Boodle Hatfield has promoted Rahul Thakrar to Partner. The promotion takes effect from 1 May 2016. Thakrar is a Partner in Boodle Hatfield’s Corporate team. His clients include investors, entrepreneurs and private businesses in a variety of sectors ranging from real estate to technology. He has a particularly strong practice
Nordic Capital Fund VII has sold its remaining shares in Thule Group AB (Thule). Following the sale, Nordic Capital Funds no longer hold any shares in Thule, after a nine-year holding period under which Thule has been transformed and developed into a consumer-oriented global leader in products for an active
UK private equity has made a slow start in the first quarter of 2016, following the highest number of buy-outs since 2007, according to figures published by the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR) at Imperial College Business School. The latest research, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe Limited, shows that
The recovery rate for private equity transactions – the proportion of capital recovered in any deal where some loss has occurred – continues to maintain record levels of around 80 per cent, according to figures released by CEPRES. The results come from the new Loss & Recovery Benchmarking in PE.Analyzer,
An investment subsidiary of Investindustrial is to acquire Valtur Group from its current owners, Sofia which belongs to the Ljuljdjuraj family, who used to control the Valtur Group and will retain a minority shareholding. The acquisition of Valtur represents the first step of a global project aimed at creating a
Infosys, a specialist in consulting, technology and next-generation services, has partnered with Trifacta to provide a data wrangling solution for the Infosys Information Platform (IIP) and Infosys’ other platforms and offerings. Infosys clients can now leverage Trifacta’s intuitive self-service solution for exploring and transforming data—a critical step in any analytics
BlueVine, a leading online provider of everyday financing to small businesses, has secured a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Citi Ventures' investment will support BlueVine’s growth as it continues to scale its cloud-based working capital financing platform for small businesses and
BGF (Business Growth Fund) continues to grow its investment team covering the North of England with the appointment of Ben Barker, who will be based across BGF’s offices in Manchester and Leeds. Barker has more than 13 years’ experience of equity funding gained, most recently, as a director at Caird
PRA Group, a specialist in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, has completed its public tender offer to purchase shares of Warsaw-based DTP SA (DTP) on 26 April, 2016. Some 99.73 per cent of the shares in DTP have been tendered at PLN 4.90 per share (approximately USD1.26 per share), for
Merz Pharma has made a strategic venture investment in Cytrellis Biosystems, a US based company developing a new class of non-surgical products to combat sagging skin associated with ageing. Merz has joined a growing set of industry investors to back Boston-based Cytrellis Biosystems. The investment emphasizes Merz’ strategy to allocate
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