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Legal & General Capital (LGC) has appointed Peter Maher as Head of Venture Capital (VC) Investing, supporting the growth of its SME Growth Equity platform.
Within its VC platform, LGC now has 20 active funds under management, worth GBP230 million, having added five new funds to its portfolio over the last 12 months.
Through its SME Growth Equity platform, LGC has continued to invest in the real economy via start-up businesses in the UK and Europe. During a challenging time for smaller scale companies and newly formed businesses, LGC has remained committed to providing funding for over 300 companies,
Blackstar Capital, a specialist structured capital solutions provider, has appointed James Paul as Head of Sport.
Blackstar Capital has leading expertise in origination, structuring, placement, and management of transactions globally. With Blackstar successfully making inroads into the sporting world in the past twelve months, Paul’s new role will see him lead the expansion of that sporting portfolio.
The pandemic has had a profound impact upon global sport, creating unique needs for clubs and franchises, and new opportunities for lenders. For specialist financiers, this depressed market is presenting both challenges and opportunities that Blackstar Capital is well-placed to take advantage
Polaris is expanding its activities with investments in subordinated loan capital (junior capital etc) and minority shareholdings, with the launch of Polaris Flexible Capital.
Polaris expects to raise DKK1 billion for the new fund, which will support attractive Nordic medium-sized companies with flexible capital for growth, investments, ownership changes and optimisation of capital structure. The addition widens Polaris’ reach and sharpens the offering to medium-sized companies looking for capital and to investors who may diversify their portfolios with new attractive investments.
Polaris Flexible Capital is an addition to Polaris’ existing activities and is established with its own investment team, an
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has launched a private equity European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) making the firm’s global private equity offering more accessible to eligible retail and non-professional investors and their advisers.
Unlike most traditional private equity funds with high minimum investment thresholds, both professional and eligible retail investors across Europe will have access to the fund with a minimum investment of EUR50,000. The fund’s expected life has also been shortened to eight years from the more traditional length of 10-12 years.
José Luis González Pastor, managing director at Neuberger Berman, explains: “The Neuberger Berman
Manulife Investment Management (Ireland) Limited, has been authorised as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), enabling it to provide management company services to alternative investment funds (AIFs) in accordance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
The authorisation enables the passporting and sale of private markets funds to professional investors across the European Economic Area, and is a major milestone in driving the expansion and offering of Manulife Investment Management’s private markets investment capabilities within Europe.
With more than EUR98 billion in private markets assets globally, Manulife Investment Management’s capabilities are offered across private equity and credit, real
LGT Capital Partners has raised USD6 billion to capture investment opportunities in private equity secondaries across the whole spectrum of investment situations including single assets solutions, private equity fund solutions and diversified portfolios of Limited Partnership interests.
LGT Capital Partners’ second programme focusing on single asset solutions and concentrated fund solutions, Crown Secondaries Special Opportunities II (CSSO II), is closing on 31 May 2021 at its hard cap of USD1.5 billion. As early as 2015, LGT Capital Partners launched its predecessor program to access this newly identified set of opportunities in private equity secondaries.
Ivan Vercoutere, Managing Partner at LGT
Matt Rupp has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Most recently, Rupp served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery.
Rupp has spent more than 10 years counselling clients on a variety of corporate matters. He focuses his practice on representing private equity and other investment funds, private and public companies, and family offices in a wide variety of transactions, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalisations, restructurings, joint ventures, and general corporate counselling.
“Matt has significant complex M&A and private equity experience. As Troutman Pepper’s private equity group continues to grow,
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has invested GBP50 million on behalf of its strategic partner Phoenix Group (Phoenix) in Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (the Bank) supporting the implementation of its climate change strategy.
Specifically, proceeds will be used for projects financed directly, or through financial intermediaries, that will target the following areas:
Lower carbon and efficient energy generation;
Renewable energy;
Energy efficiency in industries and buildings both brownfield and greenfield;
Sustainable agricultural practices;
Waste and wastewater treatment that reduce GHG; and
Green transport systems.
The Bank supports economic development and regional co-operation in the Black Sea region through trade
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has sold its ownership interest in Mitratech, as part of Mitratech’s sale to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board at an enterprise value of USD1.55 billion.
The transaction was completed on 18 May, 2021 after all necessary closing conditions were achieved.
With Mitratech’s proven portfolio of end-to-end software solutions, organisations worldwide are able to implement best practices and standardise processes across all lines of business to automate activities of the corporate legal department, help organisations manage legal complexity, and stay compliant with an ever-changing landscape of risks and obligations. Mitratech serves more
Sheridan Capital Partners (Sheridan) has invested in SimiTree Healthcare Consulting (SimiTree), a strategic and equal combination of Simione Healthcare Consultants (Simione) and BlackTree Healthcare Consulting (BlackTree).
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