Austin Ventures-backed Silverback Enterprise Group, which acquires and builds software businesses, has acquired EPM Live, a provider of cloud-based project portfolio and work management software built on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. EPM Live will become part of Silverback’s PowerSteering Software business. Adding EPM Live’s more than 270 active enterprise clients
Middle market private equity firm American Industrial Partners has acquired the US operating subsidiaries (AIP Aerospace) of Hampson Industries. The transaction marks the fund’s fifth investment in 2012 and will be made out of American Industrial Partners Capital Fund V, AIP’s USD717.5m fund that closed in December 2011. AIP Aerospace,
Hogan Lovells has advised the management of Xafinity Consulting on the firm’s acquisition by CBPE Capital from the Equiniti Group, announced on 16 November 2012. CBPE is a private equity firm which invests in companies seeking growth or development capital. Xafinity has over 350 employees operating from six regional UK
Sleep Innovations, a specialist in designing and manufacturing sleep solutions and comfort products, has been acquired by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. The private investment firm specialises in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies. Terms of the private transaction, which was announced on 18 October 2012, have not
Jones Day’s Düsseldorf office, opened in March 2012, has added a banking and finance team led by Claudia Leyendecker. Leyendecker and her team join a number of other lawyers who have moved to Jones Day’s Düsseldorf office in the past few months, including the transactional team of Dr Ulrich Brauer,
More than half (58 per cent) of UK private equity and venture capitalists expect the level of PE investment in the technology sector to increase over the next two years, with cloud and managed services viewed as the top two most attractive sub sectors, according to a report from business
HIG Capital’s European affiliate, HIG Europe, has acquired shares representing 49.99 per cent of the capital of Vértice 360 Servicios Audiovisuales (VSA) – until now fully owned by Vértice 360º – for a total of EUR16m. The investment has taken place through a capital increase, following which the remaining 50.01
Blackstone has closed the previously announced acquisition of Vivint. Blackstone Capital Partners VI, a fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors, acquired Vivint for in excess of USD2bn. The acquisition includes three primary assets: Vivint, one of the largest home automation services companies and the second
International law firm CMS has announced the new leadership structure for its UK and CEE private equity sector. James Grimwood (pictured), recently announced as the global CMS PE leader, will also lead the UK PE sector team. He is a partner in the corporate department with extensive experience in advising
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published for public consultation an initial integrated set of policy recommendations to strengthen oversight and regulation of the shadow banking system. The “shadow banking system” can broadly be described as “credit intermediation involving entities and activities (fully or partially) outside the regular banking system”
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