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ORIX acquires controlling interest in RB Capital

ORIX Corporation has acquired a controlling interest in RB Capital Empreendimentos, a Brazilian capital markets and asset management platform. The acquisition leverages ORIX’s strategy to expand its growing capital solutions and asset management business in Latin America.   “This acquisition is an important step in expanding ORIX’s footprint in Latin

D E Shaw acquires 52 MW solar farm in Mississippi

D E Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired the Mississippi Solar 2 project from Origis DevCo. The project is a 52 MWAC solar power facility located three miles away from Sumrall in Lamar County, Mississippi.   Promptly following the acquisition, DESRI started construction of the project, which it expects to be completed

Palatine’s EPI acquires PDF

Palatine-backed EPI Group has acquired PDF Limited, an oil and gas geoscience consultancy, allowing the business to broaden its scope for supporting clients’ exploration and development programmes. Established in 1987, Surrey-based EPI provides exploration services to the oil and gas industry, with offices in the US, Australia, Russia, France, Ghana

Harris Williams advises Stirling Square on ESE World sale

Harris Williams & Co has acted as adviser to private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners on the pending sale of its portfolio company ESE World to RPC Group. ESE is a European provider of temporary waste storage solutions.   The pending transaction is expected to close in the first

EVISU buys back Chinese retailing rights for USD40m

Japanese denim brand EVISU has agreed a buy-back deal for its retailing and franchising rights in China. Parent company EVISU Group Limited is reinvesting, alongside private equity fund Cassia Investment, to buy back New Elegant Trading’s interest in their China joint venture, which is financially supported by IDG Capital.  

BGF-backed Decision Tech buys comparemymobile.com

Decision Tech, a performance marketing and data company that owns and operates broadbandchoices.co.uk, has acquired comparemymobile.com for an undisclosed sum. The move comes just three months after Decision Tech completed the acquisition of sellmymobile.com, and strengthens the group’s presence in the mobile handset recycling market.   The comparemymobile.com acquisition makes

European tech comes of age in 2016, says Magister Advisors

European technology has come of age in 2016, with the total M&A deal value more than doubling in the last 12 months to USD127.2 billion, according to M&A advisory firm Magister Advisors. This was driven by the blockbuster acquisitions of ARM, Supercell and NXP.   There was also a series

Burford Capital acquires Gerchen Keller Capital

Burford Capital is to acquire GKC Holdings, the parent of Chicago-based Gerchen Keller Capital, for USD160 million in a combination of cash, Burford shares and loan notes and a further potential USD15 million in performance-based share consideration. The acquisition will be immediately accretive to earnings per share.   GKC is

Meinninger Hotels and VIYM form partnership in Russia

German hotel group Meinninger Hotels and private equity firm VIYM have signed a management agreement which will see Meinninger open its first hotel-hostel hybrid in Russia, as part of VIYM’s Nikolskiye Ryady development in Saint Petersburg. The overall cost of the Nikolskiye Ryady project, including both hotel properties – the

SyndicateRoom sees first exit with Oval Medical acquisition

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom has seen the first exit for a company that raised funds on its platform, following the acquisition of Oval Medical. Oval, a medical technology company designing and producing auto-injectors to enhance medical safety and address trypanophobia (fear of needles), has been acquired by US-based healthcare contract

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