Private equity firm Actis has sold a substantial stake of Ugandan electricity distributor Umeme Ltd for USD85.5 million. The shares were bought by over 20 new and existing blue-chip institutional investors in a heavily oversubscribed secondary offer through the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) and the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).
International law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is representing Fintech Advisory and BTG Pactual Europe in the acquisition of a 6.5 per cent stake in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena from Fondazione MPS, which maintains a 2.5 per cent stake. This is the first time non-EU funds have
Total offshore deal value increased by 79 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 when compared to the same period last year and was the highest it’s been since the end of 2012, according to a report released by Appleby. Considering the first quarter of the year is historically
Private equity-backed Oasis Healthcare has strengthened its position as the UK’s largest provider of private dental care and a major provider to the NHS with the acquisition of Apex Dental Care for an undisclosed sum. The deal closely follows the acquisition of Smiles Dental in April 2014. The additions
Ingenious Clean Energy, a division of UK investment and advisory group Ingenious, has completed the financing of a GBP27m portfolio of three solar parks, including a GBP15m loan from Barclays. The solar parks are in Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire and are owned by three companies in the Ingenious Renewable Energy
Darden Restaurants has agreed to sell its Red Lobster business and certain other related assets and assumed liabilities to Golden Gate Capital for USD2.1 billion in cash. Darden expects to receive net cash proceeds, after tax and transaction costs, of approximately USD1.6 billion, of which approximately USD1.0 billion will
An extremely active IPO market has impacted on UK private company mergers and acquisitions (M&A) resulting in a slow start for 2014 deals. This has been further compounded by the ongoing political stand-off in Ukraine, which has led some investors to defer decisions in the short term, according to the
Funds advised by Oaktree Capital Management have acquired all the shares in Railpool and Railpool Holding from HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank. The purchase price has not been disclosed. A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by Hamburg-based partners Dr Ludwig Linder and Dr Henrik Drinkuth advised HSH Nordbank
e-Go aeroplanes, the UK’s first manufacturer of lightweight carbon fibre aeroplanes, has raised GBP950,000 in a second round of finance, surpassing its target of between GBP650,000 and GBP800,000. This latest funding round follows the e-Go prototype’s first successful flight on 17 October 2013. All existing investors are contributing again.
Sunrun has raised USD150 million in equity financing, the largest private equity raise for a private residential solar company in the US. A public institutional investor led the round with a USD100 million investment. Existing and new investors provided the remaining USD50 million. Sunrun will use the funds
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