Private equity firm GTCR has completed the previously announced sale of its portfolio company Cord Blood Registry (CBR) to AMAG Pharmaceuticals (AMAG), a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on maternal health and haematology, for USD700 million. Founded in 1992, CBR is the world’s largest newborn stem cell company, entrusted by
Mesa West Capital has provided an affiliate of The EMMES Group of Companies a USD130 million in first mortgage debt to recapitalise 1 Columbia Place, a 556,000-square-foot Class A office complex in Downtown San Diego. A majority of the proceeds from the five-year, non-recourse loan will be used to refinance
Monadnock Resources has secured a USD100 million equity commitment from Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and members of the firm’s management team. Monadnock is being formed to target the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas assets in North America. Monadnock is a newly formed independent oil and gas company
HIG Middle Market is to acquire HelpSystems from current investor Summit Partners. The completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory and anti-trust approval. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN, HelpSystems is a leading provider of system & network management, business intelligence, and security & compliance solutions. With over 9,000 customers
Convertible bonds were prominent among the 203 newly listed securities on the Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) during the first half of 2015. The number of new listings is up 14.7 per cent on the same time last year and takes the total number of listed securities on the CISE
With its rich industrial heritage, large urban centres and sizeable working population, the Midwest region is a major contributor to US GDP. Preqin presents an overview of the private equity industry in this business hub, which you can download for free. Read the full factsheet here, which contains key charts,
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn has appointed Alex Plakas as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. Plakas, who joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, will be based in Honigman’s Chicago office, which was recently acquired as part of a strategic growth plan aimed at better serving clients
Blue Sage Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private investment firm, has added Hunter Todd to its team. Todd joins Blue Sage Capital as an Associate. In his role with Blue Sage, Todd assists with evaluating, structuring, due diligence, and financial modeling of investment opportunities. Prior to joining Blue Sage, Todd
DW3 Products Group has provided an additional GBP2m in funding to Window Widgets and Solidor to help scale up production capabilities. The new funding has been split evenly across new plant and machinery and the development of new and original product lines. Window Widgets was founded in 2004, and
CIT Healthcare Finance served as Joint Lead Arranger in a USD135 million senior secured credit facility to support Arlington Capital Partners’ (Arlington Capital) acquisition of Avalign Technologies (Avalign). Arlington Capital is a Washington, DC-based private equity firm. Headquartered in Lake Forest, IL, Avalign is a premier, full-service, precision manufacturer of
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