The international commercial law firm Noerr has advised recipe kit delivery service Hello Fresh on a financing round. Hello Fresh was valued at EUR 2.6 billion in the context of the transaction. In this round of financing, international funds advised by the Scottish asset management Baillie Gifford invested EUR75 million in the rapidly growing Berlin company.   Ass well as Germany, Hello Fresh also operates the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Australia and the USA.

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of UK based shower brand Aqualisa for an undisclosed price from Sankaty Advisors, LLC, the credit affiliate of Bain Capital, and RBS.  Aqualisa designs and manufactures a range of digital, mixer and electric showers and accessories, retailing through builders' merchants, distributors, specifiers, and showrooms.  Founded in the 1970s, Aqualisa’s patented, bi-metallic shower valve, which reduces limescale build-up, revolutionised the market in the 1980s and is still manufactured by the company today.  It also launched the first digital shower in 2001 and introduced new wireless remote technology in 2005.   As

Quayside Fund Management has received authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland to act as Manager to UCITS funds. Quayside currently provides third-party management solutions to investment managers looking to  set up alternative investment funds (‘AIFs’), and will now extend this service to UCITS funds.  Eoin Smyth (pictured), CEO of Quayside, says: ‘Due to increasing client demand, we are delighted that Quayside has expanded on its AIFM authorisation in offering cost effective management company (‘ManCo’) solutions to our UCITS clients. Quayside provides a high touch quality service to its clients using state-of- the-art risk system reporting. Choosing a provider such

Harris Williams & Co has advised The Mill, a provider of moving image visual content for advertising, to Technicolor for GBP190 million.  Harris Williams & Co. acted as the exclusive financial advisor to The Mill, a portfolio company of Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone). The transaction was led by Thierry Monjauze, Jonathan Organ and Mathew Tsui from Harris Williams & Co.’s Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group in London. “It has been a pleasure to work with the management team of The Mill for a second time,” says Thierry Monjauze (pictured), a managing director in the firm’s TMT Group. “The Mill

You.i Labs Inc, a user-interface technology company, has partnered with Los Angeles-based Kayne Partners, the growth private equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, an alternative investment firm managing over USD27 billion in assets. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, You.i TV provides a proprietary user-interface engine to enterprise-level media and telecommunications companies to create world class video applications that run across multiple media devices, including mobile phones, tablets, game consoles, smart TVs and set-top boxes. You.i TV’s technology and unique work flow process helps deliver a high quality and consistent user experience, increases cost savings, provides a faster time to market

Private equity firm Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Florida Autism Center (FAC) and the formation of SCP Autism Services. Florida Autism Center provides centre-based applied behaviour analysis (ABA) treatment services to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In addition, the Company offers a private school program to students with ASD as an alternative to a public school setting. The Company provides therapy through five centre in central and northern Florida.   Shore has partnered with Chrystin Bullock (pictured), a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and the founder of Florida Autism Center. Chrystin has been providing autism

On-line travel business Momondo Group has secured a GBP10 million working capital line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the world’s most innovative businesses and their investors. Momondo will use this facility to provide additional liquidity as the business pursues its ongoing growth strategy through global expansion and product development.   Momondo Group has a portfolio of three core brands, Cheapflights, momondo and Skygate, and operates dedicated sites in over 30 countries and territories around the world, in more than 20 languages. Momondo Group offers travel search and inspirational travel information, advice and tips to millions of

The HQ Group is to combine its private equity and real estate businesses under the HQ Capital brand. This move will create an independent alternative investment manager, with more than USD12 billion under management in private equity and real estate. As part of the rebranding, Auda, the private equity firm, and Real Estate Capital Partners, the real estate investment company, will operate under the new HQ Capital brand. Equita, the mid-cap buyout firm, will become a subsidiary of HQ Capital and be renamed HQ Equita.   “We have been investing in alternative assets for over 25 years, which makes us