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Siccar Point Energy acquires interest in the Greater Mariner Area

Siccar Point Energy, a joint venture owned by Blue Water Energy and funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners, has acquired an 8.9 per cent interest in the Greater Mariner Area from JX Nippon Exploration and Production (UK) Limited. This acquisition is the first since Siccar Point Energy was launched in

Noerr advises Shanghai Electric Group on Broetje Automation acquisition

Noerr has advised Shanghai Electric Group on the acquisition of German aviation equipment manufacturer Broetje Automation. The Chinese conglomerate is acquiring the group from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), the machinery and plant manufacturing company.   The purchase price is approximately EUR173.5 million.   Broetje group, which is represented worldwide and

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Crestline supports benefitexpress with benefitsCONNECT acquisition

Crestline Specialty Lending (CSL), a part of the opportunistic investment group of credit-focused institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors, is supporting benefitexpress’ add-on acquisition of benefitsCONNECT. benefitexpress, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, provides a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service platform for employee benefits and health exchanges. The company provides software and services, including benefit

Zubr Capital launches first private equity fund

Zubr Capital, the first Belarusian private equity firm, has launched Zubr Capital Fund I (ZCFI) with capital commitments of USD50 million. The fund plans to make long-term investments for a period of up to 10 years and will target Belarusian companies.   The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Clearlake sells NetMotion Wireless to The Carlyle Group

Clearlake Capital Group is to sell NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile security software solutions, to The Carlyle Group. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016, subject to normal closing conditions and regulatory approvals.   Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.  

Hanover completes Hydro International acquisition

Hanover Investors has completed the acquisition of AIM listed Hydro International, a storm water and waste water engineering business. The business was bought for a total consideration of circa GBP29 million by the Hanover Active Equity Fund through a Scheme of Arrangement.   This is the first investment by the fund and fits into its strategy of private equity

Assetz Capital achieves 5-Star Defaqto rating

UK peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has received a 5-Star rating from Defaqto in the independent financial information business’ first ‘Loan Based Crowdfunding’ analysis. Assetz Capital’s rating, which relates to investing on the platform, is one of only four 5-Star peer-to-peer awards made by Defaqto.   Assetz Capital has facilitated the

Bowmark Capital sells CSL

Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has sold CSL, a provider of critical connectivity solutions for machine-to-machine communications, to Norland Capital, ICONIQ Capital and RIT Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum.  CSL pioneered dual signalling technology in the alarm security industry where it manages the communications for over 400,000 commercial,

21 Investimenti sells Farnese to NB Renaissance Partners

21 Investimenti, an investment firm founded and led by Alessandro Benetton, is to sell a majority stake in Farnese Vini to NB Renaissance Partners, the private equity fund formed in 2015 by Neuberger Berman and Intesa SanPaolo. Farnese Vini is a group active in the production, bottling and sale of Central/Southern

Sun Capital’s Aclara Technologies acquires Tollgrade smart grid business

Sun Capital Partners’ affiliated portfolio company Aclara Technologies has acquired the smart grid business of Tollgrade Communications. The transaction includes the LightHouse distribution monitoring platform comprising Sensors and Sensor Management System (SMS) software with Predictive Grid Analytics, as well as a broad intellectual property portfolio. Financial terms have not been

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