Paladone, a designer and supplier of gifting products, has secured a GBP13 million minority investment from mid-market private equity investor LDC, to accelerate its international growth. Headquartered in Brighton, Paladone specialises in the design, development and wholesale supply of licensed and own brand gifting products. Paladone has established strategic license
Noerr has advised Mutares AG as Corporate Counsel with regard to the stock exchange and capital markets law on the planned IPO of its subsidiary STS Group AG and is also supporting the preparatory corporate actions at the level of STS Group AG. Mutares was advised by a team led
Guernsey is set to launch what it says will be the world’s first regulated green investment fund product following the publication of a set of draft rules by the island’s financial services regulator, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Fund managers will be able to apply for a green label for
OMERS Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment manager of OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada, is to sell its interests in Airports Worldwide (AWW) to Vinci Airports. Active on two continents, AWW is a portfolio of airport assets and management contracts located in
NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge) has supported the MBO of Prohire, a specialist provider of commercial fleet management solutions, backing the existing management team led by Managing Director Dave Barlow. Headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent with an additional office in Tunbridge Wells, Prohire delivers fully outsourced solutions to commercial operators incorporating vehicle specification, procurement,
BuildingConnected, a provider of software for real estate owners and general contractors to facilitate selecting contractors for construction projects, has secured USD15 million in new funding from Brookfield Ventures, Brookfield Asset Management’s new venture fund. This investment brings the company’s total funding to USD53 million. “It is rare to
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Toys’R’Us on the sale of its stores in the DACH region to Irish-British toy retailer Smyths. The transaction volume was not disclosed. In September 2017, the US toy retail chain Toys’R’Us filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In March 2018, the company announced it
Nonantum Capital Partners has closed its inaugural private equity fund at its hard cap of USD350 million in limited partner capital commitments, concluding a fundraising process that launched in January. Formed by a group of experienced private equity and management executives as a spin-out from Charlesbank Capital Partners, Nonantum focuses
The Finnish credit information company Asiakastieto Group (Asiakastieto) listed on NASDAQ Helsinki, is to acquire UC AB (UC) in a deal worth EUR340 million. Nordea owns 26.1 per cent of the shares in UC and will receive 2,303,315 shares in Asiakastieto, equivalent to 9.6 per cent of the shares in
Sky9 Capital has completed the final closing of Sky9 Capital Fund III, with total capital commitments of USD200 million. With support from a strong group of world-class institutional investors, family foundations and entrepreneurs, the fund invests mainly in China-based businesses with a focus on early-stage companies in the internet,
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