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Park Square Capital Partners has launched its third subordinated debt fund, securing EUR1.2 billion of investor commitments with advice from Carey Olsen's investment fund specialists.
The fund, Park Square Capital Partners III, will continue the strategy of investing in the debt of high-quality levered companies backed by leading private equity sponsors across Europe and the US. The fund is able to use leverage taking its total investable capital to EUR1.5 billion. The predecessor fund, Park Square Capital Partners II, which is a 2010 vintage fund, closed at EUR850 million.
Carey Olsen partner Andrew Boyce (pictured) and senior associate Alex Mauger
Oresa and entrepreneur Cristian Amza have acquired La Fantana Group from Innova Capital. Completion of the transaction is subject to the customary approvals, and the price of the transaction has not been disclosed.
La Fântâna is a provider of home and office water solutions in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) and the second largest provider of water solutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In 2015 the La Fântâna Group posted consolidated revenues of over EUR 42 million and served more than 50 thousand customers.
The Group led by Cristian Amza has effectively shaped the Romanian and Serbian water solution markets and
Audax Private Equity has partnered with management to acquire HALO Branded Solutions (HALO). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Sterling, Illinois, HALO is a distributor in the USD20 billion per year promotional products industry. The company has a nationwide sales force and expects to continue its profitable growth by offering innovative client solutions, priced competitively, and supported by world-class operations and award-winning marketing.
Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-CEO of Audax, says: “We are impressed with HALO’s leadership position in an industry that is positioned for strong growth. The loyalty of their sales team, passion of their support
The managing directors of tax and business advisory firm True Partners Consulting have purchased all of the interests in the company previously owned by private equity firm Waud Capital Partners.
Twenty-five Managing Directors located in Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Long Island, Los Angeles, Manhattan, San Jose and Tampa make up the ownership group and together, they will continue the growth supported by their private equity sponsor for the past ten years.
“We are extremely excited to be taking this next step in the evolution of the firm,” says Cary McMillan, CEO. “We’ve had a great relationship with the Waud Capital team
Petainer UK Holdings has signed a binding agreement with KKR Credit for a 100 million debt and equity investment. The funding from KKR Credit will be used to refinance the Company’s capital structure and also finance the implementation of the Company’s growth strategy.
Next Wave Partners (Next Wave) will remain the majority shareholders and KKR Credit is taking a substantial minority shareholding. The transaction is expected to complete later in April 2016.
Petainer is a global provider of packaging solutions to a diverse range of consumer food and beverage end markets, including beer, wine, cider, carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), water
London specialist consultancy firm, Compliance and Risk Consultancy (CRC), has formed strategic partnership with Berlin and Brussels-based company Idox Compliance.
Idox Compliance is a leading of compliance solutions in Europe, providing compliance training expertise to corporate and public sector customers across all sectors and sizes.
The collaboration will enable both partners to add complementary services to their existing offering, assisting clients to better meet their increasing compliance needs and regulatory requirements. CRC is the only UK company involved in this type of collaboration with Idox.
In addition to serving their existing clients, as part of the collaboration, CRC and Idox
– a Polish market specialist in advertising and marketing technology. The growth round is a combination of a capital increase and acquisition of shares from Dirlango, a company controlled by Łukasz Wejchert and Maciej Żak. Innova Capital is continuing to increase its exposure to the fast growing tech market.
“As part of our investment strategy, we increasingly back innovative companies with a clear technological DNA, and high growth potential. Netsprint with its leading marketing position and scalable platform approach fits well into our investment criteria. We are hugely impressed by the Netsprint team and their fast product innovations. We believe that
HookLogic has secured an investment from LUMA Capital Partners, the recently formed venture capital fund of LUMA Partners, an investment bank known for its strategic industry maps known as LUMAscapes. HookLogic is one of the first investments for the fund.
In a recent blog post, LUMA explained the reasoning behind the investment, citing HookLogic as “leading the industry in three market trends that we are watching closely: e-commerce properties transitioning to media companies, results-driven advertising versus proxies, and mobile growth.” The post went on to note that HookLogic is “one of the few companies powering a true marketplace at scale
The Partners of Lonsdale Capital Partners, Alan Dargan, Ross Finegan and David Gasparro, have closed the firm’s first fund, Lonsdale Capital Partners LP, at its target and hard-cap amount of GBP110 million.
The fund reached its final close after nine months of fundraising.
Lonsdale’s fund will continue to invest at the smaller end of the mid-market, in UK and European companies with an enterprise value of between GBP10 million-GBP50 million. Lonsdale will invest GBP10-15 million of equity (including add-on acquisitions) per transaction, taking a majority stake in strong, proven businesses.
Between 2008 and late 2015, Lonsdale invested on
Schweiger Dermatology Group has closed USD35 million in private equity financing led by LLR Partners. The Company manages Schweiger Dermatology, PLLC and Schweiger Dermatology, PC (collectively, SDG), a provider of medical, cosmetic and surgical dermatology services in New York and New Jersey.
Schweiger Dermatology operates 20 locations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Westchester County, Rockland County, and New Jersey. Under the supervision of Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eric Schweiger, SDG provides dermatology services to over 150,000 patients annually. The Company provides advanced treatments for all skin care needs and offers unique patient benefits including same-day scheduling. This investment
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