Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Dan Haxby as Head of Realisations within RBS’s Strategic Investment Group (SIG). SIG is responsible for all aspects of the equity positions that the bank takes through debt for equity swaps and new money investments in restructuring situations. It sits within RBS’s Global Restructuring
Private equity fund-of-funds manager SL Capital Partners has haired Thomas Chevalier as Investment Director, bringing the total number of investment professionals at the firm to 20 – 16 in Edinburgh and a further four based in Boston, USA. In his new role, Chevalier will provide guidance on legal and regulatory issues,
The chief executives of some of Britain’s best-known companies have agreed to lend their expertise to the new Business Growth Fund (BGF) as non-executive board members. Audrey Baxter, the CEO of Baxters Food Group, Stephen Murphy, Group CEO of Richard Branson’s Virgin group of companies, Neil Johnson, Chairman of aviation
Janrain, the leading provider of social identity management solutions for businesses, thas closed USD15.5 million in financing. Emergence Capital Partners led the round, and is joined by previous investors Anthem Venture Partners, DFJ Frontier, RPM Ventures, Tim Draper, and founder Larry Drebes with participation from Square 1 Bank. The
LLR Partners (LLR) has made a USD24 million investment in VectorLearning, a leading online continuing education platform, to support the Company’s continued growth and acquisitions. The investment in VectorLearning, which operates under the brands RedVector and Care2Learn, is LLR’s second education investment within the past 12 months and its fourth
FirstPEX, Europe’s first, interactive auction platform to trade privately-owned shares and investments is being launched in the UK by Swiss-based technology firm LPO Ventures LPO Ventures expects trading volume to quickly increase from around EUR1-2 billion over the next 12 months or so to around EUR10 billion in 2015, based
Collas Crill has opened the doors to its new Singapore office – making it the first Channel Islands-based law firm to do so. Sean Cheong, formerly a partner in Collas Crill’s Guernsey office, has relocated to Singapore to head up the new office. She has been joined by office manager
HNA Group Company Limited (HNA) of China, a leading diversified services and integrated operations company, and Bravia Capital (Bravia) of Hong Kong, have agreed to acquire GE SeaCo, subject to customary regulatory and shareholder approvals. GE SeaCo is the fifth largest player in the global marine container leasing industry owning
Composition Capital Partners has expanded its European deal team with the appointment of Danish national Julie Helweg as of 1 August 2011. Helweg’s role within the team will be to manage existing investments within Composition’s Europe Funds I & II, and to undertake research & due diligence for the
Proskauer has expanded its global Private Investment Funds Group and London office with the addition of Nigel van Zyl, Kate Simpson and Oliver Rochman as Partners. Van Zyl and Rochman will join the firm from SJ Berwin, and Simpson will join from Kirkland & Ellis. They bring deep experience in
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