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Amadeus to acquire Navitaire from Accenture for USD830m

Amadeus is to acquire Navitaire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture and a provider of technology and business solutions to the airline industry, for USD830 million. Navitaire, which focuses on the low-cost and hybrid-carrier segments of the airline industry and has a global customer base of more than 50 operators,

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Atlas Holdings sells Forest Resources to PaperWorks and New-Indy Containerboard

Atlas Holdings has sold its portfolio company Forest Resources, a North American manufacturer of industrial paper and packaging products, to PaperWorks Industries and New-Indy Containerboard, in two separate transactions. PaperWorks has acquired CanAmPac, ULC, including coated recycled board (CRB) producer Strathcona Paper and folding carton manufacturer Boehmer Box. New-Indy has

Campbell Lutyens appoints new deputy general counsel

Campbell Lutyens has appointed Mateja Maher as deputy general counsel. Maher joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis’ London practice where he was a Partner. Campbell Lutyens has seen a sustained period of growth across its private equity, infrastructure and private debt practices and has had a very successful year

Clearwater International advises Wool Overs on acquisition by Langholm Capital

Wool Overs, the online and mail order knitwear retailer, has been acquired by private equity firm Langholm Capital. Clearwater International advised the founders of Wool Overs, Mark and Clare Shenton, on the sale. Founded by Mark and Clare in 1989, Wool Overs has developed from a business selling cable-knit sweaters

Goodwin Procter expands PE group

Law firm Goodwin Procter has appointed James Barrett as partner and Edward Amer has joined as counsel. Both will be part of the firm’s Private Equity Group and will be based in its Boston office. Barrett and Amer both come to Goodwin from Locke Lord.   Barrett represents private equity

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Permira Funds complete acquisition of Medora Snacks and Ideal Snacks

Private equity firm Permira has successfully completed the acquisition of Medora Snacks (Medora) and Ideal Snacks Holding Corporation (Ideal). As of the closing, the Permira funds combined Medora and Ideal under a holding company called BFY Holdings I.   With the backing of the Permira funds, BFY Holdings will be

JTC Cayman acquisition bolsters fund administration capabilities

JTC acquires fund administration business from Kleinwort Benson

JTC has added significantly to its global fund servicing capabilities with the major acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s Fund Administration business in the Channel Islands and South Africa. The transaction, which relates to the whole of Kleinwort Benson’s Fund Administration business in Guernsey, Jersey and South Africa, will give JTC its

Franklin Square provides USD150m secured financing to Latham Pool

Franklin Square Capital Partners has provided a USD150 million first lien secured term loan to Latham Pool Products, a manufacturer of in-ground residential swimming pools and components. Latham is a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Company (Littlejohn), a Greenwich, CT based private equity investment firm focused on the middle market. 

M&A transactions total USD65.6bn at Baker Botts in H1 2015

Lawyers at Baker Botts advised clients on 35 major merger & acquisition transactions valued at a total of USD65.6 billion during the first half of 2015. The firm’s activity is up approximately 16 per cent (USD9 billion) compared to the first half of 2014 when the firm worked on transactions

EnterNext launches TechShare educational programme for unlisted European tech companies

Euronext subsidiary EnterNext, is to launch TechShare, an educational programme designed especially for fast-growing tech companies, in September 2015.  EnterNext has created this pan-European course to familiarise innovative businesses with capital markets and give them the information they need to take their companies to market.   EnterNext is aware of

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