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Taco Holding has signed an agreement to acquire the Carl’s Jr master franchise for Mexico City and the surrounding area, including 25 restaurants in operation, making it one of the three largest Carl’s Jr operators in the country.
The acquisition is expected to close in the following days.
Carl’s Jr is an American-based quick service restaurant (QSR) chain owned by CKE Restaurant Holdings, with presence in 39 countries. It opened its first store in 1941, and as of March 2016 operated over 3,650 restaurants under the Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s brands, both directly and through franchises.
Since the
HQ Capital, an independent investment manager for alternative assets, has held the final closing of Auda Capital VII, a USD375 million fund.
Auda Capital VII will continue the investment strategy of the prior Auda Capital fund series by seeking primary and secondary investments in small and mid-sized companies in the US and Europe.
HQ Capital’s global private equity investment team will work to establish a diversified portfolio of up to 500 companies with a focus on buyout and growth investment opportunities over the next four to five years. It will also seek co-investment opportunities in partnership with select private
Ambienta, together with the Mosiewicz Family, has closed the sale of SPIG to Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (B&W), a company listed on the NYSE.
The deal, which was announced on 23 May 2016, has received all necessary regulatory approvals and values the company at EUR155 million.
With B&W’s acquisition, SPIG will remain a standalone entity headquartered in Italy, benefitting from strategic synergies to further accelerate its international growth.
Founded over 80 years ago, SPIG is a pure-play engineering and contracting company in the closed loop industrial cooling systems sector. Ambienta invested in SPIG in 2010 to capture the
Realza Capital has reached a first closing for its second private equity fund, Realza Capital Fund II, and has received commitments totalling EUR125 million.
The fund has a target of EUR200 million and is backed by a group of international and Spanish investors.
Alfredo Zavala and Martín González del Valle founded Realza in 2007 in order to invest in the Spanish lower-middle market. Realza targets family-owned, export driven lower-middle market companies that are leaders in their niche market. Its strategy is to support the growth of its portfolio companies and to help transforming them into more professional and more
An uncertain environment in 2016 caused by the UK’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership and US elections has negatively impacted M&A activity, setting global M&A back 26.6 per cent during the first half of 2016.
Total deals were worth USD1.32 trillion compared to USD1.81 trillion in H1 2015, and down 66.8 per cent versus USD3.98 trillion in H2 2015.
That’s according to Mergermarket’s H1 trend report which reveals that the build-up and announcement of Brexit sent shockwaves through the dealmaking community.
The UK’s second quarter featured the country's referendum and resulted in its Q2 value (USD19.3 billion)
In a second financing round totalling EUR6.4 million, THEVA has taken eCAPITAL on board as lead investor and the Bavarian Growth Fund as co-investor.
Target Partners and the Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) became shareholders in 2012 in the first financing round. Both have now increased their investment.
THEVA Dünnschichttechnik has invested millions in recent years to set up the first superconducting wire manufacturing facility in Germany. The new capital will enable further growth.
The lead investor is Münster-based eCAPITAL, which specialises in technology-focused growth industries. Co-investor is the Bavarian Growth Fund administered by Bayern Kapital GmbH, which was set
International law firm Proskauer has represented private investment company Bruin Sports Capital in its acquisition of deltatre.
Based in Turin, Italy, deltatre provides a range of digital and broadcast solutions for the world’s largest sporting events, federations, media partners and brands.


Launched in January 2015, Bruin focuses on investments in sports, media, marketing and branded lifestyle companies.
Proskauer previously represented Bruin in a transaction with the National Football League to form a new holding company to run the NFL On Location event and hospitality business.


A multi-jurisdictional team of Proskauer lawyers advised Bruin on all aspects of
The EMEA region has lost ground on its US and Asia-Pacific counterparts in sponsor-backed tech investments over the last five years, according to a report released by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Despite the growth of EMEA tech hubs like London, Berlin and Tel Aviv over the last five years, interest from private equity and venture capital investors has failed to follow suit.
Capital deployed by these investors in EMEA companies, at EUR61.8 billion, is less than a third of investment in its US counterparts, at EUR198.7 billion, and ten per cent less than the EUR68.2 billion deployed into those
Equistone Partners Europe has acquired cloud computing operator Adista.
Following the transaction, Equistone will hold a majority stake in the company, alongside founding management Gilles and Pascal Caumont, regional investment fund GEI (a current shareholder which will reinvest in the company) and Institut Lorrain de Participation (a long-term shareholder).
Forty of the company’s managers will also participate in the transaction, investing in the group to become minority shareholders.
Founded in 1981 in Maxéville, France, Adista is a telecommunications networks and cloud computing services provider to corporates and local governments. Adista supplies connections to High- and Very-High-Speed networks, predominantly
Palamon Capital Partners is to sell Eneas Group to Norvestor Equity or an undisclosed amount.
The sale will bring total proceeds to NOK750 million (approximately EUR80 million), representing a 3.3x return on invested capital.
The transaction is expected to close in August 2016, subject to regulatory approvals.
Full terms of the sale were not disclosed, however, following the transaction the company will continue to be led by CEO and founder Thomas Hakavik.
Eneas is an independent supplier of corporate energy services to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Nordic region and serves more than 25,000 customers with
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