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Diligent Corporation (Diligent), a governance company with a platform used by nearly 700,000 board directors and leaders, across 19,000 clients, is to acquire Galvanize, a global leader in SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The Galvanize transaction follows Diligent’s planned acquisition of Steele Compliance Solutions (Steele), a specialist in ethics and compliance SaaS, which the Company signed in February 2021. Both transactions are expected to close in March.
With the acquisition of Galvanize, Diligent will become the largest SaaS GRC provider. The combined solution with enrichment from Steele will
Seyfarth has appointed partner Talat Ansari to its Litigation department in New York.
Ansari was most recently a partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he focused his practice on international arbitration and led its India practice group in New York.
Ansari handles commercial litigation and international arbitration matters, regularly advising India-based clients doing business in the US, including large Indian conglomerates, and US industrial and financial clients doing business in India. In addition to handling international litigation and arbitrations, he advises on corporate and commercial transactions (M&A, finance, trade regulations), and infrastructure projects.
“Talat is an experienced litigator
Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has added three new members to its investment and origination teams.
Alison Price joins the investment team, bringing six years of investment and board experience across the healthcare and education sectors. Prior to QPE, Alison was part of the investment team at impact investor Bridges Fund Management where she focused on new investments and supporting portfolio companies to achieve their growth ambitions. Alison began her career at PwC followed by four years at Deutsche Bank.
Valentina Matheus joins the investment team from Mazars Corporate Finance where she focused on supporting clients through M&A transactions within the
HIG Capital (HIG) has expanded its European WhiteHorse Direct Lending team with the addition of Ignacio Blasco as a Managing Director. Blasco will be based in HIG’s Madrid office.
Blasco has over 28 years of experience in leveraged finance and direct lending, covering a wide range of sectors and investment strategies. Prior to joining HIG, he was a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey in Madrid. Prior to that, he was a Managing Partner of Montalban Debt Funds, after a long and successful career at Société Générale in Madrid and London.
Commenting on the hire, Pascal Meysson, Head of HIG
KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, is to acquire EFG Fund Management SA, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group.
York Capital Management (York), a global private investment firm, has appointed seasoned private equity investor Seth Pearson as a Managing Director in the firm’s private equity group.
Pearson will be responsible for deal sourcing, transaction execution, and portfolio company oversight and will be joining the investment committee of the York Special Opportunities Fund III (YSOF III), York private equity’s most recent investment fund, with approximately USD800 million in committed capital.
Prior to joining York, Pearson spent over 13 years at Wellspring Capital Management LLC, most recently as a Partner. At Wellspring, he helped found and lead the firm’s
Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, is to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, which operates globally outside of the Americas, from UK-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB).
The acquisition will reunite Scholl with the Dr Scholl’s brand as one entity after 30-plus years of separate ownership. The combined business generates annual retail sales exceeding USD700 million with leading market shares in the footcare category globally.
The Dr Scholl’s brand is a category leader at major bricks and mortar and ecommerce retailers in the US. Similarly,
Wellington Management, has hired two senior investors focused on private market sustainable investing.
This additional investment in resources builds on the firm’s 14 years in climate investing, 27 years in alternatives investing and close to USD5 billion in dedicated committed capital in the private markets.
The new investors include Greg Wasserman, who brings 20 years of venture and growth investment experience across energy transformation, mobility, enterprise digitalisation, infrastructure, and fintech, the majority of which has been focused on climate solutions and sustainability, and Sean Petersen, who brings 15 years of global venture investing experience focused on climate, e-logistics, education
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP1 million into Fintech platform, Pockit as part of Pockit’s GBP15 million Series B funding round.
The business has secured GBP1 million funding through the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development, and GBP1.3 million via private investors, Crowdcube and the Future Fund, a government scheme backed by the British Business Bank.
Funding will allow the business to invest in its newly opened Newcastle base to deliver on its ambitious expansion plans and embark on a recruitment drive to grow its local team, creating 17 new jobs over the
Equistone portfolio company Amadys, a provider of passive network equipment solutions for utility infrastructures in the Benelux region, has established an initial market presence in Germany through the add-on acquisition of tso GmbH.
Based in Halver, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, tso offers splicing and measurement technology, equipment and devices for fibre optic communications networks. The announcement follows Amadys’ recent acquisition of Dutch company Infraconcepts, announced in December 2020.
Amadys, headquartered in Brussels, provides a broad range of passive network equipment solutions for utility networks, with a focus on the telecommunications, water, gas and electricity sectors, as
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