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In this webinar, we ask how a data-driven approach to legal spending helps PE groups strategise weeks and months ahead of time as well as achieve greater overall visibility on costs, benefiting the fund and investors alike.
In part 2 of Episode 8, Nicholas d’Adhemar and Charlotte Henderson make predictions about the future of the legal profession. They share their thoughts on the long-term impact of the Covid-19 crisis on capital solutions, how the way in-house legal teams collaborate internally and externally will change over time, and what the biggest pressure felt by GSs in the next few years is going to be…
Kester Capital’s (Kester) portfolio company Frontier Medical, has sold its Infection Prevention business in a carve-out to Vernacare, backed by HIG Capital. The deal includes the brands Sharpsafe, Clinisafe and eXchange. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The exited businesses are industry-leaders in the Infection Prevention market providing an extensive range of sharps and clinical waste disposal solutions. Sharpsafe was the world’s first purpose-designed plastic sharps container. With a customer base across the UK and Europe, the business operates from its site in Blackwood, Wales.
Frontier’s core division, Frontier Therapeutics, a leading provider of differentiated Skin and
The EQT VII fund (EQT VII) has agreed to sell IFS AB (IFS) to the successor funds EQT VIII and EQT IX, and global growth private equity firm, TA Associates, which becomes a minority partner at a transaction value in excess of EUR3 billion.
Antares served as sole lead arranger and sole lender on USD65 million in senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of Metal Era by GreyLion Capital.Founded in 1980 in Waukesha, WI, Metal Era is a manufacturer of high-performance roofing products focused on metal edge and ventilation solutions for commercial, institutional and industrial buildings.
“We appreciate Antares’ speed, flexibility and ability to speak for the full facility size,” says John McKee, Partner at GreyLion Capital. “They showed an impressive ability to commit and close in the midst of the fallout from Covid-19.”
“We are pleased to support GreyLion as they
Roslin Technologies, the UK’s specialist AgriTech venture builder, is embarking on a GBP50 million second round capital raise, valuing the Edinburgh-based company at more than GBP55 million. The four-year-old business, which partners closely with the Roslin Institute, creator of Dolly the Sheep, will use the funds to invest in a wide range of cutting-edge AgriTech initiatives and build valuable relationships through its growing number of portfolio companies. The investment round will be led by Milltrust International LLP and JBI Equity, two of the world’s leading AgriTech advisors, and both founding investors in the company.
Founded to help turn the scientific
Loss adjusting and claims management specialist GHG Limited near Southampton has funded its primary buy-out by securing a GBP7 million equity investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM). The deal, with a total value of GBP17 million, is the first from the PE house’s GBP80 million Buyout Fund II and marks the second investment made by YFM since the Coronavirus pandemic began, following on from its investment into vehicle safety systems business ISS.
The buyout was led by GHG managing director Austin Snelgrove (pictured above left) who, for the last three years, has been working alongside founder Graham High (above right), as
Monument Group, one of the world’s most renowned placement agents, completed two high profile fund closures last week: Charlesbank Credit Opportunity Fund II closed at its hard cap of USD700 million, and Manila-based private equity firm Navegar‘s final close of Navegar II at USD197 million.
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance and XTX Ventures has invested GBP2.5 million in Logically, a tech startup using AI to detect misinformation and to provide a fact-checking service to combat fake news ahead of the US election.
Foresight Group has made a GBP1 million growth capital investment into Ajenta Limited, a provider of specialist video conferencing services to schools, colleges and universities and other public sector organisations. This is the fifth investment made by the GBP20 million Foresight Scottish Growth Fund, which is financed by the Scottish Growth Scheme through a combination of Scottish Government funds and the European Regional Development Fund.
Ajenta provides video collaboration software to education and public sector organisations with a focus on creating real-time environments that improve communications and enable a remote and dynamic learning and working culture. With organisations having to transition rapidly
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