NorthEdge Capital, the private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the North of England, has promoted George Potts and James Marshall to Investment Manager. Potts joined NorthEdge in 2011 and was part of the team to close the firm’s maiden fund at GBP225m in 2012. He has been
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has gained all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Capital Analytics, the private equity administration business of Neuberger Berman Group. The deal, which is now closed, is part of MUFG Investor Services’ strategy to become a global
Mid-market private equity firm LDC is aiming to bolster its investment in Welsh businesses with the launch of an office in Cardiff, which will be led by experienced Welsh dealmaker, Dewi Hughes. LDC invests up to GBP100 million of equity capital to support the growth of SME and mid-sized businesses
Six Degrees Group (6DG) has acquired application hosting provider Insite Limited, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX hosting and managed services in the Cloud. Insite specialises in hosting and managing business-critical applications based on Microsoft technologies. Established in 1994, Insite owns and operates its own tier 3 aligned data centre
Michael Weisser and Sarah Stasny have joined the New York office of Kirkland & Elliss as partners in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group with a focus on private equity. Weisser and Stasny represent many of the leading private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with investments, acquisitions, divestitures
Estera, formerly Appleby Fiduciary Business, has appointed Roger Siddle as Non-Executive Chairman. Siddle (pictured) brings a wealth of expertise to independent fiduciary business Estera. His experience covers a range of business areas, including strategy, performance and change management, gained from various professional roles as an advisor, professional services manager
European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire a majority stake in the aerospace division of Avingtrans Plc, a UK precision engineering components manufacturer for the commercial aerospace sector. Sigma is being bought for an enterprise value of GBP65.0 million and its existing management, led by its founding
Hamilton Lane, a global private markets asset management firm, has promoted Vesna Sipp and Richard Hope to Managing Director. Sipp joined Hamilton Lane 10 years ago and has been instrumental in developing strategic client relationships throughout the EMEA investor community. Previously a senior member of Hamilton Lane’s Fund Investment team,
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Weil) is advising Bain Capital and Advent International on the EUR1.1 billion acquisition by Mercury UK Holdco Limited, the current majority shareholder of Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane’s (ICBPI), of Setefi Services (Setefi Processing) and Intesa Sanpaolo Card (ISP Card) from Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo.
Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has completed its sale of InfoVista, a specialist in service performance assurance solutions for IP-based network and application services, to Apax Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “The sale is a tremendous outcome for both our investors and InfoVista, and
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