An affiliate of middle market private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partner is to acquire Polyconcept from Investcorp. Equity for the transaction will be provided by Charlesbank and management, Partners Group and certain other investors. Additional terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Polyconcept is a value-added supplier
Exiger, a regulatory and financial crime, risk and compliance firm, has acquired The Poseidon Group, a Hong Kong and Singapore-based due diligence and business intelligence firm. With the addition of Poseidon into its growing portfolio of specialised due diligence and business intelligence solutions for global and regional banks, private equity
Japan’s SoftBank Group has reached agreement with UK-based ARM Holdings on the terms of a recommended all cash acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Cambridge-based microchip designer. ARM products are used in most smartphones, including those from industry giants Apple and Samsung.
Noerr has advised the Danish private equity investment company Axcel on several pan-European acquisitions of high tech suppliers to the meat-processing industry and the formation of a global industry market leader. Axcel is investing in the companies SFK LEBLANC, Attec, ITEC and Carometec via the Axcel IV fund. The
Kavitha Ramachandran (pictured), Senior Manager, Business Development and Client Management at Maitland, comments on the adoption the RAIF law in Luxembourg… The launch of the RAIF is a very welcome development for the alternatives industry, and represents an important milestone in terms of the ‘bedding in’ of the new AIFMD
John Haynes (pictured), Head of Research at Investec Wealth & Investment, comments on Softbank’s proposed acquisition of ARM… The announcement of an agreed bid for ARM Holdings by Softbank of Japan is the clearest illustration possible of the consequences of the current global currency volatility. Assuming the bid price, Softbank
The French private equity and venture capital association AFIC has welcomed the decision by the French financial markets authority AMF to introduce the concept of “premarketing” and adapt its definition of what constitutes an act of marketing. AFIC, which as part of the framework of the working group FROG (French [Routes
Campbell Lutyens has appointed Sir Peter Westmacott – former British Ambassador to Washington – to the firm’s advisory board. The advisory board, which was established at the formation of Campbell Lutyens 28 years ago, comprises a small number of distinguished thinkers who provide perspective and support to the executive team,
Noerr is advising SAF-Holland on its takeover bid for the listed Swedish Haldex Group. The Noerr team is led by the Frankfurt partners Dr Holger Alfes and Dr Stephan Schulz. Haldex is a provider of brake systems and air suspension modules for commercial vehicles. The cash bid values the
Clearwater International has advised MCH Private Equity, one of Spain’s largest independent private equity houses, on the acquisition of a shareholding in Grupo Brasmar, a Portuguese frozen seafood company. Brasmar is a fast-growing company based in Portugal, with a significant presence in Italy, Brazil and Spain. The business expects to
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