Allocations
The second Basalt Fund (Basalt II) has reached its final close with total commitments of USD1.285 billion. Basalt II is an infrastructure equity investment fund focused primarily on investments in utilities, energy and transport infrastructure, in the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
Basalt II represents a continuation of the investment strategy deployed by the first Basalt Fund which has now been fully deployed.
The capital raising for Basalt II generated significant interest from a broad mix of global institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and fund of funds, culminating in demand in excess
DA Davidson & Co, a US full-service investment bank, and MCF Corporate Finance, a European independent M&A advisory firm, are teaming up in a bid to strengthen their capacity and relationships for origination and execution of transatlantic mergers and acquisitions.
The companies say the co-operation will be beneficial to all clients of DA Davidson and MCF, particularly Private Equity sell-side investors and their portfolio companies looking for strong transatlantic deals, expertise and coverage.
The collaboration between the two entities is exclusive and will operate under the common brand of DA Davidson MCF International. DA Davidson and MCF Corporate Finance
Global private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the sale of Pet Food Holdings, the parent company of Pro-Pet LLC, to Cargill, Inc.
Formed in 1996 and headquartered in Kansas City, KS, Pro-Pet specialises in the manufacturing of premium and super-premium, private label dry dog and cat food for distribution domestically and around the world. The Company maintains relationships with several leading retailers that are interested in a high quality, secure source for private label pet food, most often sold under brand names owned by the retailers.
“During the course of our involvement, Pro-Pet has invested significant capital
East Kilbride-based SHE Software has secured a GBP3 million growth capital investment from NVM Private Equity (NVM) as it prepares to enter international markets with its health and safety software and create over 50 new jobs by the end of 2018.
SHE Software will use the funding to open up 15 highly skilled jobs in a new office in the US and has ambitious plans to double the size of its development and support teams at its Scotland HQ, where it currently employs 60 staff.
Led by CEO Matthew Elson, SHE Software is the creator of Assure, a software
Private equity firm Apposite Capital’s domiciliary care and complex provider, MC Care Holdings (owners of MiHomecare and Complete Care), has acquired certain strategic assets from Ark Home Healthcare Limited.
The acquisition will accelerate the growth of MC Care Holdings, expanding its complex home care services to adjacent geographies and further adding to its existing domiciliary care services. Financial details are not disclosed.
MC Care Holdings was created in March 2017 following the acquisition of the healthcare divisions from Mitie Group by Apposite Capital.
Narinder Singh, CEO of MC Care Holdings, said: “We are delighted to have acquired some
Copenhagen based Nordic media intelligence company, Infomedia, has acquired Norwegian Opoint Technology from M-brain.
The transfer includes Opoint’s leading global web-crawling technology for online media, the business of web-crawling services for +70 international media monitors and key personnel in Oslo and Chennai.
Over the last couple of years, Infomedia had begun a journey towards becoming a Nordic player. The company invested heavily in new technology, data science, insight products and services and new partnerships.
“We transformed Infomedia from a ‘traditional’ media monitor to becoming a full-scale media intelligence company with strong insights capabilities and leading solutions
Nine lawyers from Carey Olsen’s Caribbean region have been recognised in the 2018 Chambers Global Rankings, including lawyers from Carey Olsen Bermuda (in association with Carey Olsen), which was established earlier this month.
Carey Olsen’s Cayman Islands team was promoted in the corporate and finance category of the rankings, while office managing partner Jarrod Farley is featured as a notable practitioner for his work on investment funds. Described by various sources as ‘super-bright and super-efficient’, his ability to handle the most complex of matters and his particular expertise acting on Israel-related matters was also highlighted, with onshore counsel regarding him
TMF Group is a prominent financial services organisation operating out of 125 offices in more than 80 jurisdictions worldwide.
TMF Group offers a range of outsourcing solutions with respect to fund services, accounting, reporting and consolidation services, corporate legal and secretarial services, as well as tax compliance services, and works for a wide range of client segments.
The firm commenced its Australian operations simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne in 2006, resulting from the purchase of EY’s corporate secretarial business.
“TMF Group in Australia provides domiciliary and management, accounting, tax compliance, corporate secretarial and payroll services to foreign companies entering into
COSIMO Ventures, an investment firm with offices in Boston and Dublin, has committed USD3 million for a seed investment in Oneiro Ltd, a new developer of technology innovations in blockchain and cryptocurrency.
The investment is one of the largest for a cryptocurrency company established in the United Kingdom. Oneiro will have part of its core technology development team based in Dublin, and is establishing its operating headquarters in Boston. This trans-Atlantic strategy reflects COSIMO Ventures’ unique expertise in supporting collaboration and new-company growth between the UK/Ireland and the United States. COSIMO is committed to partnering with promising early stage deep
A cross-jurisdictional Carey Olsen team has advised Butterfield on its acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s banking and custody business in Guernsey, Jersey and the Cayman Islands.
Butterfield is a provider of offshore banking and wealth management services in six international locations, including Guernsey and the Cayman Islands. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, would further expand Butterfield’s presence in the Channel Islands by providing a Jersey presence for the group.
Working alongside Sullivan & Cromwell LLP who were lead counsel, Carey Olsen advised on all aspects of the transaction including corporate, regulatory, employment and property matters.
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