Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital is backing the merger of Aston Scott with Lark Group to create one of the UK’s top 20 independent commercial insurance brokers and employee benefits practices. The transaction is subject to approval by the Financial Conduct Authority. On a combined basis, the merged
Rabobank has appointed Donald Meltzer, currently Vice Chairman, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions North America will assume the role of Global Head of M&A. In addition to his global responsibilities, Meltzer will continue to lead the North American M&A business, a critical component of Rabobank’s global M&A strategy. In his new
European private equity is reawakening following a quiet six months after the UK’s EU Referendum last summer, with overall buyout value growing by more than a third between H2 2016 and H1 2017 to reach EUR35.8 billion for the first half of this year. That’s according to provisional H1 data
Leaking information on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals before any public announcement of the transaction added an extra USD21 million to the average value of the leaked in 2016, according to new research from Intralinks. In addition to evidence of higher valuations for M&A deals that leak, the 2017 Intralinks
Stella Advisors and EOC Partners are merging their businesses to create one of the largest media and technology investment banking boutiques in Europe. Stella EOC will bring deeper, even more powerful coverage right across the high growth tech and media sectors, and will bring highly relevant M&A advisory services to
Eleanor West, partner at McDermott Will & Emery in London, comments on the UK general election result… Today’s election results have shaken the business community to its core. Mid-M&A market had been showing signs of recovery in the recent months and the UK political landscape looked to be stable enough
Global fintech investment got off to a soft start in Q1 2017, with the total invested globally at USD3.2 billion, down from USD4.15 billion in Q4 2016, according to the Q1 2017 edition of The Pulse of Fintech – KPMG International's quarterly report on fintech investment. Fintech M&A dropped in
KL Outdoor, maker of Sun Dolphin kayaks, and GSC Technologies, maker of Future Beach kayaks, are to combine to form a single company. “The merger will create the largest kayak company in the world,” says Mark Becker, partner at Boca Raton-based private equity firm New Water Capital. Affiliates of
BIP Capital has merged with Accelerant Venture Capital. Paul Iaffaldano, founder and managing partner of Accelerant, will join BIP Capital as managing director and will help lead the growth of the firm's venture technology companies. Mark Buffington, who previously held the managing director title, has been promoted to CEO.
The most popular M&A deal project name in 2016 was Project Blue, according to Intralinks, a provider of virtual data rooms for M&A transactions. Intralinks analysed almost 5,000 transactions in 2016 – all of which used an Intralinks Virtual Data Room – revealing that Project Blue, Project Diamond and Project
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