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Noerr advises Rocket Internet on EUR496 million investment in Delivery Hero

Law firm Noerr has advised Rocket Internet AG on the acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in the internet platform Delivery Hero.  Delivery Hero is the world’s leading group for online and mobile food delivery services. Rocket acquired both existing and new shares with the transaction, which has a

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Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity completes sale of EmployBridge

Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity (MSPE) has completed the sale of its majority interest in EmployBridge, a provider of specialty staffing services, to The Select Family of Staffing Companies, for approximately USD410 million.  MSPE and Constitution Capital acquired EmployBridge for USD165 million in May 2011. MSPE invested in EmployBridge in

Greenhill acquires Cogent Partners

Investment bank Greenhill & Co is to acquire Cogent Partners, a financial advisor to pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors on the secondary market for alternative assets.   Cogent advises such institutions on sales of interests in private equity and similar funds, as well as providing restructuring, financing, valuation

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Corporate partner Matthew Elliott joins London office of Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Matthew Elliott as a partnerin the corporate practice group based in the firm’s London office. “Matt joins us as one of the top attorneys in his market,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “His joining is a reflection of

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Arma Partners advises Wireless Logic on sale to CVC Capital Partners

Arma Partners has acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Wireless Logic, an ECI portfolio company, on its sale to CVC Capital Partners. Wireless Logic is Europe’s leading managed services player in the Machine to Machine (M2M) market and a key enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), serving hundreds

Idinvest Partners launches third SME senior debt fund

Private equity firm Idinvest Partners has launched its third SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior III (IDS III). The fund aims to raise EUR500 million. With this new fund, Idinvest Partners is strengthening its private debt activities, where it now has more than EUR1.3 billion of assets under management.

Guernsey looks to boost financial services ties with the USA

Guernsey’s Chief Minister, Jonathan Le Tocq, has held a series of meetings in Washington to boost the Island’s reputation as a leading international finance centre. A week after Guernsey and the USA signed an asset sharing agreement, the Chief Minister met with officials from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the

Albion Ventures sells mental health hospital in Taunton

Albion Ventures has sold Orchard Portman House Hospital (“Orchard Portman”), a mental health hospital near Taunton to Cygnet Health Care. In 2010 Albion invested GBP6.5m in Orchard Portman to acquire a nursing home and constructed a 23 bed psychiatric care hospital as an extension to the existing building. The sale

A&M appoints new lead for European M&A and post-merger integration

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Dhruv Sarda as a Senior Director and leader of its corporate M&A Strategy and Post-Merger Integration practice in Europe.  Based in London, Sarda’s appointment underscores A&M’s expanding service offering to corporates in support of anticipated growth in M&A activity in 2015. Sarda will expand

Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report 2015

OPEC decision significantly impacts CTAs in Q4 2014

The vote by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 27 November 2014 to not reduce oil production levels was widely publicized and had a significant effect on managed futures and CTAs throughout Q4 2014, particularly on funds with a focus on trading oil. Throughout this period, the

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