Law firm Howard Kennedy is advising English Rose Enterprises, a company owned by Andrew Perloff and family, on its efforts to acquire Beales, the historic department store chain.   The acquisition is being made with the financial support of Portnard Limited, another Andrew Perloff family vehicle. English Rose Enterprises has

Jamieson Corporate Finance has advised the shareholders of Honest Burgers on the sale of a significant stake to Active Private Equity (Active). Honest Burgers, the London-based premium burger restaurant, was founded by Dorian Waite, Tom Barton and Philip Eeles in 2011 in a market traditionally dominated by innovative independent restaurants.

Raney & Associates has expanded its service offering to include revenue integration strategies targeting emerging market private equity portfolios. "Given the range of our capabilities, which includes deal origination, cross functional team management, brand awareness, total shareholder returns and corporate governance, the new service offering for this target market seems

Insurers in Asia and Europe are being guided by the shadow of local regulations, as well as investment logic, in their allocating to alternative strategies.  While their plans are often to boost exposure to non-traditional asset classes, the degree of such increases will often hinge on regulations, according to the

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser on the sale of Clarion Events Limited to Providence Equity Partners.  Clarion was owned by Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Trilantic Capital Partners, who acquired the company in 2008 and have supported its transformational growth through organic investment and bolt-on acquisitions.   Clarion

Investment bank Altium has advised Castik Capital on its GBP122.6m recommended cash acquisition for the entire share capital of Waterlogic, a distributor of drinking water purification and dispensing systems.  The Waterlogic acquisition was made through Poseidon Bidco, a newly formed entity incorporated by Castik-managed EPIC Funds, and was accepted by

Baker Botts, an international business law firm, advised clients on over 35 major M&A transactions (including spin-offs and split-offs) valued at nearly USD200 billion in the second half of 2014.  When combined with M&A deal volume and value from the first half of the year (38 deals for a total

Nigeria’s first institutional private equity fund African Capital Alliance (ACA) has automated and streamlined its operations via FrontInvest, eFront’s flagship solution, which includes an investee portal. ACA currently manages three active funds and has raised cumulative capital commitments of more than USD700 million. Founded in 1997, ACA focuses on regional

VentureFounders has helped four growing British businesses raise a total of GBP3.95m across their investor base since its launch last September. The new equity crowdfunding platform was created to make angel style investing in startups more accessible to all. Each investment opportunity has been subject to a detailed process of