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Houston-based private equity firm Junction Energy Capital (Junction) and alternative asset manager Ara Partners Group have made a significant joint investment in Puraglobe, a technology platform with a proprietary process for producing high-quality base oils, using recycled oil as feedstock.
Allied Resource Corporation (Allied), the founding shareholder, will maintain a substantial stake in Puraglobe alongside Ara Partners and Junction.
Puraglobe, which is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, currently operates a facility in Zeitz, Germany and is developing another facility in Tampa, Florida. Puraglobe is uniquely situated to be able to produce Group III base oils using its proprietary technology.
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O’Melveny has represented Skyworks Solutions, an analog semiconductor manufacturer, in its acquisition of Avnera Corporation, a private fabless semiconductor supplier.
The deal, announced on 6 August, is expected to bolster Skyworks’ leadership in wireless connectivity.


Partner Mark Peterson led the O’Melveny team, which included partners Nikole Kingston, Chris Del Rosso, Andrew Dolak, Courtney Dyer, Robert Fisher and Shelly Heyduk, along with counsel Billy Abbott, Courtney Byrd, Brian Kenyon, Bob Nicksin, Philippe Nogues, Tom Oslovar, and David Ribner, and associates Aaron Cha, Isaiah Deporto-Plick, Briana LaBriola, John Sirjord, Katie Tague, Kathryn Turner, and Alex Wilson.
Ørsted is to acquire Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) from I Squared Capital and management shareholders in a USD580 million deal.
LCE is a US-based developer, owner and operator of wind farms. Since I Squared Capital acquired a 90 per cent stake in the company in 2015, with the management team owning the remaining 10 per cent, LCE has developed and built over 500 MW of operating capacity, is constructing another 300 MW onshore wind project, and has a pipeline of more than 1.5 GW expected to be completed by 2022.
Ørsted is a specialist in offshore wind and in
ORIX Corporation (ORIX), through its wholly owned subsidiary ORIX Aviation Systems (ORIX Aviation), is to acquire a 30 per cent stake in Avolon from Bohai Capital (Bohai).
The Transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and Bohai shareholder approval. Bohai’s largest shareholder, HNA Group, has provided its commitment to the Transaction. The Transaction is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Dómhnal Slattery, Avolon CEO, says: “ORIX is a strong, investment grade institution with a proven track record in the leasing sector over multiple industry cycles. We are delighted to welcome ORIX as a shareholder alongside Bohai.
Emma Levén, previously CFO at Swedeltaco AB, has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at fast-growing Scandinavian crowdfunding platform FundedByMe.
Levén (pictured), with her background in international growth and listings, will play a key role in a series of future ventures including FundedByMe’s upcoming listing on NGM.
“It is with great anticipation I look forward to working with FundedByMe and seeing them become a stronger and more global company, says Levén. “It is a company that has gone through an impressive journey through the years and I see it as a great opportunity. I can definitely use
Quantum Energy Partners (Quantum) has held the final closing on Quantum Energy Partners VII and its affiliates (QEP VII) above its hard-cap with USD5.575 billion of equity capital commitments, including commitments from the General Partner and its affiliates.
Quantum has built one of the leading energy private equity franchises that invests across the energy value chain and, together with its affiliates, has managed more than USD16 billion of equity commitments since 1998. Quantum remains committed to the cycle-tested investment strategy it has successfully implemented since its founding, partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs that have a strong emphasis on operational excellence and that can demonstrate unique and sustainable competitive advantages to better manage
An O’Melveny team led by Matthew Erramouspe, co-chair of the Entertainment, Sports & Media practice, advised Alibaba Group on its investment in NewTV, the mobile entertainment startup launched by former Disney and Dreamworks exec Jeffrey Katzenberg.
NewTV, led jointly by Katzenberg and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, will acquire and produce short-form premium content and sell it via subscription to mobile-device users.


Messrs. Erramouspe and Monroe have previously advised Alibaba in strategic transactions with US companies focusing on the creation and exploitation of motion pictures, television programming, and other content. Additionally, O’Melveny has in the past acted as counsel to
Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital has acquired a majority equity interest stake in Aperio Group, a research-based investment management firm.
Upon closing, Aperio will continue to be led by its founders, Patrick Geddes, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Tax Economist, and Paul Solli, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. Geddes and Solli will each retain a significant ownership stake in Aperio.
Aperio designs and manages highly customised public equity portfolio solutions in separately managed accounts to meet the specific goals of advisors and their clients, specialising in three practice areas: Active Tax Management, Factor Tilts, and Socially Responsive Indexing/ESG.
Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), an early-stage venture capital firm with deep Silicon Valley roots and an exclusive focus on the digital transformation of the enterprise with a cross-border innovation theme, has held the first close of the BGV Opportunity Fund with over USD40 million of capital committed to date.
Investors in this fourth fund include both existing limited partners as well as several new international and institutional LPs.
The BGV Opportunity Fund will focus on capturing the full pro rata in winning portfolio companies from BGV II and BGV III as they mature and raise late stage equity rounds.
Private equity firm Auxo Investment Partners has acquired Midway Rotary Die Solutions, adding deeper capabilities to its manufacturing platform – Bernal Rotary Dies, Atlas Die, and Atlas Chem-Milling.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Joining Auxo’s portfolio of industry-leading die manufacturers allows Midway Rotary Die Solutions to continue to grow, serve a wider array of customers and offer its existing customers new capabilities in wide format RP® rotary dies and flexible rotary dies, while preserving its legacy of best-in-class customer service and unrivalled solutions to customers’ converting challenges. Midway designs, manufactures and sharpens dies for customers in
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