European private equity firm Cinven is to acquire a majority stake in the synlab Group, a German headquartered provider of human and veterinary laboratory services and environmental analysis across Europe. This transaction follows Cinven’s acquisition in May of Labco, one of the largest European operators of medical diagnostics laboratories, headquartered
Lawson Conner has launched ‘FinTechPLUS’, a programme to help FinTech startups to launch their new businesses quickly, compliantly and cost-effectively, with the support of an experienced team of entrepreneurs, compliance and regulatory experts. The ‘FinTechPLUS’ programme is designed for companies offering e-money, payments, consumer loans, crowdfunding and other financial
McKenna Long & Aldridge has added five new partners in the month of June – in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and Atlanta – including three lawyers who previously practiced at McKenna, ahead of its pending merger with law firm Dentons. The five partners span several key practice areas –
KKR Credit has launched a pan-European platform that aims to support banks in managing their exposures to non-core and under-performing assets by improving the performance and value of the businesses which underpin the exposure. The platform is intended to provide long-term capital and operational expertise to businesses to help them
Asset under custody for private funds at Millennium Trust Company, a provider of alternative asset custody solutions to institutions, advisors, and individuals, have surpassed USD5.6 billion as of 1 June, 2015. This represents an increase of USD600 million within the last six months. The firm’s total assets under custody exceed
TV production and distribution company Twofour Group has been acquired by ITV plc for an initial cash consideration of GBP55m. Livingstone’s Media & Technology team advised the shareholders of Twofour Group, including mid-market private equity investor LDC and the company’s management team, on the transaction. Twofour Group is a family
Nordic Capital Funds VI and VII are to sell Brink Group BV (Brink), a manufacturer of towbars, to H2 Equity Partners Fund IV (H2). The new owners will continue to support the company’s growth and strategy. Brink is one of the global market leaders in towing systems. Brink develops, manufactures
The performance of French private equity since inception, measured at the end of 2014, totalled an average 10.1 per cent IRR net of charges per year, up from 9.5 per cent at end 2013 on a like-for-like basis. Over a 10-year horizon the average IRR increases to 11.3 per cent
Private equity firm Agilitas has acquired Danish environmental services company MH Gruppen. Agilitas is backing the management buy out of the business from Michael Henriksen Holding, supporting CEO Christian Rindbøl. MH Gruppen is one of the leading waste management businesses in Denmark and is active across the value chain with
Fort Dearborn Company has acquired Core Label a label supplier to the beverage market. Moving forward, Core Label will become Core Label, a Fort Dearborn Company. “The Core Label acquisition continues Fort Dearborn’s strategy to expand its product and service offerings to meet customers’ desires for a complete and innovative
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