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Law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore, has advised on the corporate restructure and Management Buy-Out (MBO) of SE10, and its related group companies.
SE10 is an integrated communications and public relations agency, specialising in strategic brand journalism and content marketing for international industrial business-to-business clients. The company has an international presence, providing expert services to world-class brands from its offices in London, Chicago and Singapore.
The corporate team advised the SE10 group on the restructure, which included the management buy-out of one of the founding partners. Thomson Snell & Passmore was required to project manage the various complex international
Decisiv, a specialist in Service Relationship Management (SRM) solutions, has secured a GBP30 million in equity funding from Kayne Partners, the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.
“The investment by Kayne Partners reflects our position as the leading provider of a highly successful and innovative approach to SRM for asset manufacturers, service providers, and asset owners,” says Dick Hyatt, President and CEO of Decisiv. “With this financial support we can continue to pursue ongoing initiatives in commercial vehicle, heavy equipment, construction, agriculture and mining markets in North America, Japan, Europe, Australia and Latin America.”
Decisiv SRM is
Inflexion Private Equity has expanded into North America with a focus on supporting portfolio company mergers and acquisitions and broader business development. Inflexion-backed businesses will benefit from direct access to an experienced, senior North American professional with an established network, offering local insight and direct access to this key market.
Inflexion’s North American presence will be based in Boston and led by Whitney Bower, who joins as Senior Adviser. Whit brings with him over 25 years of experience in building businesses, including working with BC Partners, HgCapital and 3i, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 2014, he
Goldman Sachs has led a USD8 million Series A investment round in Immersive Labs’ cyber security skills platform. The funding, made alongside smaller private investors, will grow an offering which arms enterprise IT and cyber security teams with the latest skills by combining threat data with gamified learning.
The award-winning Immersive Labs platform uses real-time feeds of the latest attack techniques, hacker psychology and technological vulnerabilities to rapidly build cyber wargames for IT and security teams to learn from. The platform can up-skill people within hours of a threat emerging and can also be used to identify and fix less immediate weaknesses in the talent pool.
Artemis Capital Partners (Artemis), an industrial technology-focussed private equity firm, has held the final close of its second fund, Artemis Capital Partners II after hitting the fund’s hard cap in September 2018 in an oversubscribed fundraise.
“We are humbled by the support we received from our existing base of Limited Partners and are delighted to welcome several new top-tier institutional partners,” says Peter A Hunter, Founder and Managing Partner of Artemis. “With capital from our new fund and that of our co-investors, we will continue our focus on acquiring and growing profitable industrial technology companies in close partnership with
UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has held the final close of its second European infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II (IDP II), which has raised a total of EUR1 billion within nine months of its launch, substantially exceeding its original EUR700 million target following oversubscribed investor interest.
The capital has been raised from 48 limited partners, comprising a mix of pension funds and insurance companies from 10 different countries across Europe and Asia. The fund-raising benefitted from over 70 per cent re-up rate from investors in IDP II’s predecessor, Archmore Infrastructure Debt
Muzinich & Co has held the final close of the Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund (the Fund), at EUR706.5 million.
The fund focuses on providing financing solutions for lower mid-market companies to fund growth, acquisitions, expansions and transitions.
“While we had an initial fund size target estimate of EUR500 million, we have seen strong demand from investors who are looking for attractive yields,” says Kirsten Bode, Co-Head of Private Debt, Pan-Europe. “We believe our offering – as one of the very few Pan-European private lenders in the lower mid-market – gives us an advantage in accessing a broad range
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey have advised RBS International on a multi-million pound loan facility with Aurigny which enables the airline to purchase three new aircraft.
The loan from RBS International provides the States of Guernsey owned airline with the necessary capital required to purchase three ATR72-600s from Avions de Transport Regional GIE. The new aircraft incorporate ClearVision technology designed to reduce the disruption caused by fog.
Partner Andrew Boyce led the Carey Olsen team advising RBS International and was assisted by senior associate Vaishali Gupta and associate Rachel de la Haye. The firm acted as
Foresight Group (Foresight) has secured a GBP1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund (into Open Bionics Limited).
The investment has been made alongside an identical commitment from Downing LLP and Ananda Impact Ventures of GBP1.5 million each and Rathbone Nominees to complete the GBP4.66 million round.
Open Bionic, which was advised on the investment by TLT, is is an award-winning designer, manufacturer and supplier of bionic limbs with ambitions to become a market leader in a range of bespoke prostheses and assistive technologies and a global supplier of prosthetic and orthotic products and services. Based in
Gallant Capital Partners (Gallant), a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has invested in Aero Turbine, an aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider, in partnership with Doug Clayton and Dave Mattson.
The company provides services to the US military as well as foreign militaries and other commercial customers around the world. Aero Turbine’s comprehensive service offering includes a combination of accessory and engine servicing, repairs and on-site testing. With multiple NADCAP certifications and a deep breadth of capabilities, Aero Turbine supports a wide range of commercial and military platforms.
“Gallant is an ideal partner for Aero Turbine as we enter
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