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Kirkland & Ellis International has been ranked first for European M&A by deal value and first for European Buyouts by deal count in Q1 2018, according to the latest legal advisor league tables released by Bloomberg and Mergermarket, respectively.
Kirkland advised on 18 announced European deals with a value of USD37.5 billion to top the Bloomberg table, whilst Mergermarket listed the Firm as advising on eight European buyouts in a busy first quarter.
These rankings follow on from Kirkland’s first position for UK M&A by deal value in the Mergermarket full year 2017 tables, advising on 60 deals with a
Aquila Capital’s renewable infrastructure portfolio will save 14.4 million tonnes of CO2 throughout its operating lifetime.
In 2017 alone, 373,579 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were saved. Its renewable energy plants produced 2.3 TWh of electricity in 2017; enough to supply power to over 630,000 European households, the equivalent of the population of Munich, for one year. Since the firm’s inception, Aquila Capital has invested in renewable energy assets with a total capacity of approximately 3 GW.
The largest contribution to Aquila Capital’s CO2 savings was made by its wind portfolio (187,853t), which is now one of the largest
Barings has served as mandated lead arranger of a multi-currency financing package to support Bertram Capital’s investment in a merger between UK-based Mardix (Holdings) Limited and Anord Control Systems of Dundalk, Ireland, an existing Bertram Capital portfolio company.
The combined businesses will form the Anord-Mardix Group, a global provider of mission-critical power distribution and infrastructure equipment for use in data centres, as well as other applications, including renewable energy, building services, infrastructure and others.
“Bertram Capital is pleased to collaborate with Barings on our investment in Mardix,” says Kevin Yamashita, Partner at Bertram Capital. “Barings’ US and European lending
Eos Venture Partners (Eos), a specialist venture capital investor in insurance technology (InsurTech), is to raise a USD100 million debut fund, EVP I.
The fund will be one of the first global, independent InsurTech investment funds targeting early and growth stage investments.
Eos was formed in 2016 and has made eight InsurTech investments, with six going on to successfully raise up-rounds. Notable investments include Neos, a connected home insurance proposition, which raised USD7m from Aviva and Munich Re, and Digital Fineprint, a business that uses social media to enhance the insurance process, which raised USD2.7 million from PenTech Ventures.
Middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed its acquisition of ePak Resources, a designer and manufacturer of precision-engineered packaging for semiconductor, integrated circuits (ICs) and electronic components.
While financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed, management will continue to own a significant stake in the Company.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, ePak makes high quality wafer and IC handling and packaging products such as boxes, canisters, containers, trays and related products for storage and transport of highly sensitive electronic products used by many of the world’s leading technology and consumer electronics businesses. Founded in 1999,
The Finance Durham fund, established by Durham County Council and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP250,000 in pioneering automotive styling centre, Muss Media Ltd (Muss Styling).
Funds raised will enable the company to invest in its design, sales and marketing functions, roll out a national car dealership engagement strategy and employ additional wrap technicians to fulfil growing demand. As a result of the investment, the firm will establish its design, sales and marketing functions in County Durham.
Founded in June 2015, Muss Styling provides professional automotive wrapping services, which involves applying large sheets of high quality
Palatine Private Equity has completed the successful sale of Westleigh to Countryside Properties, achieving over a three-times return and 90 per cent IRR within less than two years of making the original investment.
Westleigh is the largest independent housebuilder in the Midlands focusing on the delivery of affordable homes to Registered Providers (RPs). Palatine originally invested in Westleigh in July 2016in what was the private equity firm’s first investment from its Midlands office.
Founded in 1985, by husband and wife Chris and Judy Beighton, Westleigh has experienced significant growth since Palatine invested, increasing EBITDA from GBP9 million in the
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients the opportunity to access a larger range of services from one combined firm with a hallmark of exceptional client service. After the acquisition, the firm will serve over 140 clients with nearly 200 employees, and Ultimus’ assets under administration will grow to more than USD75 billion. Ultimus, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, will also maintain offices in Chicago, Illinois and Denver,
GP Global (Formerly Gulf Petrochem Group) has completed its acquisition of MAG Lube in the United Arab Emirates. MAG Lube is a manufacturer of lubricants in the Middle East, distributing its full range of lubricants in more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
GP Global has acquired a majority stake of MAG Lube LLC, a company valued at close to USD75m, in a global lubricants market said to reach USD166.23 billion by 2025 according to Grand View Research, expanding at a 3.8 per cent CAGR during the forecast period.
The current CEO, Mahmoud Al Theraawi,
European law firm Noerr generated more than EUR200 million in Germany in 2017 for the first time. The overall revenue of the firm also increased and reached a record level of almost EUR223 million.
This growth was in particular driven by the strategic growth areas of Corporate/M&A and Litigation.
Investments, such as the opening of an office in Hamburg, the further strengthening of the firm’s leading role in the area of digitalisation, and a successful HR policy, made a decisive contribution to this success.
The firm’s overall revenues increased by 7.5 per cent to EUR222.6m (prior year: EUR207.2m);
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