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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised private equity firm Farol Asset Management and a group of investors in acquiring a minority stake in the women’s designer ready-to-wear apparel company Cushnie et Ochs.
New York-based Corporate partner Brien Wassner led the Milbank team on the deal, which closed on 18 November.
Founded in 2011, Farol is a private equity firm that provides direct and co-investment solutions to leading institutional investors worldwide. The firm manages USD250 million in capital and, working alongside experienced operators, investors and funds, invests in a broad range of industries including, but not limited to apparel, consumer
Fried Frank’s new London-based asset management team has advised BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) on the raising of its Direct Lending Fund II, which has exceeded its revised target of EUR2 billion, completing the fund-raising in less than a year.
This Fund builds on very strong support from existing investors with over 80 per cent of its predecessor fund investors’ committing to the Fund. The Fund also attracted new investors globally.
This Fund is BlueBay’s second generation Private Debt fund, and BlueBay’s Private Debt business, headed by Anthony Fobel, now manages in excess of EUR4 billion of AuM in Private
Aurelius Group has acquired Allied Healthcare, the UK’s largest domiciliary care business and a provider of outsourced healthcare services to the English primary care sector, from Saga.
The assets of Allied Healthcare acquired by Aurelius comprise the following businesses:
Visiting – largest provider of domiciliary care by market share and a provider of complex care services in the home to individuals with critical needs, commissioned by both Local Authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
Primecare – A provider of outsourced primary healthcare services, such as out-of-hours GP services, walk-in centres and dental practices, on behalf of public sector
Omnes Capital and Fonroche Géothermie have signed a partnership agreement for the development, construction and operation of deep geothermal energy generation projects in France.
Since 2010, Fonroche Géothermie has developed a fully integrated approach and ambitious industrial plans for developing geothermal energy projects in France. This strategy is supported by a team of specialists in geoscience, drilling and surface mining.
Geothermal energy is a natural and competitive renewable energy source that can supply electricity and heating locally 365 days a year.
Having obtained seven exclusive operation permits in France, Fonroche Géothermie is planning to invest more than EUR400
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has increased its US presence and capabilities by opening a new office in Boston, which will provide support for its growing client base and the industry’s ever increasing demand for the AbacusFlex private cloud solution.
Abacus’s entry into the market was spurred by being selected by Boston based clients to provide a scalable, flexible and robust technology solution that also adheres to the latest regulatory compliance and security requirements.
"The financial services industry in the Boston area is significant, and both established and up-and-coming startup funds from across the region
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited on its placing and offer for subscription of GBP150 million ordinary shares in the Company, the establishment of a GBP350 million share issuance programme, and the Company’s admission to the premium segment of the official list and trading on the LSE’s main market.
The prospectus relating to the Issue was released on Thursday 12 November and Admission occurred this morning.
The Funding Circle group operates marketplace lending services which allow investors to lend money directly to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). Funding Circle is
Private equity firm GTCR is to acquire Park Place Technologies, a third-party maintenance (TPM) provider offering post-warranty data center maintenance services to clients around the world, from WestView Capital.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Park Place offers expertise across all major OEMs and has capabilities to support customers on a global basis. The Company currently provides its services to more than 5,000 customers in over 70 countries including cloud service providers, SMB and Fortune 500 companies.
As part of the transaction, GTCR will partner with CEO Ed Kenty and the Park Place management team as they continue to grow and
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone and KIRKBI are to acquire Armacell,a manufacturer of flexible foam products for equipment insulation and technical applications, from Charterhouse.
The company operates within two main businesses, Advanced Insulation and Engineered Foams. The Advanced Insulation business develops flexible foam products for the insulation of mechanical equipment in a range of end markets where energy distribution is required, such as commercial and residential construction, industrial applications, and the oil and gas industry. The speciality insulation products are primarily used for air conditioning and plumbing pipes. The second division focuses on speciality light Engineered Foams for use
On 28 August 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management PLC launched a USD500 million liquid alternatives fund – the Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund – designed to give investors access to a portfolio of alternative strategies. At the time, Morningstar quoted Andrew McCaffery, global head of alternatives at Aberdeen as saying: "Alternative investment strategies are becoming increasingly central to client portfolios and moving into the mainstream. This is why we have seen such strong demand for this fund. Many investors are constrained by complexity, liquidity, transparency and regulation."
This follows Aberdeen's acquisition of leading fund-of-hedge-funds manager Arden Asset Management and is just one
Noerr has advised the SDAX company SAF-HOLLAND SA on taking up a promissory note loan for EUR200 million. The Noerr team was led by the Noerr partners Dr Martin Kleinschmitt and Dr Nikolai Warneke.
The promissory note loan was placed with institutional investors in Germany and abroad. It was arranged by a banking consortium consisting of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and UniCredit Bank AG.
For financing and capital market transactions, SAF-HOLLAND regularly relies on the legal advice from Noerr. In October, a team led by Martin Kleinschmitt and Nikolai Warneke also legally
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