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SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Jessie Meng to the role of Country Head – Shanghai.In her role, Meng will strengthen and enhance the existing Shanghai offering, while working closely with business leaders in SANNE’s other Asia-Pacific based offices to promote the brand across the region. In addition to heading the Shanghai office, she will also be responsible for continuing to grow and develop SANNE’s international offering.
With 14 years’ experience working in the financial services industry, Jessie has an extensive background in developing business strategies and optimising team structures coupled with her
CBPE Capital (CBPE) has completed the sale of its shareholding in Allied Glass (Allied) to a vehicle funded by Sun Capital and Allied management. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Allied is the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium glass containers and is headquartered in Yorkshire. The business specialises in short, flexible production runs of high-quality glass packaging. Allied’s focus is on serving the premium spirits markets. It’s ability to partner with its customers to undertake innovative prototyping work to support successful product redesigns and new product launches has seen Allied benefit from the high growth craft gin segment.
Chester-based Sykes Holiday Cottages, a UK-based independent holiday home provider, has agreed a deal to acquire Pure Cottages Group from private equity investor LDC for an undisclosed sum.The Pure Cottages Group is a collection of five luxury holiday rental agencies, created following LDC’s investment in Lakelovers in December 2017 and its support of the business’ acquisitive growth strategy.
In 2017, Lakelovers managed 500 holiday properties in the Lake District. Today, Pure Cottages Group manages more than 1,500 holiday homes throughout Cumbria, Cornwall and the Cotswolds, having acquired Heart of the Lakes, Lake District Lodge Holidays, Character Cottages, John Bray Cornish
CBPE Capital LLP (CBPE) has invested in Perspective Financial Group Limited (Perspective), following approval from the FCA.Perspective is a UK financial planning and wealth advisory business with a client centric culture, employing over 185 staff across 15 offices. Perspective provides its 18,000 clients with holistic and impartial financial advice to aid them in achieving their investment goals and objectives. Perspective helps clients who are looking for advice on retirement planning, investment, inheritance tax planning, personal wealth or corporate planning. Through its Cambridge Investments Limited offering, Perspective also offers investment management services to its wealth advisory clients.
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Dillon Eustace has appointed three new partners across its Corporate and M&A, Tax and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practices.Richard Lacken has been made a partner in the Tax division, Philip Lea is appointed partner in the Corporate and M&A division and Rachel Turner becomes a partner in Litigation and Dispute Resolution. The appointments demonstrate the firm’s ambition at the outset of the 2020 decade, with Dillon Eustace now comprising over 200 employees and 45 partners.
Lacken who previously trained at a big four accounting practice, joined the firm in 2011. An AITI Chartered Tax Adviser, he consults on a wide
Private company investment platform Seedrs experienced a record-breaking year in 2019 with GBP283 million invested into pitches, resulting in 49 per cent growth in investment compared to 2018.Seedrs completed 250 deals in 2019, up from 186 in 2018, and delivered 7,858 investor exits on its Secondary Market.
In 2019, Seedrs helped businesses from 16 different countries raise funds, and received investment from 78 different countries. Fifty one per cent of the 250 completed deals were fundraises of over GBP1 million, showing 89 per cent growth in larger funding rounds over 2018. Highlights include Scottish fintech Paysend raising GBP10.7 million in
Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has added seven partners and their teams to its Paris office. This is the largest addition of a team of lawyers since the firm’s merger in 2018 and supports a firm-wide plan to build a balanced portfolio of capabilities across geographies. BCLP has a robust Paris practice with capabilities in corporate, litigation, arbitration, compliance, white collar, and labour & employment. The firm is now expanding its offerings in tax, real estate, finance and renewable energy with the additions of Partners Henry Ranchon and Laurent Schittenhelm (real estate), Christine Daric and Olivier Mesmin (tax),
Milbank has appointed M&A attorney Lisa O’Neill as a partner in the firm;s London office, further strengthening Milbank’s global corporate capabilities.
Graycliff Partners has sold HarperLove Holdings, a provider of specialty chemicals and services, to HBM Holdings Company.
For over 40 years, HarperLove has worked with packaging manufacturers to provide a suite of additive solutions that impart unique physical attributes to corrugated and paper-based products.
Since acquiring HarperLove in 2014, Graycliff recruited a best-in-class senior management team, embarked on a series of successful growth initiatives and improved margins through vertical integration – more than doubling profitability.
“We are immensely proud of all that we have accomplished at HarperLove,” says Will Henderson, Managing Director at Graycliff. “It’s been a pleasure
Clearview Capital Fund III’s portfolio company, Nielsen-Kellerman Co (NK) and its affiliates, have completed the acquisition of Ambient (Ambient Weather). The transaction closed on 6 December, 2019.
Nielsen-Kellerman is a designer and manufacturer of premium environmental and athletic performance measurement instruments. For more than 40 years, Nielsen-Kellerman has developed innovative solutions for outdoor enthusiasts and professionals to provide the user with real-time data to make critical decisions. Kestrel branded products measure local environmental conditions and perform end market-specific calculations that are used in a multitude of end markets. NK branded products measure athletic and watercraft performance and provide audio amplification
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