Ipes has entered into an agreement with KPMG to provide investors with certain services, including developing and marketing services to support investors throughout the lifecycle of the funds in which they invest. As the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) expands into the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), the services will
Beechbrook Capital has held the first close of its inaugural UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of more than GBP100m. The fund will support UK small and medium-sized businesses with a turnover of between GBP10 million and GBP100 million and EBITDA of more than GBP1 million. Among the institutional investors
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on deep value investing and operational improvement in the lower middle market, has acquired Construction Resources, and Builder Specialties. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The combination of the two businesses under the Construction Resources name creates a new specialty
US mid-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has soid ZREW Transformatory, its portfolio company in Central Europe, to R&S International Holding, a private equity owned Swiss producer of electrical products and systems for the power distribution and electrical infrastructure market. ZREW complements the portfolio of the Swiss Rauscher & Stoecklin
Harris Williams & Co has hired two senior professionals in its London office. Edward Arkus joins as a managing director and William Bain as a director; both are joining the firm’s Consumer Group. In addition to hiring Arkus and Bain, Harris Williams & Co has engaged Christopher Darlington as a
Emperra has completed a Series B financing round of USD3.1 million, with Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), a corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, joining the existing investors Peppermint VenturePartners and Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg. The funds will be used for further product development and to accelerate
Berkshire Partners has appointed Samantha Adams and Thomas Kuo as Managing Directors effective 1 January, 2016. Adams and Kuo join the 22 existing Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. Berkshire’s MDs have an average tenure of 16 years with the firm. Adams joined
21 Concordia, the Warsaw-based, Polish branch of 21 Partners, has acquired a majority stake in Wójcik Fashion, a leading Polish high-end childrenswear company. Founded by Ilona Wójcik in 1987, Wójcik manufactures and sells its products under three brands: Wójcik – a prime, well-known Polish brand comprised of casual clothing for
Todd W Betke has joined K&L Gates from Pepper Hamilton as a partner in the firm’s Washington DC office. Betke focuses his practice on commercial, legal, and regulatory issues surrounding private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund formation, as well as related acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies and assets.
Almirall, a pharmaceutical company based in Barcelona, has exercised a call option to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of ThermiGen, a privately held medical aesthetics technology company and a developer and manufacturer of thermistor-regulated energy systems for plastic surgery and aesthetics dermatology applications. In September 2015, Almirall
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