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The partners of Bedell Cristin have announced a plan to merge with Cayman-based law firm, Solomon Harris. It is hoped that the deal will complete by the end of August, and Solomon Harris will rebrand as Bedell Cristin at a later date.
Founded in 1998, Solomon Harris is a full service law firm employing 28 people in Grand Cayman. It has been awarded recognition for its legal expertise across a broad range of services including as a premier firm for captive insurance and investment funds, capital markets, inward/local investment, private client services, corporate/residential real estate, immigration, litigation and insolvency &
Constellation Brands has acquired Dallas-based brewer Four Corners Brewing Co producer of a range of premium products including Local Buzz Honey-Rye Golden Ale and El Chingón IPA.
Four Corners, which will join Constellation’s Craft & Specialty Beer Group, was founded in 2012 by longtime friends George Esquivel, Greg Leftwich and Steve Porcari. The founders and their team will all remain involved with Four Corners following the acquisition.
“We like to say that Four Corners Brewing is our collective beer journey, and partnering with Constellation continues that journey by opening amazing possibilities of where our brand and company can go,”
Investment vehicles managed by Colony Capital have their entire stake in DATA4 to AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, acting on behalf of AXA France.
DATA4 is a European specialist in dedicated and colocation data centres that offers services to Cloud providers, digital service companies and large and medium-sized firms. DATA4 finances, designs, builds and operates its own data centres, in order to offer its customers hosting solutions that are flexible, scalable, high-performing and secured. The company currently operates 15 data centres in Paris, Milan and Luxembourg.
Founded in 2006 by Colony Capital, DATA4 was one of the first
Bridges Fund Management (Bridges), a specialist sustainable and impact investor, has completed a second fundraise for Bridges Evergreen Holdings (Evergreen), its permanent capital vehicle, hitting its GBP50 million target three months ahead of schedule.
Evergreen is a new kind of investment vehicle, designed specifically to be a long-term partner for ambitious mission-led organisations. By providing a permanent source of capital, as well as hands-on strategic and operational support, Evergreen supports the growth of these organisations and enables them to increase their impact over a longer time-frame – helping to tackle entrenched social challenges at scale. It launched in December 2016,
The partners of Ironwood Capital have successfully completed a USD400 million capital raise for Ironwood Mezzanine Fund IV LP and its affiliated funds (IMF IV), with commitments from over 40 domestic insurance companies, banks and pension funds.
This new fund will enable Ironwood to continue investing both subordinated debt and equity in buyouts, growth investments, full and partial recapitalisations, generational transitions and other transactions in support of business owners and sponsors.
“This was the largest raise in our history and it came together through the combined efforts of our ad hoc internal fund raising team and the support of
Noerr has advised the Schwarz Group on the takeover of the Tönsmeier group of companies. The Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retail company, is implementing the purchase through its affiliate GreenCycle, located in Neckarsulm, Germany.
GreenCycle is taking over the fifth largest player on the German waste disposal market. Tönsmeier is based in Porta Westfalica, Germany, and is also active on the Polish and Dutch markets. It achieved sales of around €500 million with a workforce of more than 3,000 last year. GreenCycle organises the collection and recycling of all recyclable materials for the Schwarz Group generated in the stores and
MediaMath, a specialist in programmatic advertising, has secured USD225 million in new financing, in a funding round led by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight).
The funding provides MediaMath with strategic growth capital to accelerate the expansion of its Demand Side Platform (DSP) and Data Management Platform (DMP). The funding, which will be delivered in two tranches to pursue both organic and inorganic growth initiatives, brings MediaMath’s total capital invested to over USD500 million.
“The marketing industry has reached a tipping point, with more than half of consumer time now spent on digitally connected devices, yet the challenges associated with connecting marketers
Private equity firm TA Associates is to invest in Compusoft, a provider of computer-aided design (CAD) software to the kitchen and bathroom retail industries. The investment is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Compusoft’s main products, Winner Design and Innoplus, provide design and sales support to kitchen and bathroom retailers, respectively. The user-friendly CAD systems include proprietary databases of graphic elements, pricing information and language translations from more than 2,800 digital manufacturer catalogues. They also feature fully-integrated graphics displayed in real‐time 3D. Additional Compusoft products allow individuals to
Unicorn Capital Partners (Unicorn), a venture capital fund-of-funds manager focused on China and other key technology markets in Asia, has closed Unicorn Partners Fund II at its hard cap of USD250 million.
In line with its two predecessor funds, the Fund will partner with venture capital managers who invest in the areas of technology, media and entertainment (TME), and healthcare throughout China.
Unicorn received strong support from its existing investor base while also adding a number of new investors including leading endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and successful technology entrepreneurs.
“We are pleased to announce the
MTech Capital has held the initial closing of the firm’s InsureTech venture fund with USD75 million of capital commitments from three anchor investors including CNA Financial Corporation, NN Group, and a top-3 global insurance company.
MTech Capital is a venture capital firm with offices in Los Angeles and London, founded by Kevin McLoughlin and Brian McLoughlin. The firm is focused on technology-enabled investment opportunities with potential to transform the insurance industry.
MTech Capital’s founders believe the insurance industry is at the very beginning of a digital transformation and that it will be comprehensive. It will likely entail technology redefining
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