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Chelverton Asset Management (CAM) has completed the acquisition of Electrobase RP Limited for GBP3.9 million, its second transaction since the launch last year of its Investor Club proposition.
Chelverton Investor Club has raised GBP2m of equity from its high net worth membership towards the transaction, together with an institutional investor partner which it introduced to the transaction – Chrysalis VCT PLC.
Supporting debt finance was provided by Santander.
Electrobase is an engineering firm undertaking precision sheet metal work, using the latest computerised technology alongside its particular specialism, aluminium salt bath dip brazing. The company is one of only
Tikehau IM has held the final closing of its latest senior leveraged loans fund, Tikehau Corporate Leveraged Loan Fund (TCLLF), at EUR230 million, lifting the amount of AUM in its senior leveraged loan strategy to more than EUR700 million.
Tikehau IM sourced commitments from about 10 institutional investors, most of which were insurance companies, who valued the diversification and prospective returns as well as the new regulatory provisions which allow them to count this new type of fund towards their solvency capital requirement.
Mathieu Chabran, managing director of Tikehau IM, says: “We are very pleased with the reception we
Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services dedicated to private equity and infrastructure houses, real estate firms, multinationals, private clients and private debt managers, has unveiled a new corporate identity.
Alter Domus says it wants to clearly express who it is, what it does and how it is different from the competition.
“We want an identity to encapsulate who we are today, and our ambitions for our clients and our 750 employees around the world. This new identity will strengthen and modernise how Alter Domus represents its worldwide network to its clients, its people and the communities
Swedish public company The Gunnebo Security Group has completed the acquisition of Clear Image, a provider of electronic security solutions and services in the UK.
Livingstone’s Industrial sector team advised Gunnebo on the purchase.
Clear Image offers intelligent electronic security solutions. Its customer base includes banks, cash in transit companies and retailers.
“The acquisition of Clear Image is a perfect fit for Gunnebo,” says Gunnebo’s president and chief executive Per Borgvall. “It enhances our strong existing security offering and opens up new opportunities for us on the UK market within some of our core customer segments.”
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Paul Hastings has advised ActivumSG Capital Management on the acquisition financing of formart, the second largest residential real estate developer in Germany, from Hochtief Solutions.
ActivumSG Capital Management is a European fund manager that invests in niche opportunities in real estate related sectors by identifying high quality, but undervalued assets with unrealised potential.
formart is one of Germany’s largest real estate developers in major metropolitan areas. The company designs, builds and sells residential real estate projects for private clients and institutional investor and has, at present, a pipeline of around 70 projects with a volume of approximately EUR1.3 billion.
Europe’s executives are more bullish about the European M&A outlook than they were a year ago, according to the second edition of the European M&A Outlook by Mergermarket in association with CMS.
Of the 225 Europe-based corporate executives surveyed, 76 per cent expect that dealmaking will increase or increase greatly, a 28 percentage point increase from last year’s study.
Attitudes about Europe’s economic recovery have improved significantly and the majority believe that the worst is behind us.
Thomas Meyding, head of CMS Corporate Group, says: “Our report echoes the sentiment of increasing market confidence as evidenced by the
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has agreed to acquire Bridon Limited, a manufacturer of wire rope, from Melrose Industries.
The transaction, led by Teachers’ Private Capital (TPC), values UK-based Bridon at GBP365 million (approximately USD656 million), subject to customary adjustments, and is expected to close by the end of 2014 (subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals).
Headquartered in Doncaster, Bridon operates manufacturing units worldwide, along with technical and sales offices, supported by a global network of agents and distributors. The company’s mission-critical products provide solutions to technically demanding challenges in industrial, mining, oil and gas extraction, marine and
Blackstone’s board of directors has approved a plan to spin off its financial and strategic advisory services, restructuring and reorganisation advisory services and its Park Hill fund placement businesses.
The businesses will be combined with PJT Partners, an independent financial advisory firm founded by Paul J Taubman (pictured). The parties expect the transaction to close in 2015.
The new entity will be an independent, publicly traded company, which will be led by Taubman as chairman and chief executive officer. Prior to founding PJT Partners, Taubman spent 30 years at Morgan Stanley where he served as co-president of the institutional
The RAG-Stiftung foundation has acquired a majority holding in specialist engineering firm HAHN Automation via RAG-Stiftung Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.
The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the merger control authorities.
A CMS Hasche Sigle team led by Dr Richard Mayer-Uellner and Dr Malte Bruhns advised the foundation on all legal aspects of the transaction.
Established in 2007, the RAG-Stiftung foundation is tasked with winding down the subsidised coal mining operations of RAG Aktiengesellschaft in a socially responsible way by the end of 2018. Another role of the private-law foundation is to finance the perpetual obligations arising from German coal
Clearlake Capital Group has acquired Sage Automotive Interiors, the second largest automotive textile supplier in the world.
Sage management invested alongside Clearlake in the transaction.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“This acquisition underscores Sage’s success and vision, and provides a stable platform to help drive our future growth, both domestically and globally,” says Dirk Pieper, Sage CEO. “Clearlake is an experienced investor in the automotive space, bringing valuable industry expertise and strong financial resources. We appreciate this vote of confidence in all that Sage has accomplished and in our future, and we look forward
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