Deals
Duke Royalty Limited, a provider of alternative capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad, has acquired Capital Step Holdings Limited and Capital Step Investments Limited (Capital Step).
The acquisition more than doubles Duke’s royalty portfolio, increasing the Company’s core investments from five to eleven and thereby significantly accelerating the company’s growth plans and providing portfolio diversification benefits.
The new Royalty Partners are in a range of diversified industry sectors, including new investment sectors such as telecommunication services, media, recruitment, insurance broking and technology solutions.
The acquisition creates an implied enterprise
Tyler Technologies is to acquire Arlington Capital Partners’ portfolio company MicroPact, a provider of specialised, verticall- oriented case management and business process management (BPM) applications for government.
Founded in 1997 by CEO Kristoffer Collo, MicroPact was formerly known as MicroPact Engineering, and since 2012 has operated as MicroPact through several affiliated entities. Arlington Capital originally acquired Iron Data Solutions, LLC in 2011 which was combined with MicroPact in 2015.
“We are very happy to join forces with Tyler Technologies, the clear leader in public sector software technology with an outstanding company culture focused on excellence in all things, including
Eiger Advisors, a UK-regulated business assisting alternative and traditional asset management businesses, and Investeam, an established Paris-based third-party manager, have announced a new commercial partnership.
It will support UK-based fund managers wishing to access the French, Luxembourg and Belgium institutional investors, and French, Luxembourg and Belgium-based fund managers wishing to reach British institutional investors.
These are cross-border markets that to date have not achieved the expected levels of penetration, particularly when considering the quality and performance of the fund managers in the respective countries and the size and diversification of the respective investment markets.
Eiger Advisors is a
London law firm Joelson has advised intelligent aircraft solutions specialist ADB Safegate on its successful acquisition of Ultra Airport Systems, a global provider of airport software solutions.
The transaction will strengthen ADB Safegate’s data analytics capabilities and drive the provider’s transformation in becoming a Total Airport Management (TAM) solutions provider. With air traffic doubling every 15 years, the need for aircraft solution providers to use existing infrastructure more efficiently is growing. Achieving TAM status will allow ADB Safegate to operate as a performance-based provider, achieving greater integration of systems across the airports it serves.
The acquisition will enable ADB
Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired Applied Plastics (Applied), an advanced coatings provider to the medical end markets.
This is Vance Street’s sixth investment out of Vance Street Capital II, and its fourth investment in the medical space in the past three years. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, Applied provides specialty PTFE coatings on wires and other metal-based components for the medical device industry, with a primary emphasis on the advanced catheter market. Applied’s customers include the leading medical device OEMs and contract
Apex Group (Apex) and Genstar Capital (Genstar) have acquired the Corporate and Private Client Services (CPCS) and Throgmorton businesses of Link Group’s Asset Services division.
The acquisition increases Apex’s global assets under administration (AUA) to nearly USD600 billion.
The acquisition substantially bolsters Apex’s corporate services capabilities adding specialist hubs in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Hungary and Switzerland. In addition, the businesses have an established and robust service infrastructure, administering and safeguarding assets across seven highly-regulated European jurisdictions. Combined, the Apex Group’s service offering now spans fund administration, banking and depositary solutions, a comprehensive middle office offering and
James Capital Advisors (JCA) has successfully closed the High Plains Pizza transaction of 82 Pizza Hut restaurants.
Grand Mere Restaurant Group (GMRG) a New York-based private equity firm, engaged JCA to market 31 properties as a portfolio sale-leaseback. GMRG also engaged JCA to source a structured financing program for the remaining 17 real estate assets. In total JCA provided over USD60 million in sale-leaseback and structured financing proceeds for GMRG.
“James Capital played an integral part in structuring our capital stack and executing a real estate strategy that maximised value for our company. I consider the James Capital team an essential part of our M&A strategy moving forward,”
Employee benefits and pensions consultants and independent trustee business Broadstone Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Livingbridge, has acquired Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions (CSFS), including CS Trustees.
The acquisition is another significant step for Broadstone as it strengthens and extends its competitive offering in the employee benefits consulting sector.
CSFS, a specialist employee benefits consultancy, will become a fully integrated part of the Broadstone Group and will help serve the combined group’s burgeoning client base across the UK and internationally, through the Assurex Global network. The acquisition brings the number of Broadstone regional UK offices to six
Private equity firm Permira is to make an investment in Hana, in partnership with the founders and the management, who will substantially re-invest in the company. The transaction sees TA Associates, which was the first institutional investor in Hana, exit its investment.
Founded in 2012 by Laurent Boukobza and Jacques Attal, Hana is a global provider of freshly prepared sushi “on the go” through its 900 points of sale in grocery retailers across 12 markets. Its core geographies are the United States and France. In addition, Hana operates in the UK, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania and Luxembourg.
Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in Dancing Deer Baking Company, a manufacturer of all-natural cookies and cakes, based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was purchased by Hudson River Foods.
Incorporated in April 1994 to provide high quality baked goods to accompany the growing market for gourmet coffee, Dancing Deer has grown from a small commercial bakery to an award-winning manufacturer of specialty cakes and cookies, and online purveyor of gourmet gift packages for businesses and individuals.
“Dancing Deer can claim an amazing list of industry awards over the past two decades,” says Alex Levental, managing director at Ironwood
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