Bacchus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private equity firm providing strategic capital in the wine industry, has exited its investment in Qupe, a California Central Coast wine producer. The firm had provided a second lien loan to the winery, which was founded by Bob Lindquist, in March of 2011. "Bob
Law firm Michelmores has appointed corporate lawyer Roger Fink as a partner at its Chancery Lane, London office. Fink, who qualified with Slaughter and May and has been a partner at Pinsent Masons for over 20 years, is recognised for his experience on leading multi-disciplinary teams on deal sizes
Advent International has exited its investment in Oxea, one of the largest manufacturers of Oxo chemicals. Oman Oil Company (OOC), a commercial company wholly owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, will acquire Oxea to strengthen its position in the chemicals sector. The acquisition is subject
KKR has invested approximately MYR642m (USD200m) for a substantial minority equity stake in Weststar Aviation Services. This will be KKR’s first investment in Malaysia. Additional terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2003, Weststar is a provider of offshore helicopter transportation services to the oil
Gravitas has launched Gravitas Atmosphere, a secure, private, cloud-based online file sharing, sync and storage service, for the alternative investment industry. Gravitas Atmosphere was designed for asset management professionals to access, share and synchronise corporate data or files from any authorised computer or mobile device anytime, anywhere, within a private,
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) has appointed Yasser El-Ansary as its new chief executive officer, effective from 20 November 2013. El-Ansary (pictured) is currently a senior executive at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, where he is responsible for leadership of the organisation’s public policy and
Investment firm KKR is to acquire The Crosby Group and Acco Material Handling Solutions from Melrose Industries for approximately USD1.0bn. With roots dating back to 1885, Crosby is a provider of highly engineered solutions for lifting and rigging applications across the oil and gas, construction, mining and industrial sectors.
Law firm Proskauer has appointed private equity/buyouts lawyer Steven M Peck to the firm’s corporate department and private equity and mergers and acquisitions groups. Peck’s diverse transactional experience includes representing private equity sponsors, multi-national corporations, and other market participants in their most challenging transactional matters in the US and
Intralinks’ Q3 2013 Deal Flow Indicator (DFI) predicts an 18 per cent increase in year-over-year early-stage global M&A activity in early 2014, with particularly strong performance in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America. With overall deal flow only slightly below the record level seen in the
Electra Partners has agreed to sell its interest in feminine hygiene brand Lil-lets Group to Premier Foods, a South African manufacturer and distributor of fast moving consumer goods. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals in South Africa.

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