Latest News
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Laura Friedrich as a partner in the firm’s Asset Management Group in New York. Friedrich will join the group’s private equity fund formation team, focusing on advising US domestic and international private investment fund sponsors, distributors and investors on formation, investment and regulatory matters. Friedrich previously served as global head of the Investment Funds team at Shearman & Sterling, where she was a partner for 12 years.
“Laura is a talented fund formation lawyer who is highly respected and a leader in the private fund and asset management community,” says Margery Neale, Chair of the
Global law firm Paul Hastings has added a bi-coastal Finance and Restructuring partner duo from Winston & Strawn to its Finance and Restructuring practice.Justin Rawlins, who currently leads Winston & Strawn’s Restructuring practice, will join as a partner in Los Angeles, and Phil Ratner will join as a partner in New York.
“The investments we are making in our Finance and Restructuring practice reflect the trust major financial institutions are placing in us to help them with their most important transactions and restructurings,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “In the current economic environment, the need for expertise
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with management to acquire Len the Plumber (LTP), a leading full-service residential plumbing contractor in the Baltimore-Washington metro area and the surrounding regions.
ThinCats, an alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs has provided a total of GBP5.9 million in funding facilities for two businesses backed by NVM Private Equity.
Private equity manager Elbrus Capital’s Elbrus Capital Fund II has sold its 75 per cent stake in OSG Records Management (OSG) to Iron Mountain Incorporated, a NYSE-listed company, for RUB6.0 billion, over 4.5 times the original investment amount. OSG was acquired by the Fund in 2013 and, under its ownership, the Company has established itself as the fast-growing leader of the records management markets in Russia and the CIS. Since 2013, Elbrus Capital has provided consistent operational support to the OSG management team, including the strategic disposal of OSG’s Polish business in 2014, the negotiation of a landmark contract with Russia’s
Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, information, business services and education industries, has completed a structured capital investment in Ascent Behavioral Health (Ascent).Ascent provides wilderness therapy, residential treatment and therapeutic boarding school programs for adolescents with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and attachment disorder. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1989, Ascent Behavioral Health operates adolescent behavioural health programs throughout Utah. The Company was built by mission-driven founders on principles committed to clinical quality and superior outcomes based on its experiential therapeutic approach. Ascent takes pride
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed its second private equity investment fund, Align Capital Partners Fund II, LP and Align Capital Partners Fund II-A, LP (ACP II) at its hard cap of USD450 million.
Verdane, a Northern European specialist growth equity investor, has acquired Confirmit, a global solutions provider for Customer Experience (CX), Employee Experience and Market Research. Verdane is the major investor in data visualisation reporting firm Dapresy and will merge the two companies.
“The combination of the Dapresy and Confirmit solutions will be unmatched in the market research and customer experience arena,” says Pål Malmros, responsible for the investment at Verdane. Tobi Andersson, CEO of Dapresy added, “Dapresy has comprehensive CX and market research reporting software, and Confirmit provides the technology that underpins some of the world’s most sophisticated insights programmes. Together,
Parthenon Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm, has sold its position in portfolio company ScentAir Holdings (ScentAir).The transaction represents the culmination of a successful five-year partnership with ScentAir’s management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Dan Connors. Connors and his team will continue to lead the company going forward. The private equity arm of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited (CITIC Capital) led the new investment in the Company.
Based in Charlotte, NC, ScentAir is the leading provider of scent marketing solutions to leading brands around the world. Currently servicing over 45,000 placements in 119 countries, ScentAir has been helping industry leaders
Austin-based Eventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and market risk software platform provider, has just raised USD10.5 million of growth capital in a Series A investment round. Investors included a range of venture capital and financial services organisations, led by Chicago-based Jump Capital and Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners.
The funds will enable Eventus to further enhance its technology, significantly increase its sales, development and service staff globally and continue to grow its customer base. Also participating in the round were existing customers and investors, including Coinbase Ventures and Chimera Securities.
Peter Johnson, Principal of Jump Capital, and Krishna Srinivasan,
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
