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Privaty equity firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) is in exclusive discussions with Astorg Partners (Astorg) regarding the acquisition of Linxens.
Headquartered in France, Linxens designs and manufactures smart card connectors.
Linxens has 1,100 employees, five manufacturing facilities and three research and development centres in Europe and Asia. The Company’s connector products are a vital component of smartcards, enabling the communication and transactions that are central to a wide range of consumer, financial and public sector applications, including banking cards, SIMs for mobile telephony, ID and health cards, to name a few.
SL Capital Partners has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Nordic Power AS from Nordkraft AS, the Narvik based energy group with interests in Northern Norway.
Nordkraft’s core business is the development, construction, production and distribution of natural renewable energy through hydropower and wind power. The Nordic Power portfolio of hydropower assets will be acquired by private markets specialist SL Capital, funded through SL Capital Infrastructure I (SLCI I), its infrastructure fund. The disposal provides Nordkraft with capital to continue its development program.
SLCI I is focused on investing in core infrastructure assets in Europe and this acquisition
Pamplona Capital Management is to acquire Precyse, a leader in Health Information Management services, education and technology, from Altaris Capital Partners and NewSpring Capital.
Precyse’s industry-leading expertise and technologies empower healthcare organizations to most effectively capture, organize, secure and analyze clinical data to improve financial performance and the quality of care delivered.
Precyse, founded in 1999, has enabled nearly 5,000 healthcare facilities and systems across the United States to improve efficiency and deliver tangible outcomes. The company delivers a robust combination of experienced, highly trained people; premier technology solutions; and industry-leading education, targeted at all clinical and financial aspects of
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Luxembourg has been mandated by Athena Capital to provide a full suite of custody, administration, valuation and registrar services for its alternative investment fund range.
SGSS has been selected in recognition of its alternative investment fund expertise and competitive offering, as well as for its innovative regulatory reporting services. The AIFMD reporting package, “R303”, offers alternative fund managers three different modular options to produce the required regulatory reports and assists in filing them with the local regulator. This overall offering allows Athena Capital to concentrate on its core investment activities whilst ensuring the company
Clearsight Advisors has served as the exclusive strategic and financial advisor to LRA Worldwide (LRA) on its acquisition by Deloitte & Touche.
The transaction underscores Clearsight’s unrivaled position as the advisor of choice for leading companies in the consulting and outsourced services sectors as well as its depth of domain expertise across the complex customer experience ecosystem, where technology, services and data are rapidly converging.
LRA Worldwide is the leading global provider of Customer Experience Measurement services for multinational companies with complex customer interactions. For over 30 years, LRA’s innovative brand standards examinations, quality assurance inspections, mystery shopping programs, research,
Allegion is to acquire, through its subsidiary Allegion Luxembourg Holding & Financing, SimonsVoss Technologies, a German-based electronic lock company, from HgCapital for EUR210 million.
Global middle market investment bank Baird acted as the exclusive financial advisor to SimonsVoss Technologies and HgCapital on the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals. Baird’s international deal team involved senior bankers in both the Europe and the US and included Michael Wolff, Sven Harmsen, Joel Cohen, Chris Cooper, and David Silver.
Frankfurt-based Managing Director Wolff, says: “this deal is highly complementary and will enable both sides to penetrate markets and geographies, creating global
In this issue, we present the Lyxor platform’s direct exposure to Greek assets, as well as the Lyxor hedge fund strategies exposures to European assets – most likely to be impacted by a spillover effect, either way.
Six Degrees Group (6DG”) is to acquire Capital Support Group (CSG), a cloud, software and security managed services provider with a significant presence in the financial services sector in London.
In 2014, CSG delivered GBP14m revenue, up 35 per cent on the previous year, and GBP2.5m of ebitda.
CSG is one of the largest providers of cloud and IT services to the alternative investment market sector in Europe and their clients have over USD500 billion of assets under management, powered by CSG’s hosting services. They have 130 employees who support 170 customers and their services span design, build, deploy
Lending Works, the first peer-to-peer lender to have insurance against borrower default risks including illness and loss of employment, has enjoyed a record first half to 2015.
Since its launch 18 months ago, Lending Works has lent over GBP10 million to thousands of borrowers around the UK. More than half of this was lent in the first six months of 2015 alone and the number of new lenders joining the platform since January was greater than the total lending community that joined in 2014. Such growth demonstrates a surge in interest and commitment from lenders to use the Lending Works
Kirkland & Ellis advised Palatine Private Equity on the recent closing of Palatine Private Equity Fund III. The fund was oversubscribed and held a first and final closing at its hard cap with aggregate capital commitments of GBP220 million.
The fund, which will make investments in the UK regional lower mid-market, accepted commitments from a broad mix of global institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, insurance companies, family offices and fund of funds. More information on the fundraise is available here.
Kirkland has one of the largest and most experienced sponsor-side private funds practices in the world with more than
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