Law firm K&L Gates has added Jim Wu, a former general counsel with Yahoo! Asia Pacific, as a corporate partner in its Taipei and Palo Alto offices.

 Wu has functioned in a leadership or in-house counsel role for a variety of different entities during the past decade and a half, advising
Balance Point Capital Partners, a private equity fund focused on providing debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies across the US, has acquired Johnny on the Spot (JOTS). Founded in 1969 and headquartered in New Jersey, JOTS is a provider of portable toilets and related products to the
International law firm Akin Gump is advising VimpelCom on the sale by its Egyptian-listed subsidiary Global Telecom Holding (GTH) of its 51 per cent stake in Orascom Telecom Algérie (OTA or “Djezzy”) to the Fonds National d’Investissement (FNI), the Algerian National Investment Fund. The purchase consideration of USD2.643 billion plus
Gusto Restaurant and Bar has completed a management buyout from Living Ventures, with the support of an equity investment from Palatine Private Equity. The Knutsford-based restaurant brand, which was founded in 2007 following a re-launch from Est Est Est, is looking to open more restaurants across the UK over the
Sheffield-based temporary staffing business Hallam Medical has secured a GBP3.3m investment from private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP). The business, which is focused on supplying the NHS and private healthcare providers in the primary care markets, is forecasting sales of GBP14 million in the year to April 2014.
K2 Design & Strategy has entered into a USD45 million equity subscription facility with private equity investment firm Lambert Private Equity. The company plans to list initially on the OTCBB or equivalent exchange. K2 Design & Strategy is an advanced analytics and digital innovation company, bringing advanced technologies to
Kurma Partners’s Biofund II, the first venture capital fund dedicated to financing innovation in the rare diseases space, has made its maiden EUR7.5 million investment in Oxthera, a Stockholm-based biopharmaceutical company. OxThera is currently conducting a placebo-controlled clinical trial with Oxabact in patients with primary hyperoxaluria at seven clinical sites
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed USD200 million to diversify its Private Equity Proactive Portfolio, which reaches small, niche emerging managers including those in under-served domestic markets. This latest commitment expands the programme, established in 2003, to USD1.9 billion. The programme adds a new partner, Chicago-based
Maven Capital Partners, a private equity and alternative asset manager, has secured GBP7 million of funding for a hotel development using the benefits of Business Premises Renovation Allowance (BPRA). The deal will see the purchase of Telfer House, an empty office building in Glasgow’s Merchant City, for refurbishment into a
Coal Grill and Bar (t/a Charterhouse Leisure Ltd) has secured additional growth funding from Beringea and venture capital investors Octopus Investments, along with bank finance, to continue its expansion. With six high volume casual dining restaurants already established in Basingstoke, Bristol, Bristol Waterside, Exeter, Meadowhall in Sheffield and Milton Keynes,
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