Palatine Private Equity has exited Playnation, a UK supplier of amusement and entertainment machines, selling its stake to the NOVOMATIC Group, one of the largest integrated conglomerates of the international gaming industry. The Runcorn-based business, which currently employs over 700 staff, owns and operates 20,000 amusement and entertainment machines across
European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital is strengthening its team with the appointment of Jaana Grüter (pictured) as Associate. Grüter brings seven years of experience in investment and M&A on a Pan-European level to her new role at Keensight Capita.l She began her career in 2008 within the M&A
Eaton Partners has served as the exclusive placement agent for Asian private equity firm ADV Partners (ADV) on its inaugural pan-Asia fund, ADV Opportunities Fund I, exceeding its target to reach USD545 million. The fund is the fifth fundraising Eaton has closed this year in Asia, bringing the total amount
Lancaster Pollard vice president Kevin Laidlaw (pictured) is joining the firm’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) group. The transition of Laidlaw to the M&A group is an integral aspect of the firm’s national efforts to expand its sell-side and buy-side advisory services for seniors housing and care properties. “We are
JTC has provided specialist administrative support to HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), a Guernsey-incorporated investment company, in its major move from listing on the Specialist Fund Market (SFM) to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Through its Guernsey and UK offices, JTC provided HVPE with a range
Media intelligence provider, iQ media, has secured USD9 million in Series B funding from leading growth equity firm, Edison Partners, to support continued rapid growth and product expansion. Since releasing its flagship media intelligence platform in 2010, iQ media has grown from an organisation of 5 to 80+ media intelligence
Private equity firm Inflexion is to sell Ideal Shopping Direct, a UK multi-channel home shopping retailer, to private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone). Ideal Shopping Direct operates in two distinct and growing markets, TV shopping and the craft and hobbyist market, selling a variety of popular lifestyle products through
Glennmont Partners has completed the purchase of the Port Clarence Energy Project from ECO2 and Temporis Capital on behalf of its dedicated clean energy fund, Glennmont Clean Energy Fund Europe II, in a GBP160m deal. The Port Clarence Energy Project will see a new biomass power generation plant built at
Charles Yoon (pictured) is to join family-backed investment firm Bregal Partners as Managing Partner. Yoon will continue to focus on investing in growth-oriented companies with proven business models in the consumer, food, specialty retail and healthcare retail space. Yoon has spent the past twenty years in the middle market private
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has joined Lazard as a Senior Advisor, with a focus on sovereign advisory. Okonjo-Iweala, a specialist in economic development and international finance, was until May 2015 the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Honourable Minister of Finance of Nigeria. “Dr Okonjo-Iweala has built a remarkable international reputation
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