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Restructuring

Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services rebrands as Acuity Knowledge Partners

Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services has rebranded as Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) following the completion of its management buyout from Moody’s Corporation, supported by the European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone). Acuity, a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, has

SEA Equity rebrands as Longacre Group

After five years of building a group of nine successful businesses, SEA Equity is rebranding as Longacre Group to better reflect its approach to investing in and growing businesses. Longacre Group will continue to focus on acquiring and investing in B2B companies across the UK and Europe with profits of

Octopus Energy Investments rebrands as Octopus Renewables

Octopus Energy Investments, a specialist clean energy investor and part of Octopus Group, has changed it name to Octopus Renewables with immediate effect.  The rebranding is intended to more accurately reflect the business’s core mission – to accelerate the transition to a future powered by renewable energy.   Since entering

Capzanine renamed CAPZA

Capzanine, an independent asset manager and private investment house for small and mid-sized companies, has changed its name to CAPZA. With 15 years of growth under its belt, CAPZA now offers capabilities in four European countries (France, Germany, Spain and Italy). On the back of its unique track-record, CAPZA early

Kirkland & Ellis represents Agrokor in successful restructuring

Croatian food and retail group Agrokor, represented by Kirkalnd & Ellis, has successfully completed a two-year restructuring process.  With the implementation of the creditor settlement on 1 April, 2019, the new holding company Fortenova Group took over the operative parts of Agrokor, which are now controlled by the former creditors

Global investor services provider SGG Group rebrands as IQ-EQ

SGG Group, the world’s fourth largest investor services group, has adopted a new name, visual identity and corporate website. SGG Group has rebranded to become IQ-EQ. IQ-EQ unites SGG, First Names Group, Augentius, Iyer Practice and Viacert under one single brand. Mark Pesco, Group CEO, says: “Our new name brings

Global investor services provider SGG Group rebrands as IQ-EQ

SGG Group, the world’s fourth largest investor services group, has adopted a new name, visual identity and corporate website. SGG Group has rebranded to become IQ-EQ. IQ-EQ unites SGG, First Names Group, Augentius, Iyer Practice and Viacert under one single brand.   Mark Pesco, Group CEO, says: “Our new name

21 Partners rebrands as 21 Invest

21 Partners, a European investment group founded by Alessandro Benetton and Gérard Pluvinet, is rebranding as 21 Invest. The company says its new name and logo more directly reflect the core activity of the Group, which in almost 30 years of activity has expanded from Italy to other geographies and

Announcement

Ares Management completes corporate conversion

Ares Management Corporation has completed its conversion to a corporation under Delaware law and changed its name from Ares Management to Ares Management Corporation. Since Ares had already elected to be taxed as a corporation for US federal and state income tax purposes effective 1 March 2018, no material tax

Noerr advises Arla Foods on reorganisation of cooperative membership structure

Noerr has advised the Danish parent cooperative of the Arla Foods Group, Arla Foods amba, on the cross-border merger of its German members MUH Arla eG and Hansa Arla Milch eG by the formation of a Danish European Cooperative Society (SCE), namely Arla Foods 2018 SCE. Other participating cooperatives in

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