Deals
Private equity group Bridgepoint is to acquire Miller Homes, one of the UK’s largest housebuilders, in a deal worth GBP655 million from funds managed by GSO Capital Partners.
Established in 1934 and the largest privately-owned housebuilder in the UK, Miller Homes has a strong regional footprint through three divisions (Midlands & South, North, and Scotland) and a reputation for delivering quality, family homes in desirable and high demand locations. The company focuses on sustainable developments on the edge of urban or suburban areas, typically within 45 minutes of the nearest largest town or city and is recognised for providing outstanding
The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a specialised asset management firm focused on emerging markets, is to acquire GMO Renewable Resources (GMORR); a joint venture between global investment management firm Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO), and GMORR’s principals, investing in forestry and agriculture opportunities.
Under the agreement, the team from GMORR is expected to move, intact, to TRG. GMO, which currently owns 51 per cent of the GMORR joint venture, with the GMORR principals owning 49 per cent, will retain its investments in funds managed by GMORR.
Founded in 1997, GMORR provides investment opportunities in forestry and agriculture investing.
Noerr has advised Fosun and its joint venture Nanjing Nangang Iron & Steel United Co Ltd on a strategic acquisition in Germany of automotive supplier Koller.
The Koller Group, headquartered in the Bavarian town of Dietfurt an der Altmühl, is a leading manufacturer of lightweight automotive parts in international markets and owns production facilities in Germany, Hungary and Mexico.
The Noerr team led by Frankfurt-based partners Till Kosche and Andrea Zwarg managed the transaction internationally as lead counsel, also involving Noerrs’ Hungary office.
Private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has acquired DOCU Nordic Group Holdings AB, a provider of business intelligence and data analytics services; essential in the generation of sales leads within the construction, real estate and healthcare markets across the Nordic region.
Headquartered in Ljusdal, Sweden, the company is active in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
DOCU Nordic’s core business is Project & Product Information services, which provides intelligence for construction market participants and connects materials suppliers and contractors with developers and advisers (such as architects). Together, the Project & Product Information services segment maintains a proprietary centralised database
TOM Vehicle Rental (TOM), a business-to-business flexible vehicle hire provider backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has acquired Transflex Vehicle Rental (Transflex) for an undisclosed sum.
The deal sees Transflex’s 3,500 cars and light commercial vehicles, four depots, and 80 employees join the larger TOM business, with Peter Abdale (Managing Director), Gary Henry (Sales Director), Nick Skillman (Operations Director), and Tina Lynas (Finance Director) from Transflex all joining the TOM executive management team. The combined business becomes the third-largest light commercial, flexible rental business by assets in the UK, with a rental fleet of over 16,000 cars, vans, trucks, and
A Canadian producer of healthy, gluten free and organic pasta, Chickapea Pasta, has secured an investment from District Ventures Capital, the Venture Capital fund established by Canadian Dragon’s Den star Arlene Dickinson.
Chickapea Pasta has revolutionised the pasta industry by developing a healthy and tasty alternative to the dinner-time-classic. Made from just two ingredients, chickpeas and lentil flour, Chickapea pastas are gluten free, non-GMO Project Verified, certified organic and vegan, and offer an amazing 23 g of protein.
The company’s line of healthy pastas has gained traction with independent, regional and national grocers across Canada and the United States. Chickapea Pasta, together with District Ventures Capital,
IGF, the leading commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a total of GBP16.27 million to SMEs within the UK’s manufacturing sector over the past year.
Since its management buy in/buy out in 2016, IGF has financed a total of 12 manufacturing businesses nationwide across a variety of trades including insulation, piping, FMCG, steelworks, household textiles, and windows. The funding delivered ranges from a GBP50,000 invoice finance facility to a GBP5 million asset based lending facility, with IGF funding assets including stock and property.
John Onslow, CEO, Independent Growth Finance, says: “The UK’s manufacturing sector has historically been strong,
Suir Valley Ventures, the entrepreneur-led venture capital fund, which was launched in partnership with Shard Capital Partners in February 2017, has invested EUR750,000 into Wia, an Internet of Things (IoT) cloud platform.
In addition to Suir’s investment, Enterprise Ireland will be investing further funds into Wia, which is looking to establish its cloud platform as the enabling technology that powers the rapidly growing IoT market.
Wia’s ground-breaking IoT cloud platform enables developers to turn any type of sensing device into a secure, smart and useful application in a matter of minutes, generating considerable time and cost savings for teams
Ufenau Capital Partners, a privately owned Swiss Investor Group, has, in close collaboration with a highly experienced buy-in management team, invested in Desperado, a Mexican fast casual dining and bar operator in Switzerland.
With 200 employees, Desperado offers high quality Mexican food and drinks in an entertaining atmosphere.
The company operates its restaurants at high frequency locations, such as city centres, shopping malls and cinemas and focuses on life-style oriented guests between the age of 18 and 40. In addition to fresh Mexican food and cold drinks, Desperado restaurants provide their guests with a unique entertainment and leisure experience.
Cloudreach, a company majority owned by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, has acquired a majority stake in Philadelphia-based cloud computing analytics and migration automation leader Cloudamize. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The deal brings together two highly complementary and accomplished businesses that were both born in the cloud and have become leaders in their respective spaces. The combined company has a major presence in North America and the UK as well as operations in six other countries. Its combined expertise in cloud consulting, managed services and cloud enabling software form a wide breadth of support and services to enable,
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