French private equity participants raised global assets of EUR8.1 billion in H1 2017, up 30 per cent year-on-year, according to figures released by The French private equity association – Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (AFIC), and Grant Thornton. These funds will be largely invested over the next five
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has advised Bridgepoint Development Capital – another new client for the firm – on its sale of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), a UK-headquartered technology-led provider of outsourced marketing services, to Equistone Partners Europe. ITG helps global brands and retailers, such as Heineken, Audi and
Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, a growth-focused private investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has closed on over USD275 million of capital commitments for North Haven Expansion Credit LP and its related funds, exceeding its fundraising target. Expansion Credit intends to capitalise on Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital’s (Expansion Capital) long-standing
Noerr has advised UniCredit Bank AG and National-Bank Aktiengesellschaft on financing the acquisition of shares in the outdoor advertising specialist IT Works. The shares were acquired by the Munich mid-market investor Afinum Management, which is acquiring a significant interest in IT Works via one of its funds. IT Works
CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities (CVC) and Téthys Invest have entered into final exclusive negotiations to acquire Astorg and Montagu Private Equity’s remaining majority stake in Sebia. CVC and Téthys Invest would therefore join Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Sebia management as shareholders of Sebia.
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe Limited (Equistone) has acquired Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), a Birmingham-headquartered technology-led provider of outsourced marketing services. Equistone has acquired a majority stake in the company from Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) alongside management, for an undisclosed sum. With a pan-European network of offices, Equistone
An affiliate of private equity investment firm CenterGate Capital has made an investment in TSC Apparel (TSC), a distributor of imprintable apparel products and accessories. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, TSC is a national B2B distributor of imprintable activewear and accessories, stocking and sourcing thousands of styles of t-shirts, fleeces, headwear, sport shirts,
IKB Deutsche Industriebank (IKB) and Investec Bank (Investec) have underwritten a EUR121 million senior debt financing package to support Ergon Capital Partners’ III (Ergon) acquisition of Keesing Media Group (KMG) out of publicly listed parent Telegraaf Media Group (TMG). IKB and Investec co-arranged the senior facilities which consisted of term
Pontifax AgTech Management (Pontifax AgTech) has held the close of its first fund, the Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund with commitments totalling USD105 million. The fund attracted commitments from leading investors, comprised of financial institutions, university endowments, investment firms, large-scale growers and family offices. Pontifax AgTech invests
Two well-known names in the structured finance market, Marc Sefton and Kieran McSweeney, have founded Aquilam Capital, which will focus on investing and lending into companies in the speciality finance sector. This includes businesses in the consumer and SME finance, leasing and mortgage markets. Aquilam will offer both debt and
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