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Vistra has launch its Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) service, which aims to provide a tailored proposition built around the key phases of a SPAC to address each stage of growth – beginning with an IPO through to de-SPACing and business growth.
Leveraging Vistra’s extensive expertise across multiple jurisdictions, sectors, and intermediary relationships, Vistra supports a wide range of SPAC scenarios. Vistra also provides leading entity expertise with over 200,000 entities under management, including Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
“As we experience accelerated change across the business landscape globally, SPACs have picked up pace and continue to develop as an
UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised Kortext, a Bournemouth-based university-focussed digital teaching and learning platform, in securing a GBP15 million series B investment from DMG Ventures, the venture capital arm of Daily Mail and General Trust plc, that has previously backed companies including Cazoo and Zoopla.
Kortext has been a Shoosmiths client since its founding by James Gray in 2013. The firm has acted for Kortext in all its prior funding rounds, raising GBP19 million since it began trading. DMG Ventures led the company’s series A round in 2019 and was the sole participant in this latest round.
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UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised Equitix, a European infrastructure investor, on its GBP75 million investment into Grain Connect Limited (a multi-brand ISP and fibre broadband operator) based in the north-west of England.
Grain Connect is a leading provider of fibre-optic internet access services largely to new-builds as well as existing homes, working with developers in well over 100 locations across the UK. Grain has already begun to roll out full fibre hyper-fast broadband services to a number of towns and cities across the North of England. The investment from Equitix alongside Albion Capital, its existing institutional backer, will create over
International web hosting business, Miss Group has acquired Spanish-based ADW Europe SL as part of its ambitious buy and build strategy.
The acquisition of ADW Europe SL is the fourth to be completed by Miss Group this year to date and adds a further 1,400 international SME customers to the Group. It’s the first Spanish bolt-on to Profesional Hosting, which was acquired by Miss Group in 2019. The combination of the two businesses is expected to accelerate revenue and EBITDA growth for the Group in the Spanish market.
In February 2020 Perwyn, the family-backed private equity business, acquired a
An affiliate of KSL Capital Partners (KSL), an investor in travel and leisure businesses, has launched Mission Hill Hospitality, a portfolio company created to acquire select service and extended stay hotels. To date, Mission Hill Hospitality has acquired 12 hotels.
KSL historically has focused on full-service hotels, particularly in leisure destinations generally supported by a mass affluent consumer. Mission Hill Hospitality represents an opportunity to invest in select service and extended stay hotels, which, according to CoStar data, is the fastest growing segment of the hospitality industry, accounting for approximately one-third of all the transaction volume in hotels in the
Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has provided a credit facility to support Susquehanna Private Capital (SPC) with its acquisition of language services provider thebigword Group (thebigword).
Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, thebigword Group is a global language technology company comprised of thebigword, TBW Global and WordSynk. thebigword, which is one of the largest language technology companies in the world, is a major supplier to the UK and US Governments and other NATO members around the world, as well as some of the largest companies globally. Thebigword has over
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) is to acquire 100 per cent of Green Frog Power Ltd (Green Frog) and will invest up to USD500 million (GBP288 million) over the next several years, to transform the business into an owner and operator of utility scale batteries and execute on its pipeline of battery projects under development.
The transaction will enable IMCO and Green Frog to establish a global, utility-scale platform focused on battery storage assets.
“IMCO is actively seeking new and innovative ways to participate in the global transition towards a low-carbon future while accessing compelling returns for
PayFacto Payments (PayFacto), a provider of payment solutions and point-of-sale technologies, has secured an equity investment of up to CAD150 million, in a funding round led by private equity firm Flexpoint Ford with participation from BMO Capital Partners.
PayFacto, one of Canada’s largest non-bank payment processors, is a leading provider of high-quality, fully integrated payment processing technologies and hospitality technology solutions for over 30,000 merchants in Canada, the US, and the UK. The growth equity investment will be used to finance PayFacto’s significant expansion in the US market, leveraging its acquiring bank partnership with Community Federal Savings Bank (CFSB). The
TowerBrook Capital Partners (TowerBrook), an international investment management firm, has made a strategic investment in global business advisory firm EisnerAmper.
TowerBrook’s significant capital infusion will help drive EisnerAmper’s long-term growth initiatives, which include accelerating the evolution of service offerings, investing considerably in talent and technology, and strategically expanding via organic growth and targeted mergers and acquisitions—all directed at exponentially enhancing client service.
Going forward, EisnerAmper LLP, a licensed CPA firm, will provide attest services; and Eisner Advisory Group LLC, will provide business advisory and non-attest services.
“EisnerAmper and TowerBrook share common goals to provide superior client service, accelerate growth, create
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised AS Graanul Invest on the sale of a majority stake to funds managed by the affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc.
“Our team helped to successfully navigate this important strategic investment, which will enable the Graanul team to continue to take advantage of the accelerating energy transition,” said White & Case partner Ken Barry, who led the Firm’s deal team. “Our role advising on this deal highlights White & Case’s expertise in private equity and the renewables sector across Central & Eastern Europe.”
Founded in 2003, Graanul is specialist in
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