Axiom Asia Private Capital Management Services, has held the first and only closing of investors in its third fund, Axiom Asia Private Capital Fund III. The fund’s total investor commitments of USD1.15 billion exceeded the initial target of USD950 million. Axiom Asia Private Capital Fund I, which made its first
Investcorp, in partnership with existing management, has acquired GL Education Group (GLE), formerly Granada Learning Group, the UK provider of non-regulated pupil and school assessment solutions for primary and secondary schools, from private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in London and
Emerging markets funds continue to capture a larger slice of the global private equity (PE) fundraising pool, reaching 15% of new commitments globally in 2011, up from 11% in 2010. Led by China and Brazil, fundraising for emerging markets PE in 2011 grew by 64% year on year, reaching a
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe Limited has invested in Audley Travel (Audley), the bespoke travel specialist, for an undisclosed sum. The Oxfordshire-based company, founded as Asian Journeys in 1996, is the UK’s leading tailor-made travel business, offering tours and safaris for the discerning traveller. Audley’s holidays are tailor-made
Several of August & Debouzy’s teams advised Beezik and its shareholders on its merger with Ebuzzing. Beezik is a French company specialising in free and legal music downloading. It owns the BeeAd platform, which specialises in publishing video ads on media sites. Ebuzzing, specialises in the distribution of video ads
Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, has appointed Cayman litigator, Christopher Russell, as partner in the firm’s Cayman Islands office from 1 May 2012. Russell joins Appleby from Ogier’s Cayman office where, until recently, he led the firm’s litigation group. He is extremely well known in
Ogier has appointment of Richard de Lacy QC to the role of partner and head of the firm’s Cayman litigation practice, from 19 March 2012. Richard de Lacy brings 30 years of professional experience in the legal profession, not only as a barrister, but also as an academic and trustee. He
Morgenthaler Private Equity (MPE), the Cleveland and Boston-based private equity team focused on lower middle market buyouts, has completed the sale of Avtron Loadbank, a designer and manufacturer of power integrity test and measurement devices, to Emerson. The Company’s load bank technologies test and validate the quality and integrity of
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Simon Eyers as a Managing Director to concentrate on energy investments in Europe and emerging markets, based in the firm’s London office. Simon Eyers joins Warburg Pincus after serving as a founding Partner of 4D Global Energy Advisors, a private equity firm specialising
Marubeni Corporation and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a government-sponsored private equity corporation, have agreed to acquire Seajacks International from funds controlled by Riverstone Holdings. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The sale is expected to close at the end of April 2012. Marubeni intends to
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