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Global law firm Hogan Lovells has made a series of strategic hires aimed at boosting its corporate and litigation capabilities in London.
Patrick Sarch will be joining as a partner and will co-head the London M&A practice alongside Ben Higson. He joins from White & Case where he was co-lead of the Corporate practice in London and the firm’s global financial institutions industry group.
A leading figure in the London M&A market, Sarch has worked on many high profile public and private M&A deals in recent years. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital restructurings,
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has invested in Space 48 Limited (Space 48), a digital eCommerce agency.
The investment and Foresight’s involvement will support founder and Managing Director Jon Woodall in taking the business through its next stage of growth, further building on Space 48’s success and current market-leading position.
Space 48 offers clients a full range of eCommerce consulting services with a focus on designing solutions to improve end-customer experiences and drive online sales. This includes eCommerce design, engineering, re-platforming, platform improvements, growth marketing and eCommerce consultancy.
The company, which has
UK Private Equity fund Elaghmore has acquired Formaplex, an integrated manufacturer and supplier of lightweight component solutions to the global automotive, motorsport, aerospace, medical and defence markets.
Established nearly 20 years ago and with revenues in excess of GBP60 million, Formaplex operates from four manufacturing sites based across the South Coast of England. The business started as a specialist tooling partner for the F1 motorsport sector before adding injection mould tooling and moulding to its skillset and developing its sought-after expertise in composite components. Formaplex employs over 500 employees, and, following the acquisition, the business will continue to be led
Claret Capital Partners Limited (Claret) (formerly Harbert European Growth Capital), has held the first closing of its third fund, which will continue to invest in innovative growth stage tech and life science businesses throughout Europe primarily to support organic growth and M&A.
Astia has launched a USD100m early-stage venture fund aimed at addressing the disparity in funding for companies that include women in founding or executive roles.
Led by an investment from Mastercard, the Astia Fund will invest globally in high-growth companies that have at least one woman in an executive, equity-holding position. Additional investors include: Priya Mathur, past president of the board of CalPERS; Jim O’Neill former chief economist and former chairman of Asset Management at Goldman Sachs; Farvatn Venture; Portola Creek Capital; Tides Foundation; numerous members of Toniic, a global network of impact investors; and other notable LPs.
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a mid-market private equity investor, has sold Equa bank (Equa) to Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) through its Czech subsidiary Raiffeisenbank as.
Based in the Czech Republic, Equa is a tech-enabled full-service challenger bank that focuses on private individuals and Small and Medium Enterprises segments. Equa has an omni-channel distribution strategy that combines an intuitive digital banking platform alongside a selective physical distribution network.
AnaCap has transformed Equa into a market-leading, digitally driven challenger bank. Under AnaCap’s stewardship, the bank has grown its deposit base and loan book by more than 12x, leading to increased market shares across
By Alex Di Santo (pictured), group head of private equity at Crestbridge – It’s a good time to raise assets – which will more than double for the private equity and venture capital space by 2025.
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) on its acquisition of Signature Foods from funds managed by IK Investment Partners.
Signature Foods is a leading chilled convenience food company active in the growing European market, with a strong presence in Benelux.
The team was led by transactional partners David Holdsworth and Rachel Greenhalgh and associate Sam Hare, debt finance partner Kirsteen Nicol and associates Stefan Arnold-Soulby, Jessica Kim and Maurice Walsh, antitrust and competition partner Sarah Jordan and associates Arjun Chandran and Jordan Goater and tax partner Timothy Lowe and associate Anthony Antioch.
Two West Midlands’ businesses are set to pursue new growth following funding packages from The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) totalling over GBP1.7 million.
The duo of deals includes Birmingham-based insurance services firm, Parker Norfolk & Partners Ltd (“Parker Norfolk”) which secured GBP1.6 million, with Worcestershire company, AirTube Technologies Ltd (AirTube), receiving GBP175,000.
MEIF is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
Parker Norfolk provides multi-discipline insurance services that offers businesses a range of multi-insurance asset classes across different geographical markets. The funding package from MEIF Maven Debt
Information Venture Partners, a Toronto-based venture capital firm that primarily invests in early-stage North American B2B financial technology and enterprise software companies, has appointed Jane Podbelskaya as Principal.
Podbelskaya will be responsible for sourcing and executing new investments and providing operational support to Information Venture Partners’ existing portfolio companies.
Podbelskaya brings 20 years of experience in software, operations, investment and management consulting. Prior to joining Information Venture Partners, she most recently worked at Georgian Partners, a North American fund investing in growth-stage SaaS companies, where she held a number of roles over her six year tenure. Focusing both on
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