Deals
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies in the lower middle market, has sold PlayCore, a North American designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of play, park, and recreation products. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
“We are very pleased with the excellent results PlayCore has achieved,” said Eric Bommer, a Sentinel partner. “PlayCore has successfully executed a broad range of organic growth and add-on acquisition initiatives. PlayCore’s talented management team has incorporated new brands seamlessly and accelerated growth by cross-selling, accessing new market opportunities, and capturing cost efficiencies. During our
Beehive, a MENA peer to peer lending (P2P) platform, has secured USD5 million investment as part of a Series A round led by Riyad TAQNIA Fund and supported by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund (MBRF), the financial arm of Dubai SME, as well as several other regional investors.
This latest fundraise brings the total raised by Beehive to USD10.5 million since its launch.
Craig Moore, Beehive Founder and CEO, says: “We’re delighted to have the support of our strategic investors in this latest round which demonstrates the appetite for investment into fintech businesses in the region and will enable
M&A specialists from Carey Olsen’s Guernsey corporate team have acted as lead legal counsel on a significant acquisition of a Guernsey financial services business.
TMF Group, a global financial and business services provider, has purchased Gentoo, an independent provider of administration services to regulated and unregulated funds and family office structures, as well as depositary and corporate and domiciliation services. Gentoo has offices in Guernsey and Luxembourg.
Gentoo will come under the umbrella of TMF Group’s private equity and real estate business offering and it is seen as a strategic purchase for the group which gives TMF Group a
Shareholders of Saxo Bank Group (Saxo), a leading multi-asset trading and financial-technology firm, have received an offer from Sampo Group, a leading Nordic financial services group, to take up a stake of 19.9 per cent of the bank.
In May 2017, it was announced that Geely Financials Denmark A/S, a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co, Ltd (“Geely Group”), had made an offer to buy 30 per cent of the shares of Saxo. Geely Group has offered to buy more shares and will thus become majority shareholder with a total of 51.5 per cent.
TPG Capital and SinarMas
YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, has backed a GBP1.5 million investment into e2E Engineering Limited (e2E), a technical consultancy operating in the telecommunications market, with particular expertise in satellite communications.
YFM’s funding comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies and British Smaller Companies 2.
Based in offices in Welwyn Garden City and Gateshead, e2E has been at the forefront of evolving technologies and service innovations since 1999. With support from the European Space Agency and Innovate UK, e2E has used its wealth of experience to develop its own suite of products and
Investment banking and asset management firm Alantra has combined with Catalyst Corporate Finance (Catalyst). The transaction, which is subject to Alantra Shareholder’s Meeting and FCA Approval, has a value of over GBP30 million.
Following a transition period, Catalyst will rebrand as Alantra UK and the move will see Catalyst’s partners driving the UK arm of the Alantra global M&A advisory business. The transaction involves 15 Catalyst partners and directors taking a shareholding in the listed group. In addition, there is further equity allocated for future partner and staff incentivisation.
By increasing its footprint in London, one of the most
Pamplona Capital Management has completed its acquisition of biopharmaceutical services company, Parexel.
Pamplona has acquired all outstanding shares of Parexel for USD88.10 per share in cash. The transaction was approved overwhelmingly by stockholders on September 15, with more than 98 per cent of votes cast in favour. Parexel stock will stop trading at the close of business today. Josef von Rickenbach will continue to serve as CEO. Dr. Jeremy Gelber, Partner of Pamplona Capital Management, will serve on the Board of Directors.
“This acquisition will better position Parexel for growth and success,” says von Rickenbach. “Pamplona is an ideal
Kirkland & Ellis advised Nidda Healthcare Holding AG and Nidda BondCo GmbH, companies owned by private equity funds Bain Capital and Cinven, in connection with EUR3.175 billion of syndicated debt financing for Bain Capital’s and Cinven’s takeover of German generic pharmaceutical group STADA Arzneimittel AG.
The debt financing consisted of EUR1.7 billion of term loans, EUR1.075 billion of high yield bonds and a EUR400 million revolving credit facility. With a total value of EUR5.4 billion, the STADA acquisition is one of the largest private equity take-private transactions ever in Germany.
The Kirkland team was led, in London, by capital
Berkshire Partners has completed its acquisition of Accela, a provider of civic engagement software solutions for state, county and municipal governments. Abry Partners, an existing shareholder, will remain an investor in the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Accela’s platform can transform how local and state governments interact with businesses and other constituents,” says Tom Kuo, a Managing Director at Berkshire Partners. “We believe the company has enormous growth potential as it continues bringing leading technology to civic systems.”
Based in San Ramon, California, the company currently serves over 2,000 customers worldwide. Accela’s platform streamlines critical functions
Sanne, a provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, is to acquire Luxembourg Investment Solutions and Compliance Partners.
LIS is a leading third-party AIFM headquartered in Luxembourg with a branch in Dublin. Clients are spread across Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt and Infrastructure funds. LIS is regulated under the supervision of Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
CP primarily provides unregulated services, including corporate services, for both LIS and external clients, enabling clients to have a physical presence in Luxembourg.
The Acquired Companies together employ more than 70 people. The principal managers and shareholders of
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