Hogan Lovells has advised Ares Capital, Lloyds TSB, RBS and Santander on the acquisition by Duke Street Capital of a majority stake in Parabis, thought to be the first ever leveraged buy-out of a law firm in the UK. The deal was announced on Monday 6 February. Parabis is a
Bregal Investments is forming Bregal Partners, LP, a middle-market private equity fund with USD500 million of committed capital. The fund’s investment efforts will be led by Robert Bergmann and Scott Perekslis, who will serve as Managing Partners. The fund, based in New York, will focus on control-oriented investments in North
High Road Capital Partners has sold Milwaukee Gear Company for USD80 million, marking the first exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I, LP. The sale generated a 2.6x gross cash-on-cash return and a 31.6% gross IRR for High Road. The firm’s July 2008 investment in
DC Advisory Partners has appointed Andrew Strudwick as an Executive Director in its European Financial Sponsors Group. Strudwick will join Simon Tilley’s team, which provides a focal point for DC’s interaction with the private equity community. He will be based in London. Strudwick’s last role was at 3i Group PLC
The Green Building Group, an HIG Europe portfolio company headquartered in Graz, Austria, has acquired a majority stake in Lumar IG d.o.o. (Lumar), the leading Slovenian manufacturer of prefabricated houses. As part of the transaction, Lumar’s founding owners, the Lukic family, have taken a stake in Green Building Group. Lumar
Mid Europa Partners has entered into a binding agreement with its partner France Telecom-Orange, for the sale of their combined 100% stake in Orange Austria to Hutchison 3G Austria (Hutchison), a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. Mid Europa currently holds a 65% stake in Orange Austria and France Telecom-Orange a
Phoenix Services International, a steel mill services provider, has acquired Gagneraud Industrie SAS (GI). GI will now be known as Phoenix Services France. Headquartered in France, GI began operations in the early 1900s as a subsidiary of the Gagneraud Group, which was founded in 1880, and is the largest provider
Troika Ventures, the venture arm of Troika Dialog and venture company, has successfully achieved the first exit from its investment portfolio by selling its share in Evernote Corporation to Sequoia Capital. Troika Ventures was Evernote’s first institutional investor, which has since successfully attracted multiple investment rounds from top tier international
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has appointed Ali J Satvat as a Director based in Menlo Park. Satvat joins KKR from Apax Partners where he served as a Principal on the health care investment team and managed new investments and portfolio companies across various health care sub-sectors. Satvat will join
Hogan Lovells has recruited Xavier Doumen as a partner in the firm’s private equity practice in Paris. Doumen joined Hogan Lovells on 1 February 2012 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher where he worked on private equity and strategic M&A transactions. Doumen joins the Hogan Lovells Global Private Equity practice, which has
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