Ashurst has advised the credit business of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) on the acquisition of the entire share capital and voting rights of Pont-sur-Sambre Power and Toul Power, two combined cycle gas turbine power plants in France. The plants were acquired from Verbund AG, a power transmission and trading company.
A total of 298 European private equity transactions in Q3 represented a meaningful reduction in volume over the prior quarter, impacted by a decrease in both buyouts and early stage transactions, according to SL Capital Partners. Value held up relatively well given the reduced volumes and, although the EUR19.0bn transacted
Independent corporate and fund services provider Crestbridge has seen the value of funds it administers grow from GBP1.84 billion in June 2013 to GBP15.06 billion in June 2014, representing an increase of more than 700 per cent. Contributing to this growth were a number of key business wins for the
London listed private equity fund JZ Capital Partners, an investor in US and European micro cap companies, has now seen NAV growth in 20 of the past 22 quarters. The firm’s NAV totalled USD657.4 million at 31 August 2014 (FYE 28/02/14: USD666.5 million), with pre-dividend NAV per share of USD10.27
Platinum Equity has acquired a majority interest in ground engineering firm Grupo Terratest. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Madrid and providing services around the world, Terratest is a specialised international contractor providing foundation work, ground improvement and micro-tunnelling services for large-scale infrastructure projects
V-Rooms has announced the pre-launch of Global Deal Market, a rated deal marketplace exclusively for family office direct investments in private US based mature companies, typically with annual up to USD100 million. With this pre-launch, Global Deal Market (GDM) is actively reviewing M&A deals for presentation to its Charter Member
Cirque Energy has entered into a USD5 million common stock purchase agreement with Kodiak Capital Group, a Newport Beach, California-based institutional investor. Cirque has agreed to file a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission covering the shares that may be issued to Kodiak under the terms of
Carne Group has received authorisation for an independent AIFMD-compliant management company in the Channel Islands. The new management company has become immediately operational with Carne Group’s fund clients. It is particularly suitable for alternative fund managers, including credit, hedge fund, private equity, infrastructure and real estate investment firms. Carne
Advent Life Sciences has closed its Advent Life Sciences Fund II (ALSF II), a GBP145.5 million (USD235 million) venture capital fund raised to seed and build life sciences companies in the UK, Europe and the US. The fund will back entrepreneurs and early-stage and mid-stage companies with the potential to
Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments and parent Prudential plc, has reached a final closing of its latest fund, Infracapital Partners II, with total commitments of GBP1.0 billion (USD1.6 billion). Co-investment pledges take the total investable funds to over GBP1.3 billion. As with its predecessor, Infracapital Partners LP,
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