Two former directors, Howard Jenkins and Trevor Tanner, have returned to Simbec backed by the new Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund managed by Arthurian. This new team has acquired the company from its former parent the Canadian Altasciences Group, to make it once more a totally independent Welsh company.
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has added a six-person international energy investment team to its growing energy platform, expanding the firm’s ability to invest in a full range of energy assets around the world. Marcel van Poecke, an energy investor, will lead the effort, collaborating with Carlyle’s established
Five packaging companies in North America and Europe intend to combine to operate as one firm under the banner of Exopack Holdings Sarl, a new Luxembourg company. The combined business will have 63 plants, 8,650 employees and aggregate revenues of more than USD2.5bn, making it the sixth-largest plastics packaging
Management consulting firm AT Kearney has appointed Robert Haas to lead the firm’s private equity practice in the Americas. Under Haas’s (pictured) leadership, AT Kearney will leverage its capabilities in corporate strategy, revenue growth and operational improvement to help private equity funds make investments, generate profit growth in their
Private equity firm HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of Caraustar Industries, a provider of recycled paperboard and related products. Caraustar was majority owned by private investment funds managed by Wayzata Investment Partners. Headquartered in Austell, Georgia, Caraustar is one of North America’s largest integrated manufacturers and converters of 100 per
Brothers Edmund and Danny Truell have completed a substantial growth capital investment in Imagine Publishing to support the next phase of the multimedia publisher’s expansion. Imagine Publishing is one of the UK’s fastest-growing multimedia content publishers. Formed in May 2005, it now publishes 19 regular print magazines, 50 digital
JTC Group and Kensington Trust Group (KTG) have formed a strategic alliance that was agreed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March. The alliance creates a global offering of trust, fiduciary and corporate services and fund administration. Recently established, with offices in Malaysia, Singapore, Labuan and Indonesia, KTG has
Paul Christopher is retiring as non-executive director of HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) and is being replaced on the board by Alan Hodson, effective 30 April 2013. Christopher (pictured) joined the board in October 2007. Sir Michael Bunbury, chairman of the board, says: “The board of HarbourVest Global
While indemnification claims, purchase price adjustments, earn-out achievement disputes, and other post-closing issues in private-target M&A transactions remain common, data shows that claim resolution is becoming more efficient. SRS | Shareholder Representative Services, the post-closing expert for private-company mergers and acquisitions, has released the 2013 SRS M&A Post-Closing Claims
High Road Capital Partners’ portfolio company Dowden Medical Communications Group (DMCG) has completed its second add-on acquisition with the purchase of Princeton, New Jersey-based Tricore. Tricore is a developer of customised learning modules and mobile training solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. DMCG is a provider of
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