The UK deals market is resurgent with Q1 deal volumes up 50 per cent on Q1 2014, according to PwC deals index. Total deal values increased by 96 per cent, driven by a number of 'mega deals' and the ongoing availability of capital. Stuart McKee, PwC head of corporate finance
A pool of banks composed by Banca IMI, Banca Popolare di Milano, Banca Popolare FriulAdria, BNP Paribas Italy, GE Capital Interbanca, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG Italy, UniCredit e UniCredit Bank AG Italy, financed the acquisition and provided the necessary resources to refinance the group’s debt and support its daily operational
Lea Lazaric Calvert has agreed to join Evercore’s Private Capital Advisory business (PCA) as a Managing Director. Lazaric Calvert will be based in London where she will focus on advising leading financial institutional investors and fund sponsors on secondary transactions. Lazaric Calvert, who will join Evercore in July, was most
In an extract from the Preqin Hedge Fund Spotlight | May 2015, Joseph McGee takes a look at the ‘USD1bn Club’, a group of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, and identifies the traits and characteristics that are unique to this distinguished group which controls a vast proportion of industry
Woodbridge International has opened a new office in Bologna, Italy. Woodbridge’s Italian office will serve sellers and buyers of middle market companies based in Italy. Leading the team in Bologna are three accomplished Senior M&A Advisors. Roberto Dunatov is a Chartered Accountant and Registered Auditor whose previous positions include executive
Glennmont Partners, has completed the acquisition of an 18 MW operating wind farm in the North-East region of France. The wind farm is powered by Senvion turbines and was developed and built by German developer ENERTRAG. ENERTRAG, which currently provides technical management and maintenance services for over 1,400 turbines, will
Intralinks’ Todd Partridge (pictured) advises a multi-pillar approach to guard against cyber attack. In light of high-profile hacking events, where the likes of JP Morgan, Home Depot, and, most notably, Sony suffered significant losses of information, it is incumbent upon organisations to think more holistically about governance. Enterprise must
European private equity firm Cinven is to acquire Labco, one of the largest European operators of medical diagnostic laboratories, from a consortium of investors, for an enterprise value of EUR1.2 billion. Labco, headquartered in France, operates in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and the UK and conducts clinical tests;
The British Business Bank has invested GBP17.5 million in Passion Capital II LP, the GBP45 million second fund from one of the UK’s best known venture investment firms. The commitment marks the 18th investment by the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) programme. Passion Capital is a hands-on investor
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed investment funds partner Duncan Woollard as a partner in the Corporate practice in the firm's London office. Woollard will be joining the firm from King & Wood Mallesons. Woollard advises on a wide range of private equity and fund structuring matters. He specialises in the
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