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ChartCo, a UK-based supplier of digital navigation and voyage compliance services backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has merged with the Canadian navigation solutions provider Marine Press, backed by Champlain Financial Corporation.
The move will result in the creation of a new global company called OneOcean, which will provide navigation and compliance solutions to the commercial marine industry.
Equistone invested in ChartCo in June 2016 through Equistone Partners Europe Fund V. The merger with Marine Press, which will be supported by a refinancing of the wider group by Pemberton, represents the third strategic transaction ChartCo has completed since Equistone’s initial
Inflexion Private Equity is to acquire the assets of Goals Soccer Centres (Goals), a UK operator of small-sided football pitches. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund IV, Inflexion’s dedicated lower mid‐market fund.
Founded in 1987, Goals provides five-a-side and seven-a-side flood-lit arenas with synthetic grass turf, allowing for year-round play. With facilities for changing and socialising, the centres offer coaching, holiday camps and parties for customers in addition to the arena hire. Goals employs more than 700 people across its 45 centres in the UK.
Barry and Ian McDermott, who were the original founders of Goals
Newcastle upon Tyne-based private investment firm Middleton Enterprises has appointed David Alprovich as Chief Operating Officer.
Alprovich, who graduated from Northumbria University with a First in Finance & Investment Management, joined Middleton Enterprises from Brewin Dolphin as commercial assistant. He rose through the ranks to his new role as the business expanded.
Middleton Enterprises is a GBP100million investment firm which makes investments throughout the UK, with a focus on the North East from its office on the Quayside in Newcastle. Its portfolio comprises of listed companies, private equity and venture capital investments including One Utility Bill, Refract and Atom Bank.
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Engineered Components & Systems (EC&S) segment from Enerpac Tool Group, previously known as Actuant Corporation.
EC&S will now be known as CentroMotion, and will continue to be led by Roger Roundhouse, who has been named CEO.
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, CentroMotion is a global company serving the agriculture, specialty and commercial vehicle, construction and other industrial end-markets with motion, actuation and control solutions. CentroMotion primarily serves on- and off-highway OEMs with highly engineered system-critical components under brands that include CrossControl, Elliott,
Scout Clean Energy (Scout), a Colorado based renewable energy developer, owner and operator has completed construction and received tax equity funds for the 300MW Ranchero Wind Farm located in Crockett County, Texas (Ranchero).
Scout is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
“Ranchero is our first greenfield project developed from inception through construction and operations since our launch as an owner-operator,” says Michael Rucker, CEO and founder of Scout Clean Energy. “Reaching commercial operations at Ranchero brings Scout’s owned portfolio of wind energy generation in operation and under construction to over 800 MW.”
Scout started of construction on
Sherpa Capital, a private equity fund manager focused on mid-sized companies with EUR250 million under management, has has invested in Portuguese company Ferreira de Sá, a producer of tailor-made carpets for the luxury furniture and décor sector.
The acquisition has been made from the founding family, who will remain minority shareholders and continue to be involved in the management of the business.
Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Espinho (Oporto), Ferreira de Sá is a consolidated company in the carpet sector with a clear international vocation that generates more than 80% of its sales abroad.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed debt finance partner Ashley Young in London. Young will join Willkie’s Finance Practice Group on 25 November, 2019 and will be the firm’s fourth lateral hire in London this year. He was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Young has approximately 20 years of experience advising clients on complex cross-border debt finance and special situation transactions. His practice focuses on acting for sponsors and borrowers, including private equity funds and their portfolio companies as well as credit funds at all levels of the capital structure on domestic and international acquisitions, leveraged financings,
Intertrust, a provider of tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions to clients operating and investing in the international business environment, has completed the acquisition of ABN AMRO’s Escrow & Settlement business. The acquisition was announced on 7 February 2019.
Through the acquisition, Intertrust is now the number one provider of escrow, settlement and paying agency services in Europe, with a market leading position in the Netherlands, a strong commercial presence in the UK market, and a growing business in Germany. The team transferred to Intertrust in its entirety and will lead further expansion of escrow services across Intertrust’s global network.
Schroders has competed its acquisition of a majority stake in BlueOrchard Finance, an impact investment manager.
BlueOrchard manages approximately USD3.5 billion in assets and operates in emerging and frontier markets worldwide and offers its investors premium impact investment solutions across multiple asset classes, including credit, private equity, and sustainable infrastructure. Blue Orchard specialises in blended finance mandates.
Founded in 2001, it was the world’s first commercial manager of microfinance debt investments.
Schroders’ Group Chief Executive, Peter Harrison, says: “BlueOrchard’s business demonstrates the positive impact financial markets can have on improving society. I am delighted that Schroders will be
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