Deals
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised SoftBank Vision Fund on its investment in British unicorn OakNorth, in what will be the largest ever European fintech fundraising.
The investment values OakNorth at around USD2.8 billion. Closing of the investment will take place subject to regulatory approvals.
OakNorth is a challenger bank that specialises in lending to small and medium-sized businesses. It has lent over USD3.7 billion to British businesses, and has licensed its automated lending system to other banks and lenders around the world.
White & Case also advised SoftBank Vision Fund on another significant mandate in
RSK Group Ltd, a UK-based integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, has acquired Dr Tillmanns & Partner, an environmental and geotechnical engineering firm headquartered in Bergheim, Germany.
It is the tenth acquisition of the 2018/19 financial year by RSK, a private company with 36 international offices, more than 2700 staff and an annual turnover of GBP200 million.
Dr Tillmanns & Partner provides advice on and services in soil and groundwater contamination, rehabilitation planning and monitoring, landfill technology and planning, subsoil investigations, geothermics, hydrogeology and soil mechanics. In addition to undertaking fieldwork, Dr Tillmanns & Partner has an accredited
Panoramic Growth Equity (Panoramic), an equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial companies, has supported the management buy-in (MBI) of electrical contracting specialist Process Control Services Limited (PCS). This marks the eighth investment for Panoramic’s second fund.
Founded in 1997, Buxton-based PCS has over 20 years’ experience providing essential electrical engineering services predominantly to aggregate, asphalt, cement and concrete producers as well as the food & drink industry. PCS are specialists in providing electrical testing and compliance, design and installation, planned and reactive maintenance as well as absence and shift cover to a large number of clients where there is a
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) is to acquire the plastics distribution business (Nexeo Plastics) of Nexeo Solutions (Nexeo).
The transaction will follow Nexeo’s pending acquisition by Univar and is expected to close during the first half of 2019.
Nexeo Plastics is a specialist in the distribution of plastics products, including polymer products and prime engineering resins. Through its vast distribution network, Nexeo Plastics connects world-class suppliers with customers across a broad cross section of industrial segments in more than 60 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. Nexeo Plastics utilises its proprietary technology platform to
Palatine Private Equity has backed the MBO of SMP Group, the corporate, trust and professional services provider.
The MBO, which is subject to regulatory approval, comes as part of a planned leadership succession process at the Isle of Man headquartered business, which will see the appointment of a new group CEO, David Hudson.
Created in 2007 through a management buyout from Fortis Intertrust and with an unbroken record of financial success, SMP Group has grown into an international provider of corporate and trust services, employing over 200 people across seven global offices.
New CEO David Hudson has been
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has partnered with the management team of Taconic Biosciences to acquire the company.
Headquartered in Rensselaer, NY, with operations in Germantown, NY, Indiana, Germany, and Denmark, Taconic is a specialist in genetically engineered models and service solutions used in mission-critical life sciences research. With its strong market position and long-standing relationships, Taconic is well-positioned to benefit from the significant growth in the broader healthcare services market and more specifically in genetically engineered models growth. Researchers use Taconic’s models and services in a wide variety of growing research applications, including oncology, immunology, and neuroscience, as
Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings IV (Three Rivers IV), a newly-formed, Austin-based oil and gas company, has secured an equity commitment of up to USD500 million from funds managed by energy private equity firm Riverstone Holdings (Riverstone), and additional amounts from the Company’s management team.
Three Rivers IV represents the fourth partnership between Riverstone and Three Rivers IV’s management team after the successful sales of substantially all of the assets of Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings, Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings II, and Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings III.
The Three Rivers IV team will continue to be led
Jobs in ETFs, the world’s first ETF Career Platform and Specialised Recruitment Provider for the ETF Industry, has completed a major funding round from veteran investors Cheah Cheng Hye and Jay Pelosky.
The founder, Claud Mitrache, has retained majority interest in Jobs in ETFs and is working to build up its team and online platform to keep up with strong hiring demand from the ETF industry. This is the first outside fundraising by Jobs in ETFs, which commenced operations in 2017 with just founder’s money.
As the Global ETF market continues to accumulate assets at 20 per cent
Haven Cyber Technologies (Haven) has acquired Onevinn, a Swedish provider of Microsoft cloud security services and solutions.
The acquisition reflects Haven’s continued focus on strengthening its solutions, products and consulting competencies and becoming the leading European Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP). Onevinn offers security solutions for the cloud and the mobile connected world.
The specialist venture capital firm C5 Capital leads Haven based out of Luxemburg. Haven is one of the fastest growing Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) in Europe. The acquisition of Onevinn and in particular its work with Cloud Security Services in Microsoft Azure will amplify the
Earth Capital has successfully exited the UK Energy Efficiency Investments Fund (UKEEI) through the sale of the Fund’s assets via a GBP100 million IPO.
Earth Capital’s Nobel Sustainability Fund was invested in UKEEI alongside the Green Investment Bank, Earth Capital investee SDCL EEco (SDCL), the European Investment Bank and other institutional LPs. Earth Capital’s impact investing focus includes Energy Efficiency as a key sector, and is strongly aligned with SDCL’s investment strategy.
Gordon Power and Jim Totty worked with the SDCL team on transaction and investment management and sat on the investment committee of the Fund, with Gordon as
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