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The Everstone Group (Everstone) is to invest up to USD50 million in Slayback Pharma’s Series B funding round.
Global investment bank GCA Altium has announced is opening an office in Birmingham under the leadership of Jeremy Harrison and Jamie Hope, who were previously partners at Alantra in the Midlands.The launch of GCA Altium’s Midlands operations – the firm’s fourth office in the UK following London, Manchester and Leeds – supports its strategy of establishing a strong presence in all key UK markets.
Following the recent appointment of Oliver Vaughan, the addition of Jeremy and Jamie further strengthens the UK team’s coverage across technology, consumer, industrials and business services. In addition, it gives GCA Altium access to the Midlands
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired Resolution Economics (Resolution) in partnership with the existing management team. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Resolution is a specialty consulting firm that provides economic and statistical analysis as well as expert testimony to leading law firms and corporations in labor & employment and commercial litigation matters. Resolution specializes in highly complex class action lawsuits and, as such, employs a highly technical workforce, including 14 with PhDs and 23 with master’s degrees. In addition, the company has over 70 SAS programmers, and 17 Resolution professionals have
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has promoted Kelly Ford to General Partner. “Kelly has brought a number of critical firsts to Edison Partners. She was our first operating partner. She brought the Edison Edge operating platform to life and ushered in our uniquely integrated approach to growth-stage investing—where operators and investors work as one team to deliver more than capital to our portfolio companies. She established our Center of Excellence for Sales & Marketing, and is also the creator of the Edison Growth Index, a proprietary study on the key characteristics of fast-growing technology companies,” says Chris Sugden, Managing
HIG WhiteHorse, the credit affiliate of global alternative asset management firm HIG Capital (HIG), has closed the HIG WhiteHorse Principal Lending Fund with capital commitments of approximately USD1.1 billion. The Fund will continue HIG’s investment strategy of investing in tailored senior secured financing solutions to primarily, off-the-run, sponsor owned companies in North America.
Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, Co-CEOs of HIG, says: “The strong response from our investors reflects their confidence in the capability of our team and our differentiated strategy. The team has been very active in the market, having already invested in 24 transactions from the Fund.”
Stuart Aronson,
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed an investment in Computer Design and Integration (CDI), a provider of IT infrastructure hardware and software, consulting and managed services. As part of the transaction, CDI’s founder and management team rolled over a substantial portion of their interests and retained a significant ownership stake in the Company. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in New York City, CDI is recognised for its data centre excellence and its cloud and managed services portfolio, which includes hybrid cloud management, a complete integrated suite of business continuity solutions,
Clearview Capital Fund III’s portfolio company, Controlled Products (Controlled Products) and its affiliates, have acquired a majority stake in Purchase Green, and Path to Prosperity, (Purchase Green). The transaction, which closed on 20 November, 2019, included a significant reinvestment by the management team who will remain in their current roles to run the Company.
Purchase Green is a specialised distributor of premium quality synthetic turf primarily for landscape and specialty applications. Its products are sold in West and South West USA under the Purchase Green brand through a network of corporate-owned stores and third-party exclusive dealers. Purchase Green is headquartered at
The Novo Holdings REPAIR Impact Fund has made a EUR7 million investment in Mutabilis, a company developing novel antibacterials against Gram-negative infections based near Paris, France. This investment will allow the company to accelerate its 2G-Dabocins program, a wide spectrum Gram-negative anti-infective agent, which is currently undergoing lead optimisation.
“We look forward to working with the team at Novo Holdings REPAIR Impact Fund. REPAIR’s commitment to funding the development of novel antibiotics will provide us with the essential support we need to accelerate our lead asset to where it is most needed – the clinic as we strive to bring
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Middle East presence with the addition of a team of three partners in its Dubai office. The trio have joined from Winston & Strawn’s Dubai office: Campbell Steedman, formerly Winston & Strawn’s Middle East Managing Partner, and corporate partner Christopher Skipper have both joined Squire Patton Boggs’ Corporate Practice; and Shibeer Ahmed, formerly Head of the Middle East Finance Practice at Winston & Strawn, joins the firm’s Financial Services Practice. They will be followed by a team of associates.
“Our presence in the Middle East is a critical element of our global practice, and
Nimbus has acquired the Centrifugal Castings Division of Doncaster’s Group for an undisclosed sum. The division comprises of Teeside based Paralloy and South Yorkshire based FVC both providing specialist engineered products that service domestic and international markets in the petrochemicals, and aerospace industries respectively.Nimbus has backed the senior management team, led by Chief Executive Robert McGowan, to acquire the business and will use its pan European footprint to support Paralloy and FVC’s growth and export plans.
Investment Director at Nimbus, David Keenan, who led the deal, says: “Paralloy represents a great example of UK manufacturing despite these uncertain economic times.
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