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European private equity investment firm Oakley Capital is to sell a majority stake in atHome Group, a Luxembourg-based online classifieds and mortgage broking business, to Mayfair Equity Partners.
Emerging market investor Actis and Westmont Hospitality Group have acquired the Sheraton Casablanca hotel in Morocco.
The 309-key Sheraton Casablanca, which was built in 1989 and is located in the heart of the city near the Old Medina and harbour, is the largest internationally branded hotel in Casablanca. Actis and Westmont will implement a comprehensive business plan which includes a full refurbishment, said the GP.
Actis is the largest private equity firm in Africa having committed USD4,5 billion to the region over the last 15 years. The GP’s portfolio includes South African insurance and financial services provider Alexander Forbes, Cameroon-based
M33 Growth, a venture and growth stage investment firm, has closed its second fund, M3 Growth II, with USD260 million in limited partner commitments from endowments, foundations and institutional investors, as well as founders and CEOs with whom the M33 Growth team has forged strong working relationships with over the past decade. Fund II follows the firm’s USD180 million debut fund that closed in late 2017.
M33 Growth seeks to partner with founders and CEOs of companies who are using cutting-edge technology to solve critical, industry-specific problems. Without institutional financing, these founders have built great businesses from the ground-up and, in
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) has launched a new payment and fraud risk assessment (PFRA) offering, which is designed to help firms identify and remediate vulnerabilities within payment flows in order to reduce the risk of costly fraud issues. The service is overseen by the ACA Aponix division’s senior principal consultant Kamlesh Harry.
Before joining ACA, Kamlesh was an Executive Director at JP Morgan, where he led various teams across the firm’s technology, client support services, cybersecurity, and payment fraud functions for over 13 years. Amongst other key contributions, he was instrumental in developing controls for the EMEA Wholesale Banking payment platforms
Arrowpoint Advisory has advised CGC Technology Limited (CGC) on its sale to Comtech Telecommunications Corp (Comtech) [NASDAQ:CMTL] for approximately USD23.7 million.Founded in 1999 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, CGC is a leading provider of innovative X/Y satellite tracking antennas, radomes and other ground station equipment globally to the high-growth Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Middle Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite markets. CGC combines its deep internal expertise across both hardware and software with in-house design and engineering capabilities to deliver unique turnkey solutions for a range of critical communication applications.
CGC has successfully installed over 160 systems in over 36
Northern Trust has appointed Sara Gilbert to spearhead business development for its alternatives asset servicing business in Europe.
Jensen Partners has expanded its global footprint to meet the growing demand for specialised alternative investment recruitment services with the appointment of Peter Mayer, formerly a Partner at PJT Park Hill, as Head of Europe.
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.
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