Private investment firm Bain Capital has entered into definitive documentation to acquire Skylark Co Ltd, Japan’s leading family restaurant chain, from Nomura Principal Finance Co and other investors. Bain Capital has acquired 100% of the company for an equity value of approximately USD2.1 billion (JPY160 billion). This transaction is one
Lithuania SME Fund managed by BaltCap, the largest private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic countries, has invested in Impuls LTU, operator of the leading Lithuanian health and fitness club chain. With eight gyms in Lithuania’s main towns, Impuls LTU will be the largest health club chain in
JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services today announced that it has been appointed by Cerberus Capital Management, LP, one of the world’s leading private investment firms, to provide fund administration and related securities services for its investment funds with aggregate assets of over USD23 billion. The JP Morgan platform will be
Ogier has appointed new managing partners in each of its Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands offices and a new chief executive officer in its fiduciary business in the Cayman Islands. In the Cayman Islands, Nick Rogers, currently a partner leading Ogier Cayman’s corporate and commercial practice, has been named
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has funded the acquisition of US based MetricTest for portfolio company Microlease, the international provider of rental and asset management services to the test equipment market. LDC originally backed the GBP30m management buyout of Microlease in 2006, investing a further GBP8.3m in 2009 to provide
Saffar Holdings Limited has retained Arma Partners LLP to advise on strategic options in relation to its portfolio company, Zawya Limited in response to several unsolicited expressions of interest in Zawya that have recently been received. Founded in 2001 and based in Dubai, UAE, Saffar is a leading early-stage private
The Blackstone Group and ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH thave agreed a strategic partnership whereby investment funds advised by Blackstone will acquire, indirectly through a holding company, a 44% minority stake in Leica Camera AG (Leica), to support the company’s international growth plans. Headquartered in Solms, Germany, with 1,150 employees, Leica has
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire an 85% share of Telecable de Asturias SAU (Telecable), a Spanish-based TV, telephony, broadband and advanced business solutions provider for the Asturias region in Spain. Liberbank will retain a minority stake after the transaction, which is expected
MMC Ventures (MMC), the growth company investor, has appointed Simon Menashy to its investment team. MMC’s investment professionals manage funds of GBP80 million and a portfolio of thirteen companies. The current portfolio includes AlexandAlexa, E-Trader, Interactive Investor and iiPay.

 Menashy joins from Deloitte, where he was a senior consultant in
Paul Costello has joined the Blackstone Group as non-executive Chairman for Australia and New Zealand. Costello will help guide the firm’s development in the region and represent the firm with its key constituencies there. Mr. Costello was most recently General Manager of Australia’s Future Fund. He will report to Tony
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