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Management buys controlling stake in BM Polyco with debt facility from Investec

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a debt facility to support the vendor backed management buy-out of BM Polyco, the UK’s largest professional and consumer gloves business, led by managing director Mark Holdaway.  Headquartered in Enfield, BM Polyco is the UK’s largest supplier of consumer hand protection through brands

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UK Supreme Court allows Rubin appeal in seminal decision

The UK Supreme Court, in the conjoined appeals in Rubin and New Cap, has rejected the modified universalist doctrine that established common law rules as to the enforcement of foreign judgments, do not (or should not) apply to insolvency orders. According to law firm Harneys, in giving the leading judgment

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Fortissimo Capital Fund acquires Starhome

Private equity fund Fortissimo Capital has acquired international roaming solutions provider Starhome from Comverse Technology and other shareholders. Starhome’s roaming management tools enable wireless operators to generate high-margin revenues from Starhome’s multi-network reach; offer seamless out-of-network subscriber services; collaborate with other wireless operators; gain intelligence about their customers; and maximise

Ecorse Investments purchases 58.61 per cent of EKO shares

Ecorse Investments, a company indirectly owned by private equity firm Advent International, has purchased 58.61 per cent of EKO Holding Group shares, giving it control of the group. EKO is one of the largest trading groups in Poland.   First settlements have already taken place. Ecorse now owns 28,492,014 of

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Dion launches end-to-end FATCA product suite

Dion Global Solutions has launched its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) solutions. Comprising two integrated products, FATCA FORCE and FATCA TRAC, the Dion product suite offers a complete solution to the forthcoming FATCA regulations, and is designed to support future client classification and reporting requirements.   FATCA FORCE is

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Wynnchurch Capital invests in Loadmaster Derrick & Equipment

Wynnchurch Capital has partnered with existing management to make an equity investment in Loadmaster Derrick & Equipment, a provider of onshore and offshore drilling equipment. Headquartered in Louisiana, Loadmaster has developed expertise in the design and fabrication of derricks and related equipment, which it provides to a global customer base.

Goodwin Procter names Bradley Bugdanowitz chair of San Francisco office

Law firm Goodwin Procter has named Bradley Bugdanowitz as chair of its San Francisco office. Bugdanowitz (pictured) is a partner in Goodwin’s business law department and a member of its private equity, technology companies and life sciences groups, focusing on merger and acquisition transactions, securities offerings and corporate governance. He

Resilience Capital Partners acquires Advanced Communications

Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, has acquired Advanced Communications through its newly-formed entity, Aero Communications Inc (ACI).  ACI is a provider of telecommunications infrastructure services to businesses, individuals and governments. ACI is Resilience Capital Partners’ first acquisition in the infrastructure services industry and its fifth platform investment

AIP and Partners Group sell Micro-Poise Measurement Systems to AMETEK

Middle market private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP) and private markets investment manager Partners Group have sold Micro-Poise Measurement Systems to AMETEK for USD170m in cash.  Micro-Poise, headquartered in Ohio, is the world’s largest provider of integrated test and measurement solutions for the tyre industry in both developed and

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Champ completes purchase of Gerard Lighting Group

The Champ III Funds, advised by Champ Private Equity, has completed its acquisition of Gerard Lighting Group. In July 2012, a scheme implementation agreement was executed between an entity owned by the Champ Funds and the board of Gerard Lighting. Completion today follows the approval of both Gerard Lighting shareholders

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