Managers
DC Capital Partners Management has held the final close of its first institutionally-backed private equity fund, DC Capital Partners Fund II, at its hard cap of USD450 million.
The fund was established to make control, private equity only investments in middle market, US based, government services and engineering & construction services businesses.
The fund targets equity investments of USD25 million to USD75 million in aggregate per platform and has significant equity co-investment capacity from the general partner and the limited partners to pursue larger investments.
The principals of DC Capital have been investing primarily in the target
Clearwater International has advised the shareholders of Buchbinder on the sale of the company to Europcar Group.
Founded over 60 years ago, Buchbinder is a well-established company in Germany, with an extensive network of 152 stations of which 18 airport stations and an average fleet in excess of 20,000 vehicles. It is the fifth largest car rental company in the market with a solid positioning as a low cost car rental operator, as well as a leading position in the vans and trucks segment.
Buchbinder is also a market leader in Austria and is present in Hungary and
SoftBank Group has selected Jersey for the structuring of its new Vision Fund, working alongside law firm Carey Olsen and fund and corporate services provider the Aztec Group.
The SoftBank Vision Fund has now raised over USD93 billion in committed capital, making it the world’s largest ever investment fund. This record-breaking level of commitment has been raised from some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and biggest and most recognised technology companies.
The fund has drawn widespread public interest since it was announced in October 2016, due to the significant fundraising target, high profile investors and, in
Conquest Asset Management has reached a final agreement with SolairDirect, a subsidiary of Engie, to acquire a portfolio of six solar photovoltaic parks in France.
The real assets portfolio, located in the South of France, represents a total of 35MW power capacity.
The assets are supported by up to 20-year power purchase agreements with French incumbent utility EDF, and they benefit from long-term partnerships in operations and maintenance with the Engie Group.
“This transaction is the result of the relentless work and expertise developed at Conquest in the infrastructure space and renewable power real assets over the
Linklaters has acted as fund counsel to SoftBank Group on the launch of the SoftBank Vision Fund, leading the establishment of the world’s largest technology investment fund targeting USD100 billion and the largest ever private fundraise.
As fund counsel, Linklaters advised Japan’s SoftBank, one of the world’s leading technology companies, on fund structuring, terms and regulation and the establishment from scratch of a global regulated alternative investment business and its relationship with SoftBank and its own investment activities.
Linklaters’ mandate included establishment of the fund structure, drafting funds documents as well as a wide range of ancillary documentation
Growth capital investor Beringea has launched a new lending company, ProVen Legacy, and closed its first two deals.
Healthcare media and marketing firm Cogora and fintech company Celoxica have received GBP500,000 and GBP250,000 loans respectively to support them in their next stage of growth.
Both companies are existing investments of Beringea’s VCT funds – ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT.
ProVen Legacy is designed to help investors mitigate inheritance tax (IHT) and preserve their capital. Investors should be able to benefit from up to 100 per cent tax relief from IHT on the value of
Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses, has advised on the sale of client EMCO to Motor City Fastener, a platform company of private equity firm Oakland Standard.
EMCO, founded in 1954, provides a wide array of electrical, mechanical, fluid power and automation products to customers that design, manufacture, or upgrade machinery. EMCO also provides inventory management programs, inventory kitting programmes, manufacturing services, and engineering and technical services. It is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Oakland Standard, a Michigan-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market industrial businesses, saw EMCO as a good add-on
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD28 million senior credit facility to support the merger of two consumer products research companies.
The merger will form the leading consumer products and testing research company in its industry.
The combined company will offer recruiting panellists for research studies, designing and administering tests, collecting all relevant data and analysing data for large blue-chip customers.
Maples and Calder has assisted aircraft leasing company Avolon Holdings in connection with its USD10 billion acquisition of the aircraft leasing business of CIT Group.
The acquisition has doubled the scale of Avolon’s business to create the third largest aircraft leasing platform in the world, with a combined fleet of 868 aircraft valued at over US43 billion.
Maples and Calder advised Avolon on all Cayman Islands and Irish law aspects of the financing, as well as the acquisition itself. The Cayman Islands team was led by partner Jonathon Meloy with the assistance of associates Anthony Philp and Shari
FIS is to sell its majority ownership stake in Capco to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), establishing Capco as an independent company.
FIS will sell approximately 60 per cent equity interest in its Capco business to CD&R funds and receive net cash proceeds of USD477 million.
Upon closing, FIS will also retain approximately 40 per cent equity interest in the business.
The transaction, which includes other consulting-related assets, is expected to close by early third quarter, subject to required regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Capco, the public brand for FIS’ management consulting offering, is a
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