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Less than a year after launching the fundraising, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has held the final closing of its new FPCI, Winch Capital 3, at EUR300m, well over the initial target.
This is the largest fundraising ever for a Winch Capital fund.
Pierre-Michel Passy, president of Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, says: “We were targeting a final closing of EUR250m. In less than a year we reached the EUR300m hard cap after reducing the latest investors to the fund. The success of this fundraising was facilitated by the strong loyalty of our client base as 23 institutional investors
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Logic Group and Susquehanna Growth Equity, a US-based private equity fund, on the sale of the company to Barclaycard.
The Logic Group is a specialist provider of managed payments services and mobile loyalty schemes across Europe.
The company also provides omni-channel payments solutions and security.
Peak Ventures has closed on a USD23 million venture capital fund aimed at seed-stage start-ups in Utah and the Mountain West.
The fund will invest initial amounts into early stage companies ranging from USD100,000 to USD1 million. The fund was raised from accredited international and domestic investors.
Local entrepreneurs Jeff Burningham, Jeff Danley and Jamie Dunn founded the Peak brand in 2007, and have recently launched a venture arm to support the growth in Utah tech innovation.
Preceding the fund, Peak was an active local investor, funding nearly 20 Utah tech companies. Upon raising the fund, Peak lured
FMC Corporation is to acquire Cheminova A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of Auriga Industries.
Cheminova is a multinational crop protection company based in Denmark.
FMC will fund the all-cash acquisition through a mixture of debt and existing cash reserves. The transaction is expected to close in early 2015 and will be accretive to adjusted earnings in the first full year following the acquisition.
“We are very excited about the opportunity to combine Cheminova with our own Agricultural Solutions business,” says Pierre Brondeau, FMC Corporation president, CEO and chairman. “Cheminova is a company that we have long considered to
European law firm Noerr has advised on the formation of a fashion e-commerce group GFG.
Investment AB Kinnevik, Rocket Internet and a large circle of other investors have agreed to combine five fashion e-commerce businesses, namely Dafiti (Latin America), Jabong (India), Lamoda (Russia & CIS), Namshi (Middle East) and Zalora (South East Asia & Australia) to create a new global group.
The Noerr team, led by Christian Pleister, Tobias Koppmann and Sascha Leske legally advised on the transaction. Noerr negotiated the various transformation measures with approximately 100 parties including investors and groups such as Access Industries, Tengelmann, Summit Partners
Nordic Capital Fund VI is to sell its majority shareholding in Nefab Packaging to the Nordgren/Pihl family, the original founders and currently co-owners of Nefab.
Since 2007, the company has grown its revenue and expanded its international presence. The strategy will remain the same under new ownership.
The Nordgren/Pihl family founded Nefab in 1949, and until 2007 was the majority owner of the company. Between 1996 and 2007, the company was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. In 2007 the family and Nordic Capital joined forces to jointly acquire Nefab in a public-to-private transaction which delisted the company from
CMS Hasche Sigle has advised the Canadian power producer Northland Power on the acquisition of an 85 per cent majority in the offshore wind parks Nordsee One, Nordsee Two and "Nordsee Three" from the German utility RWE's daughter company RWEI Innogy.
The offshore wind farm "Nordsee One" is located approximately 40 kilometers north of the German island of Juist in the German Exclusive Economic Zone. From 2016 onwards, 54 turbines with a combined capacity of approximately 332 MW will be erected there. The turbines are expected to generate 1,300 gigawatt hours per year and will, from 2017 onwards, supply approximately
Ogier in Jersey assisted Kentz Corporation, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, in its acquisition by SNC-Lavalin Group for an overall purchase price of approximately GBP1.2 billion.
Kentz Corporation is a global engineering specialist solutions provider, with 15,500 employees operating in 36 countries worldwide. It has provided engineering, construction and technical support services to clients in the energy and resources sectors for more than 90 years.
SNC-Lavalin is an engineering and construction group and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. The acquisition of Kentz enhances SNC-Lavalin's oil and gas capabilities, with end-to-end expertise for
Swander Pace Capital (SPC) has sold over-the-counter (OTC) products portfolio company Insight Pharmaceuticals to Prestige Brands Holdings for USD750 million.
The sale of Insight represents the firm’s second platform investment in the OTC industry.
“Today’s sale is the culmination of a successful five-year partnership to build a world-class OTC company,” says Mo Stout, managing director at SPC. “During our ownership, Insight grew sales from approximately USD80 million to more than USD200 million. We want to thank the management team at Insight for all of their hard work in creating significant value for the company’s stakeholders.”
“We are extremely proud
Enterprise Finance has acquired bridging lender West One Loans in a transaction funded by a combination of cash and equity.
Enterprise Finance is a specialist distributor focused on secured loans, bridging finance and commercial mortgages. It is backed by ISIS Equity Partners, which currently has GBP1.2bn of funds under management.
The two businesses, which are based in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, are to be integrated in the near future with both companies moving to a new, larger headquarters in the local area.
The existing Enterprise Finance board, chaired by former wealth manager David Campbell and led by CEO Danny Waters, will
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