and plastic packaging worldwide. DS Smith operates across 36 countries and has more than 26,000 employees. Denmark-based Deku-Pack specialises in point of
Tikehau IM has arranged a unitranche financing for the acquisition of Financière Rive Gauche (FRG), a subsidiary of Spanish group Martinsa-Fadesa, by the Atland Group, an investment of the Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners’ Winch Capital 3 fund. This unitranche, fully arranged by Tikehau IM, will enable the Atland Group
Golden Gate Capital has completed its acquisition of Pacific Sunwear of California and all of its subsidiaries (PacSun). PacSun has restructured and reduced its long-term debt and annual occupancy costs, as well as improved its capital structure. Golden Gate Capital has converted more than 65 per cent of its
Adams Street Partners has expanded its private credit team, building on the launch of the strategy by former Oaktree Capital executives Bill Sacher and Shahab Rashid in January 2016. Frederick Chung, formerly a vice president at Goldman Sachs, has been appointed as a principal. Chung will be responsible for all
Stuart Bedford has joined LeapFrog Investments as general counsel, leaving his role at law firm Linklaters, where he was head of the London corporate division and the private equity group. Bedford has led over USD40 billion of transactions across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe – including major M&As, IPOs
Fund administration and middle office provider Apex Fund Services’ Luxembourg operation will be the first administration office in the group to use the Riva Transfer Agent (Riva TA) software solution. The deployment of the Riva TA application at Apex Luxembourg will compliment Apex’s “Global Reach, Local Presence” service strategy by
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