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Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired Applied Plastics (Applied), an advanced coatings provider to the medical end markets.
This is Vance Street’s sixth investment out of Vance Street Capital II, and its fourth investment in the medical space in the past three years. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, Applied provides specialty PTFE coatings on wires and other metal-based components for the medical device industry, with a primary emphasis on the advanced catheter market. Applied’s customers include the leading medical device OEMs and contract
Liquid Stock (Liquid) has launched a fully independent, institutionally backed firm providing liquidity to employees and stockholders of privately held companies.
This strategy will align the interests of employees and shareholders by converting option holders into owners, providing companies with an alternative to tender offers and offering employees and shareholders full value for their stock. Liquid’s team brings together a multi-disciplinary approach of leaders in liquidity solutions, venture capital and private equity investing, to provide liquidity to individual counterparties. Liquid is well-positioned to become the leading source of capital for private companies looking to provide liquidity to their employees through tax
Cayman-based alternative fund governance specialists, Danesmead Partners, has appointed former FRM Head of Operational Due Diligence Haliday Casey to join the London office as a principal of the firm.
Haliday (pictured), will provide independent directorship services as well as bespoke consulting services to asset management businesses, family offices, institutional investors, fund administrators, and other connected service providers.
With over 11 years’ experience at Man FRM, including four years as Head of Operational Risk, chair of FRM’s Independent Valuation Committee, a member of the Investment Committee and Co-Chair of the Risk Committee, Haliday assessed and monitored the business, legal, financial
Apex Group (Apex) and Genstar Capital (Genstar) have acquired the Corporate and Private Client Services (CPCS) and Throgmorton businesses of Link Group’s Asset Services division.
The acquisition increases Apex’s global assets under administration (AUA) to nearly USD600 billion.
The acquisition substantially bolsters Apex’s corporate services capabilities adding specialist hubs in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Hungary and Switzerland. In addition, the businesses have an established and robust service infrastructure, administering and safeguarding assets across seven highly-regulated European jurisdictions. Combined, the Apex Group’s service offering now spans fund administration, banking and depositary solutions, a comprehensive middle office offering and
James Capital Advisors (JCA) has successfully closed the High Plains Pizza transaction of 82 Pizza Hut restaurants.
Grand Mere Restaurant Group (GMRG) a New York-based private equity firm, engaged JCA to market 31 properties as a portfolio sale-leaseback. GMRG also engaged JCA to source a structured financing program for the remaining 17 real estate assets. In total JCA provided over USD60 million in sale-leaseback and structured financing proceeds for GMRG.
“James Capital played an integral part in structuring our capital stack and executing a real estate strategy that maximised value for our company. I consider the James Capital team an essential part of our M&A strategy moving forward,”
Employee benefits and pensions consultants and independent trustee business Broadstone Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Livingbridge, has acquired Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions (CSFS), including CS Trustees.
The acquisition is another significant step for Broadstone as it strengthens and extends its competitive offering in the employee benefits consulting sector.
CSFS, a specialist employee benefits consultancy, will become a fully integrated part of the Broadstone Group and will help serve the combined group’s burgeoning client base across the UK and internationally, through the Assurex Global network. The acquisition brings the number of Broadstone regional UK offices to six
Private equity firm Permira is to make an investment in Hana, in partnership with the founders and the management, who will substantially re-invest in the company. The transaction sees TA Associates, which was the first institutional investor in Hana, exit its investment.
Founded in 2012 by Laurent Boukobza and Jacques Attal, Hana is a global provider of freshly prepared sushi “on the go” through its 900 points of sale in grocery retailers across 12 markets. Its core geographies are the United States and France. In addition, Hana operates in the UK, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania and Luxembourg.
UK Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from Maven’s specialist property investment team to partnership positions.
The strengthening of its partnership base reflects Maven’s continued commitment to expanding Maven’s property investment offering.
Anderson joined Maven in 2014 to further grow Maven’s property investment business, having previously spent 11 years in the corporate banking and real estate finance roles at The Royal Bank of Scotland. Since joining Maven as an investment director, Anderson has been responsible for growing the number of property assets from five to 23 and has led investments in
Mintz has added to its market-leading corporate practice with the appointment of attorney Loretta Shaw-Lorello, who joins the firm as a Member.
Shaw-Lorello was most recently vice-chair of the Private Funds practice at Covington & Burling, as well as a partner in the Private Equity practice.
Shaw-Lorello has a multifaceted private equity and investment funds practice that encompasses advising private equity fund sponsors on a broad range of issues with respect to fund formation, operation and regulatory compliance. She has extensive experience in representing clients in the formation and operation of buyout funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds,
Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in Dancing Deer Baking Company, a manufacturer of all-natural cookies and cakes, based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was purchased by Hudson River Foods.
Incorporated in April 1994 to provide high quality baked goods to accompany the growing market for gourmet coffee, Dancing Deer has grown from a small commercial bakery to an award-winning manufacturer of specialty cakes and cookies, and online purveyor of gourmet gift packages for businesses and individuals.
“Dancing Deer can claim an amazing list of industry awards over the past two decades,” says Alex Levental, managing director at Ironwood
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