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China Synergy Fund, co-managed by CICC Capital and TPG, has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Impala to acquire Electropoli, a leading provider of surface treatment services in Europe, notably for the automotive industry.
Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, President of Silk Road Fund Wang Yanzhi, and CICC UK CEO Xia Xinhan attended the signing ceremony and gave speeches.
China Synergy Fund has co-led this investment with Trail Capital, a Paris-based European private equity firm.
Headquartered in France, Electropoli has successfully developed into a pan-European company, benefitting from a strong technology and industrial process know-how. The company
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buyout (MBO) of CMS Window Systems (CMS), an end-to-end provider of window and door solutions.
The transaction includes the largest equity cheque written by Maven as well as debt funding from Clydesdale Bank led by its Corporate and Structured Finance team, and additional equity from the Scottish Investment Bank. Exiting investors include mid-market private equity firm, LDC.
CMS specialises in designing, manufacturing and installing energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly products, including PVCu and aluminium, windows, doors and curtain walling systems. Established in 2006, CMS operates from its 15-acre,
Entertainment Partners (EP), an end-to-end provider of production workforce management and automated production software and services to the entertainment industry, is to be acquired by TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG.
EP’s management team, led by Mark Goldstein, President and CEO, will continue in their roles.
Goldstein says: “We’re thrilled to have found a partner that is excited about our strategic vision as we support the evolution of the entertainment industry. Through decades of hard work and dedication by our talented team, and through a rewarding collaboration with the experts – our clients –
JTC, a provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services to institutional and private clients, has acquired Exequtive Partners, a Luxembourg-based specialist provider of corporate and related fiduciary services.
Exequtive Partners’ 28 employees, including the five principals, will all join the existing Institutional Client Services team at JTC, which this year marks its tenth anniversary of being in Luxembourg, with immediate effect. As well as expanding JTC’s jurisdictional presence, the acquisition also builds on its corporate services capabilities, complements its funds offering and creates greater opportunities for future growth.
JTC is fully committed to Luxembourg, and the industry, and
Turenne Santé has held the first closing of its FPCI (Professional Private Equity Fund) Capital Santé 2, with commitments of EUR 100 million.
Building on the solid track record of Capital Santé 1 and its dedicated team of healthcare experts, the objective of Capital Santé 2 is to invest throughout the healthcare value chain to support the growth and buyout transactions of SMEs and mid-market companies in the sector: healthcare delivery operators, suppliers to the healthcare ecosystem and operators in the Quality of Life and Wellbeing segments.
The healthcare industry and related services are a value-creation sector composed of
Frontier Capital (Frontier), a growth equity firm focused exclusively on software and tech-enabled business services companies, has made a significant equity investment in Clearwave Corporation (Clearwave), a provider of digital check-in, insurance eligibility, and patient payments solutions to health systems and physician practices.
Clearwave’s solutions are utilised by an array of healthcare organisations, including hospitals, health systems, over 30 specialities, urgent care, family, and multi-speciality providers to improve operational efficiency. Clearwave accelerates and increases point-of-service collections, offers real-time insurance eligibility verification, reduces patient check-in times, and significantly lessens data errors thereby reducing claims rejections. By replacing the paper-based processes that
A company which has developed a new glass coating that protects against the sun has set up its headquarters in Nottingham, following a GBP250,000 investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Solaris Technology’s coating blocks unwanted solar heat gain and the sun’s damaging rays without reducing natural light. Called SolarBlock, the technology, which can be applied to commercial and domestic living spaces, protects against the heat emitted from ultraviolet and infra-red light. The coating can provide substantial savings to air conditioning usage – reducing a
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented Oakley Capital, a Western Europe-focused private equity firm, on its Fund III acquisition of Ekon.
Ekon is a Spanish provider of enterprise resource planning software, with the acquisition structured as a carve-out from the Iberian operations of its seller, Unit4.
The Paul Hastings team included corporate partner Anu Balasubramanian and corporate associates David Prowse and Aimée Fabri alongside tax associate Jiten Tank. UrÃa Menéndez, led by corporate partner Juan Carlos Machuca and corporate associate Alvaro Hernandez advised on the Spanish law aspects of the transaction.
This is Paul Hastings’ second transaction for Oakley Capital in 2019. Anu Balasubramanian
Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a significant investment into Frescobol Carioca Limited (Frescobol).
YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc.
Founded in 2013 as the brainchild of friends Harry Brantly and Max Leese, Frescobol’s roots lie in their Brazilian heritage and travel experiences, which are reflected in a range of luxury men’s swimming trunks and resort wear that references and brings to life the Rio beach lifestyle. Growth in recent years has been rapid, now
Zeus Capital has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Prestat, the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of premium chocolates, on its sale to Italian coffee dynasty and chocolatier Gruppo illy.
Established in 1902, Prestat produces over 300 tonnes of chocolates and baked goods per annum from its artisan kitchens in London. Products are distributed throughout the UK and exported to more than a dozen countries from Japan and the USA to China and the Middle East. Prestat made GBP7m in sales for the year ended 30 April 2018.
Prestat was a favoured haunt of Roald Dahl, author
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