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Private equity and real estate asset manager EQT has selected Hazeltree’s technology for treasury, cash and debt management. Recently, EQT IX closed with EUR15.6 billion, solidifying EQT’s position as a top ten global private equity player.
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey have advised global private equity firm TriSpan on the launch and first close of TriSpan Opportunities II LP (Fund II).
Fund II, which has so far collected commitments of approximately USD100 million, is following in the path of its successful predecessor, TriSpan Opportunities LP, and is focusing on opportunities in the lower mid-market in the United States and Europe.
It will typically seek majority investments in proprietary buy and build opportunities alongside strong founders and management teams with a focus on multi-unit health care, business services or specialty manufacturing with limited
Latham & Watkins is advising Ares on the sale of Farrow & Ball to Hempel Group. Farrow & Ball is an iconic paint and wallpaper brand with a 75-year British heritage.
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed fund formation specialist Sebastian Bruchwitz as a partner in the firm’s Private Investment Funds and Secondaries practice in Frankfurt.
“We are very excited that Sebastian will be joining our rapidly expanding German platform to help service our client base at the intersection of capital and innovation,” says Stephan Kock, chair of Goodwin’s Frankfurt office. “Sebastian’s stand-out experience in fund formation, structuring, and investments brings additional depth and quality to our global private investment funds team and enhances our coverage of real estate, private equity and debt funds transactions.”
Bruchwitz advises asset managers, sponsors,
Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, is to sell its stake in Linkbynet, a provider of cloud, Devops and cyber security services.
This sale would take place in the context of the proposed acquisition of the company by Accenture.
Founded in 2000, Linkbynet is a cloud-native solutions provider with offices in France, Belgium, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Singapore and Vietnam. The company’s team is comprised of more than 900 highly skilled professionals with 400 certifications from major cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft or Alibaba.
Keensight Capital, as a shareholder of Linkbynet since
The Board of Directors of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) have appointed Kofo Sanusi as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Sanusi joins AVCA from Founders Factory Africa (FFA), a venture development company investing in start-ups in sub-Saharan Africa. As Chief Operating Officer and Accelerator Director, she was responsible for overseeing the company’s financial and operational activities and leading investments and support to early-stage start-ups to scale across Africa.
Abi Mustapha-Maduakor, AVCA CEO, says: “Kofo is the right person to support the Association as we implement the strategic vision and continue to deliver value for our members.
Cambridge based biotechnology company, Phico Therapeutics (Phico), has received GBP7 million in funding from a consortium of investors.
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, led the round with a GBP3 million investment, while a further GBP4 million was received from existing backers.
Founded in 2000 by Dr Heather Fairhead, Phico is developing a biotechnology platform for a new generation of antibiotics to overcome antibacterial resistance. Antibiotic resistance is recognised internationally as one of the biggest threats facing global health and the effective treatment of certain diseases. It is estimated that drug resistant infections cause over 700,000
Kirkland & Ellis has appointed Gregory Scott as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm’s London office.
Scott advises private equity houses and other financial sponsor clients on all types of M&A transactions including leveraged buy-outs, carve-outs, mergers and exits across a variety of business sectors.
Scott will join Kirkland from the London office of Clifford Chance.
Kirkland’s dedicated private equity practice is the largest in the European market, acting for a diverse mix of top private equity and financial sponsor clients on multiple deals across multiple sectors and geographies. Kirkland advises across the full
Pulsar Health is joining imc group with the full support of pan-European investor Waterland Private Equity.
Located in Cheadle, North West England, Pulsar Health’s ethos and expertise prioritise a ‘one team’ approach to meet clients’ scientific and marketing objectives, making the company a natural partner for imc group.
The partnership will enable imc to continue disrupting the global healthcare communications industry with a one-stop service for clients across seven core divisions: Medical & Scientific Content, Publications, Digital & Creative, Insights & Consulting, Patient Engagement, Meetings & Events, and Medical Compliance & Material Review. With over 20 years of experience, Pulsar
MIG Verwaltungs AG (MIG AG), one of the leading German venture capital firms, has participated in the EUR29 million series C financing of AMSilk GmbH, Munich. MIG has backed AMSilk since 2008 with capital from several of its funds.
In addition to the continued support from seed investors MIG and Athos KG, new to AMSilk are Danish Novo Holdings, the US Cargill group and ER Capital which also joined the current financing round.
“With the strong team around CEO Ulrich Scherbel and support of the extended circle of investors, AMSilk is in a good position to scale up its proven
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