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Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (UK) (Balderton) on the structuring and raising of its new USD375 million venture capital fund, Balderton VI. The fund exceeded its target of USD350 million, with support from investors across the globe.
The Fund will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage.
Mark Mifsud, asset management partner at Fried Frank, says: “The Fried Frank team is delighted to be a part of Balderton’s latest highly successful fundraising, continuing our long-standing relationship with the Balderton team and further demonstrating our reputation globally as a leading provider of services to asset managers within
General Tools & Instruments (General Tools), a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of the assets of PacTool International.
Based near Seattle, Washington, PacTool International designs and manufactures siding tools and gauges, specialty hand tools, cutting tools and blades used to cut and install fiber-cement siding, wood shingles and other exterior siding and cladding materials.
PacTool’s products are used in construction, renovation and remodelling, and its products include the patented Gecko Gauge, which holds fibre-cement siding in place during installation and can reduce labor requirements by half; Snapper Shears, a collection of dust-free cutting
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, is to acquire the Latin American and Caribbean businesses of Inkia Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IC Power Ltd (IC Power).
The transaction includes only the LatAm Businesses. IC Power’s Israeli asset, OPC Energy Ltd., is not being sold as part of the transaction.
One of the largest independent power producers in Latin America, Inkia has a highly contracted portfolio of approximately 3.4 gigawatts of gross installed capacity in nine countries, with a fleet of highly efficient hydroelectric, wind and thermal facilities across the region. The company also
Linklaters has advised the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), together with ECIC and NEXI covered commercial banks, on the multi-billion-dollar financing of the USD4 billion Nacala Corridor Rail and Port project in Mozambique and Malawi.
This is the largest ever successful project financing of infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Project comprises the construction, refurbishment and operation of a 912km railway line through Mozambique and Malawi as well as the construction and operation of a coal terminal in the
Seabury Capital is to sell a controlling interest (51 per cent voting and 44.1 per cent economic) to FinTech Global.
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. FGI and the group it leads contributes to the growth and development of companies in all sectors of industry through investment banking and principal investment activities.
“We are delighted to see FGI’s strategic investment in SGI Aviation, and together with FGI, we are committed to supporting further expansion of its worldwide operations,” says Seabury Capital Chairman, President & CEO John E Luth. “Our global alliance with FGI
Libra, a specialist in financial software for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, has closed a USD7.8 million Series A round led by a prominent, multi-billion dollar European family office.
Participating investors include Liberty City Ventures, leading trader and liquidity provider XBTO, Boost VC, and Lee Linden.
The funding will be used to continue building the Libra Enterprise Platform, as well as releasing new applications and data services. Libra’s platform provides institutional-grade blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem connectivity, standardisation, and delivery of data in a scalable, secure, and fully auditable solution. While the new applications and data services will provide real-time,
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VII Fund is to sell the Ramudden Group, a Nordic provider of work zone safety solutions, to funds managed by Triton.
Founded in 2005, Ramudden is a specialist provider of work zone safety solutions for the road, construction and industrial sectors. The service offering includes rental of road barriers, signage, traffic and road signs, concrete systems, industrial heating solutions, traffic arrangement plans, surveillance and maintenance service as well as safety education programmes.
With a presence in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Estonia through their own depots, the Company has an unrivalled ability to quickly adapt to
Kirkland & Ellis is advising a consortium comprised of funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital Holdings on its USD300 million proposed acquisition of Wall Street English (WSE), a global private English language school business, from Pearson, a leading global learning company.
In 2016, WSE served 180,000 learners and operated 70 corporate owned centres in China, 9 corporate owned centres in Italy and 321 franchised centres across 27 territories.
The Kirkland team is led by Hong Kong corporate partners Daniel Dusek and Xiaoxi Lin.
RSM’s capital markets team has advised Keystone Law Group, a UK Top 100 law firm, on its GBP50 million initial public offering (IPO).
The AIM listing will help the ambitious law firm, which was founded in 2002, to increase brand recognition and redeem outstanding shareholder loans to leave the Group debt free.
Keystone is a full service networked law firm which utilises technology to drive efficiencies and has the capacity through over 200 consultants to deliver all types of legal work to rival mid-market law firms.
The RSM capital markets team, led by partner Diane Craig with support
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has launched its second UK Infrastructure Debt Fund, which is aimed at institutional investors and will invest in core UK infrastructure assets, including primary brownfield and greenfield transactions within the transport, energy and social infrastructure sectors.
Like AllianzGI’s pioneering, first UK Infrastructure Debt Fund, this new vehicle allows a broad range of investors, including small and medium sized pension funds and institutions, the opportunity to access the long-term, high quality, stable cash flows that investments in infrastructure provide.
Adrian Jones, UK Infrastructure Debt, Director, says: “Following the success of our first UK infrastructure debt
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