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Apollo Credit launches retail sector investment JV

Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management have launched Alteri Investors, a joint venture focused on financing opportunities arising across performing, stressed and distressed retail sector situations in Europe. Structured as a partnership between funds managed under Apollo’s credit business (Apollo Credit) and a team led by former GA Europe chief

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Chelverton Investor Club completes second investment

Chelverton Asset Management (CAM) has completed the acquisition of Electrobase RP Limited for GBP3.9 million, its second transaction since the launch last year of its Investor Club proposition.  Chelverton Investor Club has raised GBP2m of equity from its high net worth membership towards the transaction, together with an institutional investor

Tikehau IM closes senior loans fund at EUR230 million

Tikehau IM has held the final closing of its latest senior leveraged loans fund, Tikehau Corporate Leveraged Loan Fund (TCLLF), at EUR230 million, lifting the amount of AUM in its senior leveraged loan strategy to more than EUR700 million. Tikehau IM sourced commitments from about 10 institutional investors, most of

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Alter Domus launches new corporate identity

Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services dedicated to private equity and infrastructure houses, real estate firms, multinationals, private clients and private debt managers, has unveiled a new corporate identity. Alter Domus says it wants to clearly express who it is, what it does and how it is

Gunnebo acquires UK electronic security company

Swedish public company The Gunnebo Security Group has completed the acquisition of Clear Image, a provider of electronic security solutions and services in the UK. Livingstone’s Industrial sector team advised Gunnebo on the purchase.   Clear Image offers intelligent electronic security solutions. Its customer base includes banks, cash in transit

Paul Hastings advises ActivumSG Capital Management on formart acquisition

Paul Hastings has advised ActivumSG Capital Management on the acquisition financing of formart, the second largest residential real estate developer in Germany, from Hochtief Solutions. ActivumSG Capital Management is a European fund manager that invests in niche opportunities in real estate related sectors by identifying high quality, but undervalued assets

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Three quarters of executives expect dealmaking in Europe to increase

Europe’s executives are more bullish about the European M&A outlook than they were a year ago, according to the second edition of the European M&A Outlook by Mergermarket in association with CMS. Of the 225 Europe-based corporate executives surveyed, 76 per cent expect that dealmaking will increase or increase greatly,

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to acquire Bridon Limited

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has agreed to acquire Bridon Limited, a manufacturer of wire rope, from Melrose Industries. The transaction, led by Teachers’ Private Capital (TPC), values UK-based Bridon at GBP365 million (approximately USD656 million), subject to customary adjustments, and is expected to close by the end of 2014

Blackstone to spin off financial advisory business

Blackstone’s board of directors has approved a plan to spin off its financial and strategic advisory services, restructuring and reorganisation advisory services and its Park Hill fund placement businesses. The businesses will be combined with PJT Partners, an independent financial advisory firm founded by Paul J Taubman (pictured). The parties

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CMS advises RAG-Stiftung on acquisition of majority stake in HAHN Automation Group

The RAG-Stiftung foundation has acquired a majority holding in specialist engineering firm HAHN Automation via RAG-Stiftung Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the merger control authorities.   A CMS Hasche Sigle team led by Dr Richard Mayer-Uellner and Dr Malte Bruhns advised the foundation on all legal

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