Private equity specialist fund services firm Ipes has strengthened its senior management teams in London and Guernsey with the appointment of two managing directors. Ben Cook has been appointed as managing directorfor Ipes UK and Andrew Whittaker will take up the position of managing directorfor Ipes Guernsey. Whittaker
Private equity firm Catterton Partners has completed the sale of Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS), a convenience store operator in Maryland and Virginia, to an affiliate of Sunoco. Sunoco, which has a long history in the retail business with a network of almost 5,000 sites, will operate the MACS business. Terms
Protein Bar, a casual restaurant chain specialising in healthy, on-the-go options, has secured a capital investment by private equity firm Catterton Partners. The investment will be used to foster the expansion of the Protein Bar concept across the US. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Protein Bar offers
Rene Griemens has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Hamburg-based Kreditech. Responsible for corporate finance and refinancing of the Kreditech Group, Griemens (pictured) will be focusing on scaling by broadening Kreditech’s international investment. He has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance in the technology
Aviva Investors has completed the acquisition of EUR84.5m in privately placed senior secured notes issued by Reggefiber, the Dutch telecommunications infrastructure provider. The transaction refinances a short-term construction bridge facility provided by ABN AMRO and provides long term capital for Reggefiber to facilitate the continued expansion of its Fiber-to-the-Home
Livingstone’s IT services team has advised the shareholders of Backup Technology on the sale of the business to iomart Group for GBP23m, a 9.6x multiple of historic EBITDA. Backup Technology is a provider of managed data backup and disaster recovery services to SMEs and large corporates. Using software from
The capital markets continued to demonstrate strong momentum in Q3 2013 as the volume of new public listings matched the previous quarter and exceeded the third quarter of 2012, according to IPO Watch. The quarterly survey of IPOs listed on US stock exchanges by PwC US also reveals that
Merus, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on human antibody therapeutics, has secured a EUR31m extension to its series B financing round, bringing the total round to EUR47.6m. Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) joined as a new investor along with existing investors Novartis Venture Fund, Pfizer Venture Investments, Bay City
LBO France has announced the sale of Groupe Poult’s Polish activities to Bridgepoint, for an undisclosed amount. Established in 1993 and operating under the Dr Gerard brand, the business was acquired by Groupe Poult in 2010 as part of a build up orchestrated by LBO France. Today it’s a leading
Rowmark, a manufacturer of highly engineered extruded plastic sheet used for engraving and specialty applications, has been acquired by Bertram Capital. Based in Findlay, Ohio, Rowmark represents Bertram Capital’s third platform investment in the plastics industry. In addition to the equity investment in Rowmark, Bertram Capital also provided subordinated
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