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Bite Investments, an international alternative investments and technology company, has made four significant hires.
Bite’s mission is to utilise its technology platform to expand access to the alternative investment ecosystem.
Justin Mason will become the Global Head of Asset and Wealth Management Sales, effective 25 April. Mason joined Bite from Blackstone’s subsidiary, La Trobe Financial (recently sold to Brookfield Asset Management in March 2022), where he sat on top of client partnerships across the wealth management industry.
Bite has also named Matthew Purcell as Finance Director. Purcell spent the initial part of his career working in financial and business
Private investment house Ardian has raised $5.25 bn for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure (ASF VIII Infrastructure).
The fund, which was significantly oversubscribed and reached its hard cap within nine months, is the largest infrastructure secondaries platform in the world. It represents a more than 3x increase from the previous generation raised in 2017.
The ASF VIII Infrastructure platform attracted over 145 investors from 28 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, comprising major pension funds, insurance companies, HNWIs and financial institutions.
Continuing its successful investment strategy, ASF VIII Infrastructure will
Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a portfolio company of private equity firm Silver Oak Services Partners (Silver Oak), has acquired California Cancer Associates for Research & Excellence (cCARE).
Founded in 1993, cCARE is a leading provider of comprehensive cancer treatment services with over 30 providers across 6 centres in the Fresno and San Diego, CA markets. cCARE provides an integrated cancer care offering including medical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, and other ancillary services. The combination of ION and cCARE creates one of the largest oncology providers in the US with 57 centres across 14 states.
Lead Capital Partners (LCP), a Nashville-based private equity firm focused on lower middle market buyouts of healthcare companies, has appointed Lamar Stanley as a director.
Stanley will lead business development and deal origination.
Prior to joining LCP, Stanley was a Director at Gen Cap America, a lower middle market private equity firm based in Nashville.
Ed Gehres, General Counsel of Miami-based investment platform 777 Partners, and Blake Trueblood, General Counsel of litigation funding companies JusticeFunds and Signal Funding have launched Invenio LLP, a law firm that will focus on plaintiff and claimant-side litigation and litigation finance matters.
With decades of experience as complex case litigators, both partners spent the last five years working together on litigation finance and claims management matters that included international dispute resolution funding, law firm portfolio lending, pre- and post-settlement funding opportunities, case development and claims administration services in disaster recovery, mass tort, and complex commercial cases.
Invenio will initially focus
Gareth Abbott, Senior Vice President
We are delighted to have won this prestigious award which is testament to the quality and expertise of our specialist team and their focus on delivering best-in-class, tailored insurance programmes for our clients. We look forward to further developing our service offering and continuing to find new solutions for our clients in the year ahead.
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As the world’s largest privately held, independent insurance broker, Lockton provides clients with the best in risk management and insurance. Our dedicated Global Financial Institutions practice is made up of industry experts, who build intelligent and alternative coverage
Richard Daggett, Partner
We are delighted to receive this recognition from Private Equity Wire. This award is a testament to the dedication and expertise of our private equity team, covering all aspects of the private equity life cycle, which continues to grow, innovate and offer outstanding client service.
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Ogier is a leading offshore law firm providing legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our multi-disciplinary Private Equity team advises on the full private equity lifecycle, including fund formation, capital raising, subsequent closings, financings, secondary and downstream transactions or wind down. We provide a full services
Bridget Deiters, Managing Director
Through the tremendous efforts of our team, Ontra is now the global leader in contract automation and intelligence for private asset management firms. This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of all involved. Throughout 2021, Ontra experienced massive growth across every aspect of our business — including revenue, customers, employees, lawyer partners, and product lines — and we’re not slowing down. In 2022, we will increase our investment in AI, expand into new global markets, and continue to strengthen our position as the standard for contract automation and intelligence in the financial
Edward Jackson, Principal – Real Estate
We are proud to accept this award as a recognition of the trust that our investors have placed in us to deliver value add returns investing in high conviction real estate strategies. Our focus lies on our chief strategies of “beds and sheds” in key Western European gateway locations, together with a number of special situations in office, data centre and hospitality sectors. Our priority remains unearthing pockets of opportunities where we can create value – independent of market conditions – through our active asset management expertise for our investors.
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Thank you to the Private Equity Wire European Awards and everyone who voted for RepRisk as the Best ESG Data Provider. We have been covering private companies on ESG since day one, and in that time have built the largest database on ESG risks. Our flagship ESG Risk Platform covers over 190,000 companies, of which 170,000 are private, and 50,000 infrastructure projects such as mines, dams, and pipelines. RepRisk supports some of the world’s largest private equity firms, private debt firms, and funds of funds on their ESG journey, supporting
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