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PAI Partners, a leading European private equity firm, through its newly raised fund specialised in mid-market opportunities, PAI Mid-Market Fund (PAI MMF), has acquired a majority stake in Angulas Aguinaga, a Spanish specialist in modern fish and fish-based ready meal solutions, from private equity firm Portobello Capital.After the signing of this agreement, the current shareholders will reinvest in the company and continue to hold a 49.9 per cent stake. The completion of this transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Angulas Aguinaga owns some of the most recognised brands in the Spanish fish and seafood convenience industry, such as
Zouk, an infrastructure and private equity fund manager investing in the sustainable economy, has appointed Lord Paul Myners CBE to the its Board.Myners’ appointment will allow Zouk to draw upon his wider ranging insights into multiple areas of interest including, in particular, ESG considerations within private equity portfolios. Myners’ is also expected to play an important role in supporting Zouk’s business.
Lord Myners, a member of the House of Lords, has a distinguished track record in policymaking, fund management and business as an investor and corporate leader. Myners worked at Gartmore between 1987 – 2001, where he was latterly CEO
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African private equity firm with USD1.7 billion in assets under management, has elected three new professionals to its Partnership.
Tori Weir, who represents institutional investors in US and cross-border debt financings with a focus on secured and unsecured private placements, has rejoined Morgan Lewis from Akin Gump as a partner resident in London.Weir also advises institutional investors and other institutional lenders in mezzanine financing and leveraged acquisition transactions. Additionally, she has borrower-side experience in bank financings and private placements of debt, as well as a broad range of experience in US and international corporate and capital markets transactions.
“With Tori, we further expand our strong institutional investor team globally and deepen our destination private placement practice in London,”
Allegro, a Luxembourg based third party management company (ManCo), AIFM and fund administrator, has rebranded as Ocorian Fund Management, following the acquisition of the company by Ocorian group in April. Ocorian is a specialist in fund services, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services. This move adds depth and breadth to Ocorian’s funds business, which offers fund administration and associated services across all investment structures with particular specialisms in green energy, listed and private funds.
Ocorian offers end-to-end service solutions for fund groups so they can maximise the benefit of centralising their administration and create economies of scale. It is fully
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a UK mid-market M&A firm, has advised Spring, a new home buying service, on securing private equity investment to support its growth strategy via circa GBP300 million in annual home buying capacity.
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), a law firm serving the financial services industry, has added Douglas S Mintz as a partner and co-chair of the Business Reorganisation Group. Mintz, who is based in the Washington, DC office, was previously a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
3i Group has agreed to invest cGBP125 million alongside management for a majority stake in MPM, an international leader in branded, premium, natural pet food.Headquartered in Manchester, UK, MPM was founded in 2002 and owns leading brands such as Applaws, Encore and Reveal. The company differentiates itself through its high quality, human-grade products, its natural, clean-label ingredients and its “cat first” proposition. MPM’s loyal customer base places great importance on its sustainable sourcing and recyclable packaging. It has an established presence in the UK, EMEA and APAC with a fast growing business in North America. International sales account for more
Hamburg-based real asset specialist Aquila Capital has launched the Aquila Capital Energy Efficiency Strategy, focussing on investments in small to medium sized energy efficiency projects in the private and public sector. The geographical focus will be on Europe. Its first investment, a street lighting project in Italy, been closed in November 2020.
The project’s objective is to replace and operate street lighting systems under long-term concession agreements within a cluster of eight municipalities in central Italy. The project’s return is driven by cost savings through the substitution of existing lighting systems with LED lamps, a proven technology, resulting in energy consumption
Ares Australia Management (AAM), a strategic joint venture between Ares Management Corporation (Ares), a global alternative investment manager, and Fidante Partners Limited (Fidante Partners), is launching its second Australian product, the Ares Diversified Credit Fund.The unlisted open-ended Fund presents a novel investment strategy to the Australian managed fund space and provides investors with access to Ares’ leading global credit platform through a vehicle that allows for daily inbound and quarterly outbound liquidity at net asset value (NAV). The Fund is designed to offer exposure to private and public credit assets and aims to deliver yield premiums and additional downside protection
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