Managers
Global private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has agreed to acquire IPH, a European industrial supplies distributor, from European private equity firm PAI Partners.
IPH distributes industrial supplies for maintenance and production applications in Europe. It offers power transmission products, machining solutions, industrial supply solutions and product-related services. IPH serves a range of industries, including heavy industry, chemical and pharmaceutical, food-processing, energy, transport, automotive, petrochemicals, and mechanical engineering industries. In 2016, IPH generated revenues of EUR1.3 billion.
Advent, which took private Brammer Limited (Brammer) from the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, intends to combine IPH with Brammer, to
Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed its first secondary market trading window having delivered impressive 10x returns for some investors.
Until Seedrs announced the launch of its secondary market, the long-term nature of the early stage equity asset class meant that the vast majority of shares would remain illiquid for some time and investors would need to wait for an exit event such as an IPO or a sale of the business.
The Seedrs secondary market is already changing that. The first trading window opened on Tuesday 6 June and has given investors the opportunity to sell shares in
Yorkshire-headquartered digital agency Ingenuity Digital Holdings Limited (IDHL) has completed a management buyout (MBO) of the business supported by a funding package from HSBC and Frontier Development Capital (FDC).
The investments from HSBC and FDC follow a period of consistent growth for IDHL and a record financial performance in 2016, with revenues exceeding GBP10.5 million. The MBO, which values the business at GBP30 million, has provided an excellent return for exiting investors and enables the senior management team to become majority shareholders.
Founded in 2000, IDHL’s 17-year track record has seen it become one of the UK’s largest full-service
THL Credit Advisors has closed on a total of USD511 million in commitments to its third direct lending fund.
Strong institutional investor demand from both existing and new investors enabled THL Credit Direct Lending Fund III and affiliated vehicles to exceed its target, driven primarily by the firm’s differentiated platform, and its origination and structuring capabilities in the lower middle market.
Founded in 2007, and with approximately USD10 billion of assets under management, THL Credit takes a proactive, disciplined, and creative approach to investment sourcing, underwriting and portfolio management. The firm’s lower middle market direct origination platform offers multiple
Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a new Managing General Agency (MGA), has secured an agreement with CBL Insurance Ltd (CBL), of New Zealand to enable it to underwrite Transaction Liability Insurance.
With a specific focus on small and medium sized deals that are currently underserved in the market, Capital Risks will be offering capacity of up to GBP10 million on any one risk.
The Transaction Insurance market has evolved significantly in recent years, with a higher number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals being insured as capacity has increased and premiums become more attractive for purchasers. Extensive market research
JW Childs Associates, an operationally-focused private equity firm, has acquired Ascent Medical Group, through a newly formed platform company, Siromed. Ascent Medical Group, LLC, a physician group practice based in Florida, is the first entity acquired by Siromed.
Ascent, founded in 2011 by Dr Steven Milstein, provides anesthesia care in Boynton Beach, Florida across a wide spectrum of subspecialty areas including general surgery, orthopaedic, obstetric and endovascular. Since 2011, the Company has been the sole provider of anaesthesia services to Bethesda Hospital East and West. Ascent employs 14 physicians and 20 CRNAs.
Siromed will target investments in a broad array
Gide has advised a consortium of investors including Ardian Infrastructure, Debiopharm Investment and Aloem on the sale of Aloe Energy to Sonnedix.
Aloe Energy is a successful solar developer and operator with 67MW under operation as well as a pipeline of projects under development and construction in France.
Sonnedix Power Holdings Limited (together with its subsidiaries, Sonnedix) is an independent solar power producer that develops, builds, owns and operates solar power plants globally. The transaction brings Sonnedix’s solar capacity in construction and operation above 600MW, with an overall portfolio over 1.2GW globally. Sonnedix ranks as France’s fourth largest solar
Eleanor West, partner at McDermott Will & Emery in London, comments on the UK general election result…
Today’s election results have shaken the business community to its core. Mid-M&A market had been showing signs of recovery in the recent months and the UK political landscape looked to be stable enough to inspire investor’s confidence again. Over the last quarter we witnessed an increased volume in transactions and this had certainly led us to believe that recovery was on the way.
Unfortunately, the results have made only one thing clear – the only thing we can be certain of is continuing
Noerr has advised the Hogg Robinson Group on the acquisition of the digital travel innovator eWings.com. Sellers are the founder of eWings.com and other venture capital investors.
Berlin-based eWings.com provides a fast and easy-to-use software solution for booking and managing flights for frequent flyers and business customers. The acquisition provides Hogg Robinson with a developed solution as well as with a new technology which is highly complementary to their proprietary technology and will fit perfectly with Hogg Robinson’s platform.
Hogg Robinson Group plc is a leading global B2B services company specialising in travel, payments and expense management. The company
Albion Ventures, an independent investment manager with a long-term record of partnering ambitious business, has rebranded as Albion Capital.


The rebrand reflects the evolution of the Group, encompassing the growth of its venture capital, renewable energy, care home and IP commercialisation businesses, and the successful integration of OLIM Investment Managers, the value-oriented equity specialists acquired in September 2016.


Albion Capital combines decades of investment experience from the Albion Ventures and OLIM teams providing an offering with expertise across the full spectrum of UK equity investing, from early stage start-ups all the way through to FTSE100 companies.


The integration
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