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ESO Capital Partners UK (ESO), a provider of flexible capital solutions to European SME’s, has backed Churchill Group (Churchill) the UK-based business services company.The investment provides institutional capital and support to Churchill, with ESO taking a minority stake in the business and both Stephen Edwards and Stuart Hamilton of ESO will join the Churchill Board. ESO’s track record of backing high-growth businesses will assist the Company as it continues its upward trajectory through both impressive organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
Founded in 1988 by Joel Briggs and Phil Moxom, Churchill is a rapidly growing organisation with turnover now exceeding £230
Scottish private equity firm Par Equity, an existing investor in Glasgow-based cashback app Swipii, has invested an additional GBP1 million into the company.
Kramer Levin has appointed Adi Herman as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions practices in New York.Herman advises clients on domestic and cross-border transactional and corporate matters, with a particular focus on the private equity space. His representations of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public companies, include mergers and acquisitions, take-private transactions, dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, recapitalisations and restructurings, and corporate governance advice. Herman also counsels sponsors in growth capital investments and pre-IPO financings.
“Adi is an excellent addition to our growing Private Equity and M&A practices,
Global law firm Dentons has recruited partner Guillaume Kessler to strengthen its Corporate and M&A and Private Equity practices in France and more widely in Europe. With this addition, the Corporate/M&A team in Paris, led by partner Olivier Genevois, now counts approximately 30 lawyers.
Kessler joins from Orrick, where he was a partner since 2016. He was previously Managing Partner of Olswang France (now CMS). A member of the Paris bar since 1997, he is involved in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and international joint ventures. He advises French and international strategic clients, both listed and unlisted,
Alternative asset manager Black Diamond Capital Management (Black Diamond) has appointed Rodney S Cohen as Head of Private Equity. Cohen will have responsibility for managing Black Diamond’s portfolio of private equity funds, consisting of the BDCM Opportunity Funds II, III, IV, and V, aggregating approximately USD4 billion in capital.
Commenting on the appointment, Stephen H. Deckoff, Black Diamond’s Managing Principal, says: “We are extremely pleased to have Rodney lead our private equity team. I have known Rodney for more than 40 years and we have been investors together over the past 20 years. We are excited at the critical role he will
YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist.This represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the second fund having already announced a first close.
ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and the business has grown rapidly in recent years through its commitment to product innovation, exceptional customer service and expertise in the waste management sector where it is a market leader.
Based in Pershore, West Midlands, ISS currently employs 31 people and is dedicated to creating products that improve safety for
Activa Capital’s portfolio company Alliance Etiquettes, a French company producing label printing for the wine & spirits industry, is acquiring 5 Sept Etiquette as part of its consolidation strategy.
With the closing of this deal Alliance Etiquettes completes its eighth external growth operation since 2015, bringing its turnover above EUR65 million. The group also continues to identify potential external bolt-on targets, both in France and abroad; particularly in Italy and Spain, according to the company.
5 Sept Etiquette, which addresses a diversified customer base in the agri-food, wine & spirits and cosmetics label markets, was taken over in 1995 by
Limerston Capital’s Limerston Capital Partners I has acquired Patricia White’s and Country Cousins from Saga Healthcare Limited, a subsidiary of Saga plc. The Businesses are two well established brands combining to form one of the UK’s largest private pay introductory live-in home care agencies.
Based in Redhill, England, the Businesses are focused on private pay, live-in care agency services, with over 2,700 registered clients, 690 of which are currently receiving care services. Both Country Cousins and Patricia Whites offer a flexible and unique approach though their respective carers to enable clients to remain in the comfort of their own homes.
Lloyds Banking Group’s private equity arm LDC has invested GBP11million in James and James Fulfilment to boost its software services and operating infrastructure.
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