Palatine Private Equity and Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) have completed the sale of Hallmark Hotels to Topland. Palatine and BDC first invested in 2007, each investing GBP9.4m for a combined 78 per cent stake in the business. The sale achieves a 2x return for the private equity firms. Both
DLA Piper has appointed Mark Roppel as a partner in the firm’s corporate and finance group in New York. Roppel has more than 25 years of experience with complex, cross-border transactions in Asia, Europe and the Americas, particularly in China, where he practiced for six years. He brings M&A
Rcapital, the London-based private investor, has funded its portfolio company City Motor Holdings in the acquisition of the Marshall Roebuck Peugeot car dealership in Newbury. The site, now known as City Peugeot, joins the City Motor Holdings existing portfolio of 11 dealerships in Basingstoke, Newbury and Reading. 

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Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners has completed the sale of MD Buyline, a provider of healthcare analytics and supply chain spend intelligence capabilities to healthcare providers and vendors, to TractManager, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners. SFW acquired Dallas-based MD Buyline in 2011 and supported CEO Satin Mirchandani
ACON Investments has held the final closing of the firm’s most recent Latin America middle market private equity fund, ACON Latin America Opportunities Fund IV, with total commitments of USD515 million. In May 2014, the firm also closed on the issuance of MXD2 billion (approximately USD150 million) of Mexican publicly traded
Medley has appointed Peter McLaughlin as managing director on the firm’s direct lending team. McLaughlin will play a key role in further developing the firm's relationships with private equity firms and corporate borrowers. McLaughlin brings 23 years of experience to Medley having worked most recently as a managing director
Elysian Capital I has acquired, in conjunction with the company’s management, Access Hire Nationwide (AHN) and Welfare Hire Nationwide (WHN). This is the eighth platform deal in the Elysian Capital I LP Fund and the fourth acquisition made by Elysian in the last 18 months. AHN specialises in the
Impax Asset Management has added three new hires to its private equity infrastructure team. Within private equity infrastructure, the firm manages two funds that follow an industrially focused, value-add “buy, build and sell” strategy, investing in renewable power generation and related assets. Its latest fund, a EUR330 million investment
HIG Europe, the European affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, has completed the acquisition of Café & Té and Panaria, two bakery, coffee-shop and tapas bar operators in the Spanish foodservice market. Café & Té is a Spanish coffee-shop and tapas bar operator with a network of 147 points
Evercore is to acquire the operating businesses of ISI International Strategy & Investment, an independent research-driven equity sales and agency trading firm. Evercore also will acquire the approximately 40 per cent interest in its institutional equities business not currently owned by the company. The combined business, which will be
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