Equities First Holdings, a specialist in alternative shareholder financing solutions, has acquired the Australian offices of Meridian Equity Partners. EFH now operates six facilities on four continents. Operations in Australia will continue under the name Equities First Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd. “Today’s acquisition marks a milestone in the global
Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Oak View Animal Hospital, Patton Chapel Animal Clinic and Williams Animal Hospital to form Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP). The company provides general practice veterinary services to companion animals including vaccinations, surgery, wellness exams, oncology, ophthalmology, allergy treatment and dermatology. Headquartered in
Octopus Investments has launched a GBP20 million fundraising by the Octopus Apollo Venture Capital Trust (Apollo VCT). This is the third VCT fundraise launched by Octopus in two months. On 1 September, Octopus launched a GBP20 million joint fundraise for its AIM VCTs and later that month opened a GBP50
Evercore Partners has completed the acquisition of the ISI International Strategy & Investment and the remainder of its legacy institutional equities business. The business, Evercore ISI, will initially provide macro research, as well as fundamental research coverage of more than 600 companies across 12 industries, or approximately 60 per cent
Pentagon Chemical Holdings, the UK chemical manufacturer, has been acquired by US-group Vertellus in a deal advised by mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International. Pentagon has been operating since 1939 on its Widnes-based site and since 1975 on its Workington site, producing fine chemicals and intermediates for the crop chemicals, oilfield,
Israeli venture capital fund Peregrine Ventures has sold around 30 per cent of its holdings in medical devices company Neovasc Inc to the investment firm Fidelity Select Portfolios: Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio, for USD12 million. Peregrine sold two million of the 6.7 million Neovasc shares it held at USD6.00
Baird has advised MidCon Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arbor Investments, on its sale to Green Bay Packaging. Terms of the transaction, which closed on 31 October, have not been disclosed. Justin Albert, managing director, head of Baird’s packaging investment banking team and lead banker on
Larsen MacColl Partners has sold its portfolio company, A&S Services Group and affiliates, to Celadon Group. The purchase price of USD55 million sees LMP realise a 24x multiple of its invested capital from the sale. LMP managing partner, Jeff Larsen, says: “Thanks to Ken Buck and his team, A&S
easyProperty, the online estate agent from easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and property entrepreneur Rob Ellice, has smashed its overall fundraising target by 30 per cent, raising GBP9.75m through a mix of crowdfunding and private investment.
Global law firm White & Case has advised GSO Capital Partners on its GBP115 million debt-and-equity financing of the management buyout of XLN Telecom from ECI Partners. White & Case also represented the management-backed Newco on the acquisition. GSO, a subsidiary of global investment and advisory firm The Blackstone
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