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Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing in the healthcare, food and beverage, business services, and real estate industries, with offices in Chicago and Nashville, has announced the first and only closings of its fourth institutional healthcare private equity fund, Shore Capital Healthcare Partners Fund IV (HC Fund IV), its first business services fund, Shore Capital Business Services Partners Fund I (BS Fund I), and its first real estate fund, Shore Capital Real Estate Partners Fund I (RE Fund I). HC Fund IV raised USD366 million, BS Fund I raised USD213 million, and RE
General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has announced the formation of BeyondNetZero (BnZ), a new venture targeting growth equity investments related to climate change. BnZ is being established in partnership with Lord (John) Browne of Madingley, Senior Advisor to General Atlantic, who will serve as Chairman of the venture. BnZ combines General Atlantic’s significant growth equity expertise, along with a new team of proven climate investors and industry executives, to create a unique capability to identify growth climate investment opportunities.
The BnZ team will identify and scale innovative solutions that focus on meeting and exceeding Net Zero emissions targets.
GED Capital, a private equity group specialised in the Iberian lower mid-market segment, has acquired a majority stake in the artisan bakery chain Levaduramadre. GED Capital’s investment has been made through its portfolio company Comess Group, a restaurant group that manages a network of 380 establishments under its brands: Lizarran (pinchos tavern), Pomodoro (Italian restaurants), Cantina Mariachi (Mexican restaurants), DonG (Spanish fast food), Casa García (traditional Spanish bar) and others. Apart from GED Capital, Oquendo Capital and Manuel Robledo are also shareholders in Comess Group.
Founded in 2006, Levaduramadre is a chain specialised in the gourmet bakery and patisserie sector
Dechert and AZB & Partners were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers by value and volume, respectively, in the Asia-Pacific region during the first half (H1) of 2021.
Dechert advised on 10 deals worth USD39.1 billion, the highest among all the advisers. Meanwhile, AZB & Partners led in volume terms having advised on 30 deals worth USD20.1 billion. A total of 3,536 M&A deals were announced in the region during H1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Asia-Pacific M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables H1 2021’, reveals that deal value
US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (pictured) announced on Thursday that a procedural floor vote in the Senate on President Biden’s USD1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will take place next Wednesday. As Democrats are also asked to back a larger USD3.5 trillion budget blueprint, what will the much-debated upcoming US infrastructure bill – of which nearly USD600 billion would be new spending – mean for PE infrastructure mandates in the country?
“The most exciting thing happening now is that the state and federal policy is transitioning from supporting clean electrons to comprehensive zero emission targets,” Adam Bernstein, Boston-based partner at
Multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced a significant investment as part of a multi-million-pound deal in North West based, Vivify.
Pre-mixed drinks maker Soho Street Cocktails is raising a new round of funding through the private equity firm Growthdeck as demand surges for its ready-made, premium cocktails.
Soho Street Cocktails sells pre-mixed, bar-quality cocktail pouches, which allow bars and restaurants to improve serve consistency, reduce service time and make industry leading margins.
The funds raised through Growthdeck will fund Soho Street Cocktails’ core strategy of growing sales through retailers and in bars and restaurants, as well as continuing to increase its production.
Although the company has only recently begun the rollout of its products, it has already sold them to
Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP, a full-service boutique law firm, has opened its first West Coast office in Los Angeles, California.
This expansion reflects Reitler’s national client base in the areas of venture capital, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property, commercial litigation and entertainment matters.
“As the only boutique full-service law firm focused on venture capital and emerging technology markets, expansion to the West Coast is a natural next step,” says Ed Reitler. “Our firm has been built from the beginning to support the nationwide venture community, its pioneering companies and the funds that invest in them, all of
PGIM Private Capital provided nearly USD6.5 billion of senior debt and junior capital to more than 100 middle-market companies and projects globally in the first half of 2021, marking the second largest first-half origination volume over the past decade, as markets across the globe begin to move beyond the pandemic.
PGIM Private Capital is a source of private debt for public and private companies and is the private capital arm of PGIM, the USD1.5 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
“2021 has affirmed the strength of our global origination network and industry expertise, with a
Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, received USD12.1 billion in new commitments from its global client base in H1 2021 (H1 2020: USD8.3 billion), bringing the firm’s total AuM to USD118.9 billion as of 30 June 2021 (31 December 2020: USD109.1 billion). During the same period, the firm committed USD13.1 billion to transformational investing across private markets asset classes globally.
David Layton, Partner and Chief Executive Officer, says: “We entered 2021 with advanced investment and client demand pipelines as markets recovered momentum and investors regained confidence. As our H1 figures show, we have successfully transacted on this investment
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