CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre and CMS Cameron McKenna have advised AXA on the conclusion of an agreement with OTP Bank Plc to sell its banking activities in Hungary run through the Hungarian branch of AXA Bank Europe. Completion of the transaction is subject to obtaining the relevant regulatory authorisations and
Bauer, the Italian high-end hotel group, and Blue Skye Investment Group, a special opportunity fund, have completed the reorganisation of Bauer’s EUR110 million debt, through a debt rescheduling and refinancing. Bauer has employed a new four-year senior secured bond issuance, which includes an additional EUR20 million tranche aimed to finance
Capita Asset Services is working with Irish fintech start-up, Fund Recs, to automate its cash and portfolio reconciliation process. The cloud-based software will automatically reconcile broker and custodian data to Capita’s fund accounting system, InvestOne Enterprise. Clients will benefit from enhanced and user friendly reporting. Paul Burke, senior manager
WHEB Partners, the former private equity division of the WHEB Group, is now fully independent and has rebranded as Alpina Partners. In addition, the firm has held the final close of its latest private equity fund with EUR140 million in commitments. The fund has already made investments in five companies
Rigby Private Equity (RPE) has opened a new office in Vienna, Austria. Specialist value-added distributors Wick Hill and Zycko (both part of RPE) already have business in Austria and this move shows the commitment of both distributors and RPE to strengthen and grow activities in that territory. Paul Eccleston, head
Resource Energy Partners, a new private equity-backed upstream oil and gas production company capitalised by funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, has successfully closed its forst acquisition. Resource Energy, which was formed to implement an acquisition and exploitation strategy principally focused on the revitalisation of existing wellbores as opposed to
Silver Oak Services Partners has completed the sale of its equity interest in NDC to New York-based private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners. Headquartered in Nashville, NDC is a leading healthcare supply chain company and distributor of consumable medical supplies. The company operates as one of the largest master
BlackFin Capital Partners has closed its BlackFin Financial Services Fund II with aggregate commitments from European institutional investors and family-offices in excess of EUR400 million, and has started to invest and deploy the fresh capital raised. In August, BlackFin signed an agreement to purchase from The Royal Bank of Scotland
Private investment firm Angeles Equity Partners has acquired, through an affiliated entity, UGN’s automotive acoustic solutions business based in Chicago Heights, Illinois. UGN is a joint venture between Autoneum Holding AG and Nihon Tokushu Toryo (Nittoku). The deal combines Angeles Equity Partners prior automotive sector experience with their complex
The Italian branch of 21 Partners has received total commitments of EUR343 million for 21 Investimenti III, surpassing the initial objective of EUR300 million and reaching the fund’s hard cap. 21 Investimenti III received strong support from existing institutional investors as well as key new relationships, both in Europe and
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