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Noerr has advised Daimler AG on an investment in Taxify. Daimler, whose mobility services portfolio includes Mytaxi and other ride-hailing services such as Clever Taxi and Taxibeat, now also holds an interest in ride-hailing provider Taxify.
Taxify operates predominantly in Central and Eastern Europe and in Africa. Chinese ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing already acquired an interest in Taxify in 2017. With its investment in Taxify, Daimler is significantly expanding its ride-hailing portfolio. To date, Taxify has provided transport to more than 10 million passengers with more than 500,000 registered drivers.
Noerr partners Barbara Kusak and Dr Alexander Hirsch assisted
Mid-market private equity house Equistone Partners Europe has realised its investment in Travel Counsellors through a secondary buyout to Vitruvian Partners.
Travel Counsellors was founded in 1994 by travel entrepreneur David Speakman, and has expanded to include international operations in Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia and the UAE. In October 2014, Equistone backed a management buy-out of the business led by CEO Steve Byrne. Since then, the business has continued to experience rapid growth, with annual total transaction values growing by GBP130m to GBP512m. Statutory turnover and profit have also seen strong growth over the period, growing by
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, is to acquire SI Group, a developer and manufacturer of performance additives and intermediates.
Headquartered in Schenectady, New York, SI Group operates 20 manufacturing facilities on five continents with more than USD1 billion in annual sales and over 2,800 employees worldwide.
SI Group is being acquired from the descendants of W. Howard Wright, who founded the company in 1906. At the close of the transaction, SK Capital will combine SI Group and Addivant, a leading global supplier of additives including antioxidants, antiozonants, inhibitors,
IW Capital, a Mayfair-based debt, equity and EIS investment specialist, has launched its first secured debt fund, the first in a series of diversified investment vehicles that form is planning to launch over the coming months.
The launch is in direct response to the increased traction that IW Capital’s secured debt offering has gained in the market.
IW Capital has served the growing arm of the UK private sector for the best part of the last decade, and this first Fund, which will raise GBP4.5 million, will primarily target the high net-worth and family office market. Additionally, it will also
Weinberg Capital Partners’ LBO fund WCP#3 has entered into exclusive negotiations with Vivarte Group for the acquisition of Besson Chaussures.
Besson Chaussures, a subsidiary of Vivarte Group since 1998, operates through a network of 133 physical stores and has recently launched an online sales website. Established in the early ‘80s by the Besson brothers, the brand generated total sales of EUR264 million in 2016/17. The company is based in Aubière (Puy-de-Dôme).
Following the completion of the transaction, WCP would become majority shareholder alongside Groupe Philippe Ginestet, the leading retailer in peripheral areas in France, through its Gifi, Trafic and
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and minority equity investment in Behold Home, a motion and stationary upholstered furniture manufacturer based in Smithville, Mississippi.
The investment is in support of Behold’s purchase of Washington Furniture of Pontotoc, Mississippi, a leading manufacturer of stationary upholstered furniture. The transaction was sponsored by Pittco Capital Partners of Memphis, Tennessee. Other investors include Dobbs Management Services, Jackson Capital and company management.
“Our investment in support of Behold’s acquisition of Washington enables the merger of two industry leaders,” says Ironwood Capital President and Chief Investment Officer Carolyn Galiette. “Combining Behold and Washington will
iCON Infrastructure Partners IV, has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Eco Eridania from Xenon Private Equity V and CEO Andrea Giustini’s family holding company Roccaforte, which will continue to own a minority interest in the company.
Eco Eridania is an Italian integrated waste collection, transportation, treatment and disposal business and is the clear market leader in the specialist sanitary waste sector in Italy. The Company provides sanitary waste related services to hospitals and other healthcare operators with a secondary focus on serving industrial customers.
With headquarters near Genoa and operations focused on Northern and Central Italy,
HIG Bayside Capital (Bayside), the credit-oriented affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, has sold its portfolio company, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, to funds managed by Corsair Capital.
Jackson Hewitt maintains a vast franchise and company-owned nationwide footprint of approximately 6,000 locations. The Company has developed a unique and comprehensive suite of related services tailored specifically to hard-working American taxpayers.
Bayside recapitalised the Company in 2011, and over the last seven years has supported the Company’s significant investments in its new unit buildout, new products, technology and marketing. These investments have enabled Jackson Hewitt to grow its tax preparation
ecobee Inc has raised an additional CAD47 million (USD36 million) of investment led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), AGL Energy Ltd and Business Development Bank of Canada, closing its Series C funding round at more than CAD127 million (USD98 million) and bringing its total funding to over CAD200 million (USD155 million) to-date.
This funding will allow ecobee, the company responsible for inventing the smart thermostat, to continue expanding its suite of smart home technologies. The company’s continued growth will be supported by the introduction of key additions to ecobee’s leadership team including Jackie Poriadjian-Asch as Chief
Alliander has sold electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions specialist Allego to Meridiam, a French investment firm specialising in the development, financing and management of long-term and sustainable infrastructure projects.
Allego develops throughout Europe charging solutions and charging infrastructure for electric transport for municipalities, provinces, companies and transport companies. Drake Star Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to Alliander in this transaction.
Headquartered in Arnhem, Netherlands, Allego has made a significant contribution to the development of charging infrastructure in Europe, making significant market share gains over the past five years. With Allego, Alliander wanted to learn what the impact of
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