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Altman Vilandrie & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, and related technology sectors, has hired Don Sutherland as Principal. Sutherland advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector and private equity clients on a range of business strategy and investment issues.
“Don has a strong consulting, analytics, and management background that will allow him to deliver immediate value to our clients and team members,” says Altman Vilandrie & Company COO Steve Conway. “His experience with telecom and technology strategy, along with his deep understanding of analytics, make him a great fit for our firm and
Rothschild & Co has completed the fundraising for Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities V (FASO V) at EUR1.0 billion, which is now the 16th fund raised above its expected target by the company’s Merchant Banking business over the last 10 years. This brings the total assets under management to approximately EUR13 billion across four strategies: corporate private equity; senior and junior credit; primary and secondary fund investing; and co-investments.
The Fund was oversubscribed receiving total capital commitments of EUR1.0 billion, materially above the initial target of EUR700 million. Investors in the Fund represent a globally diversified group of institutions, corporations, international family
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge is re-investing as a minority shareholder in Sykes Holiday Cottages (Sykes), a UK-basedindependent holiday home provider with over 25 years’ experience in the market.Livingbridge first invested in Sykes in January 2015, when the business managed 5,000 properties in the UK and Ireland. Livingbridge successfully sold Sykes to private equity firm Vitruvian Partners in October 2019, at which time it managed over 17,500 properties, having successfully delivered market leading organic growth and completed 12 acquisitions underpinned by a digital transformation strategy.
Livingbridge was offered the opportunity to re-invest in Sykes and following a full
Intertrust, a provider of tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions to clients operating and investing in the international business environment, has expanded its presence in the aviation finance sector with the acquisition of London-based Wells Fargo Trust Corporation Limited.
Altman Vilandrie & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, and related technology sectors, has hired Don Sutherland as Principal.Sutherland advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector and private equity clients on a range of business strategy and investment issues.
“Don has a strong consulting, analytics, and management background that will allow him to deliver immediate value to our clients and team members,” says Altman Vilandrie & Company COO Steve Conway. “His experience with telecom and technology strategy, along with his deep understanding of analytics, make him a great fit for our firm and
Hughes Hubbard & Reed has promoted Alan Kravitz and Dustin Smith to the partnership. The firm also elevated Amina Hassan and Tamara Kraljic to counsel.Kravitz is a member of Hughes Hubbard’s Tax department, and Smith is a member the Corporate Reorganisation and Bankruptcy group; both are based in New York.
Hassan is a litigator and a member of the Employment and Unfair Competition group, also in Hughes Hubbard’s New York office. Kraljic is a member of the Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations group and resides in the firm’s Washington DC office.
“These exceptional attorneys are excellent additions to Hughes
Private equity firm MCI Group’s MCI.EuroVentures fund is selling a portion of its shares in Netrisk, an online insurance brokerage in Hungary, to global growth private equity firm TA Associates for EUR55 million (PLN 235 million). As a result of the partial exit, MCI.EuroVentures (buyout fund of MCI Group) has realised a return on investment of 3.0x CoC and 73 per cent IRR.
MCI Group, one of the leading investors in the Central and Eastern European (EU-CEE) region, remains an important investor in Netrisk and is retaining a 23.7 per cent stake in the company to actively help build value for
Marc Wolf, Financial Services Industry Practice Leader for the South and West Region at accounting, tax, and advisory CohnReznick, has been appointed as the Chair of California Alternative Investments
Association (CalALTs).CalALTs is a not-for-profit membership organisation whose members include alternative asset managers, investors and service providers dedicated to the continuing evolution of the alternative asset management industry in California.
“The California Alternative Investments Association (CalALTs) is fortunate to have Marc as our next Chairman. His passion and involvement with the organisation over the last ten years will provide CalALTs with the leadership nd vision to grow and evolve to fit
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has secured a significant growth investment from Abry Partners, a Boston-based sector focused private equity firm. The transaction will enable the firm’s executive team to significantly accelerate its growth strategy, pursue strategic M&A targets, invest further in the firm’s technology platform and expand Options’ reach in key financial centres globally. No further terms of the transaction were disclosed.
Options, founded in 1993 as a hedge fund technology services provider, has expanded rapidly in recent years and now finds itself as an established market leader in outsourced financial technology and managed
Funds managed by Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) have acquired a 90 per cent stake in Douglas Terminals from Hartree Partners (UK) Limited (Hartree) and Ghent Transport & Storage NV (GTS).Douglas Terminals is a 557,000-cubic metre liquid bulk storage terminal based in the Port of Ghent, Belgium. The facility consists of 17 high-quality tanks currently used for the storage of jet fuel, gasoil, diesel and biodiesel. Hartree and GTS started commercial operations at the terminal in 2017. GTS will retain a 10 per cent stake and continue to operate the terminal under a management services agreement. As part of the transaction,
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