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Duff & Phelps, has appointed Paul Martin as a managing director and leader of the firm’s UK Transaction Advisory Services practice, based in London.
Martin has over 25 years of experience providing clients with financial and operational deal advice, with a focus on private equity and large corporates. Highly regarded in the private equity industry, Martin has led projects and teams across all aspects of the deal life cycle from origination, due diligence execution, post-deal control, performance improvement, exit readiness, sell-side support through to exit. In addition, he has worked with clients across the world and has advised on cross-border
Investec has appointed Ajeeth Narayan as Global Head of Investec Aviation Finance. Mike Francis will be executive lead of the Aviation Finance franchise, and Celia Britt will become Chief Operating officer.
Narayan and Francis were two of the four founders of the Investec Aviation Finance franchise in 2002, and have been with Investec ever since. Britt joined Investec in 2005, and most recently managed the aviation portfolio.
Investec Aviation Finance has grown to USD6 billion of aircraft assets under management and in 2018 launched a new aircraft leasing equity fund. Investec has also pioneered the aviation debt fund product,
In this week’s newsletter, Liz Pfeuti provides a second instalment on the mechanics of co-investing, in which she explains how to avoid some of the common pitfalls. One key aspect, as Liz touches on, is to define all the rules and governance issues at the pre-deal stage.
On the fundraising side, two more multi-billion funds have come to market: Alcentra’s European direct lending strategy raised EUR5.5 billion, while CVC announced it had closed its Strategic Opportunities II Fund with EUR4.9 billion. This week, we also profile how to fund raise in the United Arab Emirates, with insights from TMF Group.
SRS Acquiom has appointed Scott C Ganeles, an accomplished financial services executive, to the company’s Board of Directors.
Ganeles previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Ipreo Holdings (Ipreo), a financial services solutions and data provider for capital market participants. Under Scott’s leadership, Ipreo’s business and market share grew significantly and attracted notable equity investors including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR), Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. Ipreo was acquired in 2018 by IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a leading critical information, analytics and solutions company.
Ganeles began his career as President of the
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, an lifestyle brand centred around food and wine, has secured an investment by a fund managed by the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation (ARES). Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Since its founding in 2005, Cooper’s Hawk has built the world’s largest wine club and a highly differentiated and experiential restaurant concept. Today, the company has nearly 400,000 wine club members across its 36 restaurants and tasting rooms. The concept was created with a vision to create memorable moments that enrich lives by bringing a wine country experience to local communities,
Audax Private Equity (Audax), in partnership with management, has completed the sale of Preferred Compounding Corporation (Preferred Compounding) to HEXPOL (STO:HPOL-B).
Headquartered in Copley, OH, Preferred is a leading provider of proprietary and custom mixed rubber compounds, including strips, slabs, pellets, and calendered sheet end forms. The Company maintains relationships with a broad set of blue-chip customers across several end markets, such as automotive, general industrial, and infrastructure. Under Audax ownership, Preferred completed three add-on acquisitions and significantly increased sales volume.
Jay Mitchell, Managing Director at Audax Group, says: “We are proud to have partnered with Ken Bloom and the
Boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has become a champion-level sponsor of Women in Funds, a social community for female leaders in the private investment funds industry and select senior leaders at law firms, allocators, and industry consultants.
“As a firm we recognise the need for diversity and we likewise counsel our investment fund clients on the value that a diverse work force creates,” says Jason Grunfeld, partner and head of business development for Kleinberg Kaplan. “We regularly work with many talented and successful female fund managers and know with the support of an organisation like Women in Funds, more women
Inverness Graham Investments, a lower middle market private investment firm, has raised USD415 million for Inverness Graham Investments IV (IGI-IV), eclipsing its USD300 million target and meeting its hard cap in less than four months. The firm did not use a placement agent.
IGI-IV will continue its strategy of acquiring high growth, technology enabled businesses with a buy and build approach leveraging the 50-year operating history of the Graham Group. The firm typically invests in companies with enterprise values of less than USD100 million and EBITDA between USD3 and USD10 million. The firm has completed 57 transactions, including 21 platform companies,
Weatherford Capital, a family-owned private investment firm, has appointed David Seider as a Vice President. Seider will be responsible for investment analysis, transaction execution, and portfolio management.
“We are very pleased to welcome David to the team,” says Will Weatherford, Managing Partner at Weatherford Capital. “As we continue to build our firm and seek new investment opportunities, it is imperative that we have the right people in place. David is a very talented investment professional, but more importantly, he is a person with high character. We are confident that David will be a great addition to our team and we
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has led a GBP900,000 investment in supercomputing technology specialist, ebb3 Limited (ebb3’).
A total of GBP750,000 was invested by NPIF – Maven Equity Finance (NPIF), managed by Maven and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, with a further GBP150,000 provided by the Maven VCTs.
The funding will enable ebb3 to further scale the business, double its headcount and support the growing demand for the company’s complete high-performance virtual workspace.
ebb3 redefine the concept of VDI for organisations that rely on data-intensive applications. Unlike any other service provider, ebb3 securely bring virtual desktops and high-performance
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