Deals
Noerr has advised the French Pernod Ricard Group on the agreement of a strategic partnership with Black Forest Distillers.
The second largest spirits and wines group worldwide has taken over a strategic majority in the Black Forest company and will, in future, cooperate with the manufacturer of the well-known Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin, a valued worldwide premium brand.
A Noerr team led by corporate lawyer Christoph Spiering advised Pernod Ricard on the agreement of the partnership. The case covered both the legal and tax aspects of the transaction. Since the takeover of Seagram by Pernod Ricard and Diageo,
SL Capital Partners has entered into an agreement to manage Aviva Investors’ private equity portfolio from 1 February 2016. SL Capital is a subsidiary of Standard Life Investments.
With the majority of the private equity portfolio in run-off, Aviva Investors has taken the decision to delegate the management and monitoring of the portfolio to SL Capital, while the economic interests remain with Aviva Group clients. This will ensure strong and committed resources for Aviva Group clients during this run-off process.
SL Capital will utilise its substantial European footprint to integrate the management and monitoring of 115 private equity fund
Amaya Capital Ltd and Azura Power Holdings Ltd have reached financial close for Amaya Capital’s Flagship West Africa power investment, the 450MW Azura-Edo Independent Power Project in Edo State, Nigeria.
The USD876 million transaction is the first of a new wave of project-financed greenfield IPPs currently being developed in Nigeria. The financing of the Azura-Edo IPP involves USD190 million of equity and USD686 million of debt from a consortium of local and international financiers.
Azura is majority owned by Amaya Capital, the founder and lead sponsor of the project and American Capital Energy & Infrastructure. Other equity investors in the Azura-Edo project include funds managed
mPrest, a provider of monitoring and control software for the Internet of Things (IoT), has raised a USD20 million Series A round of funding led by GE Ventures, the venture arm of GE, and OurCrowd, one of the world's leading equity crowdfunding platforms.
mPrest will use the investment to expand its international presence in the industrial and commercial markets and rapidly scale to meet the soaring needs of the IoT world.
mPrest delivers leading-edge software for “connecting the dots” across multiple complex systems of any scale, from a single facility to a multinational corporation. mPrest’s groundbreaking, generic software platform
China Orient Asset Management (COAMI), China Orient Summit Capital (COS-Capital) and KKR have formed a strategic partnership to co-invest in credit and distressed opportunities in the Chinese market and explore strategic initiatives for broader collaboration.
The investment and asset management platform will focus on opportunities in China across a range of returns, benefiting from the unique capabilities and strengths of each of the partners. The platform brings together COAMI and COS Capital’s unique combination of deal sourcing capability and China asset management expertise, and KKR’s investment experience and network around the world and in China.
Guoxing Zhong, Co-President at
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) and LeapFrog Investments have launched a USD350 million investment partnership to access high-growth markets in Africa.
Managed by LeapFrog, the new investment vehicle will target investments in life insurance companies in leading economies on the continent, including Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, to be made over a three- to five-year period.
Charles Lowrey, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Prudential’s International Businesses, says “This investment expands Prudential’s footprint into Africa, a continent that we believe offers tremendous potential for growth over the long term. We are delighted to partner with LeapFrog Investments, given their
Maslow Capital (Maslow), a provider of development finance in the UK, and TPG Special Situations Partners (TSSP), the dedicated credit and special situations platform of TPG , have formed a joint venture to leverage their collective expertise in the real estate lending sector.
The relationship will bring together the regional expertise, relationships and deal origination capabilities of Maslow and the global strength and resources of TSSP’s investment platform.
Maslow, established in 2009, is a leader in the UK residential property development finance market, providing Senior Stretch and Mezzanine Finance to experienced developers. TSSP has extensive experience with global public
Noerr has advised the group Veolia on the purchase of Nuon Energie und Service. A team from Noerr’s Energy Group led by the Berlin partners Dr Tibor Fedke and Dr Christoph Spiering, and the Düsseldorf real estate specialist Christoph Brenzinger acted for Veolia.
Nuon Energie und Service, which has to date been held by Vattenfall, operates the Niederau Industry Park in Düren and is the owner and operator of Bizzpark Oberbruch, an industry park in Heinsberg near Cologne. Veolia supplies both locations with electricity, gas, water and steam, and arranges waste management. This acquisition contributes to the strategic development of
The corporate team from the Manchester office of national law-firm, Shoosmiths has advised private equity firm, NorthEdge on its investment into TKC, a Greater Manchester-based kitchen trade supplier.
The investment was used to back a management buyout of TKC and to secure a majority stake in the GBP19m-turnover business for NorthEdge.
This is the first deal where Shoosmiths has advised NorthEdge. The national law firm was appointed to provide a range of legal support to NorthEdge including advice around corporate M&A , private equity, banking, tax, employment and legal due diligence.
NorthEdge has backed the incumbent TKC management
Fifth Street Asset Management successfully agented and syndicated over USD3 billion in 22 deals across its platform in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters LPC League Tables.
This represents a company record and a 67% increase over the USD1.8 billion of deals agented and syndicated in 2014.
The Fifth Street platform stands among a limited number of middle market lenders who have the ability to hold loans up to USD250 million and underwrite and syndicate transactions up to USD500 million, providing a unique competitive advantage.
“In recent years, aligned with our goal to deliver fully underwritten solutions to our
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