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Zip World, an award-winning outdoor adventure business which features the world’s fastest zipline, has secured a significant minority investment from mid-market private equity investor LDC, supported by the company’s existing banking partner, HSBC. The deal values the business at GBP45 million.
The business runs adventure experiences across three scenic locations in the iconic Snowdonia mountain range in North Wales. It offers multiple activities including ziplines, an alpine rollercoaster, treetop adventure courses and subterranean playgrounds equipped with high-rope walks and nets.
Its site in Penrhyn Quarry is home to the world’s fastest zipwire Velocity 2, on which riders can travel
SVB Financial Group (SVB), the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, has completed the acquisition of Leerink Holdings LLC, a Boston-based parent company of healthcare and life science investment bank Leerink Partners.
Leerink will operate under the name SVB Leerink as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SVB Financial Group, led by Jeff Leerink, CEO of SVB Leerink; James Boylan, President and Head of Investment Banking; and Joe Gentile, Chief Administrative Officer. With the acquisition of Leerink, SVB complements its commercial banking and lending products with a full range of investment banking services focussed on healthcare and life science companies.
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Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a strategic growth investment in Behavioral Health Works (BHW), a behavioural health services provider specialising in therapy and ancillary services for children with autism spectrum disorder and related disorders.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Established in 2009, BHW works with families, schools and other professionals to offer comprehensive therapy services based on the principles of Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA). Care is delivered by therapists at home, in schools and in regional centres. The company provides care across 11 states, serving approximately 1,800 clients.
“We believe BHW has
Cowen Inc has completed its acquisition of Quarton International AG and affiliated Quarton entities, a global financial advisory company serving the middle market.
The closing of this transaction creates a global, cross-border investment banking platform, with significantly expanded reach in the middle market and a full-service offering of public and private financing solutions across the capital structure.
“Quarton’s substantial middle-market advisory business in Europe and the US, in combination with Cowen’s merger advisory and capital markets franchises, meaningfully scales our advisory business in a manner that will truly benefit our clients,” says Jeffrey M Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of
Blank Rome has appointed Terrence A Everett as a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in the Los Angeles office.
Everett, a seasoned transactional lawyer, focuses his practice on a range of corporate and finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities, and real estate dealings. Everett joins Blank Rome from Carlsmith Ball LLP.
“We are delighted that Terrence is joining our Firm,” says Grant S Palmer, Blank Rome’s Managing Partner and CEO. “Terrence brings to Blank Rome significant strength in corporate matters across several thriving industries. He will make a fantastic addition to the Corporate
UK buyout investor, WestBridge, has promoted Tim Whittard to director and Edward Minton to Investment Manager.
Valerie Kendall, WestBridge founding partner, says: “Tim has made a significant contribution since joining WestBridge in September 2017.
“Similarly, Edward is well-deserving of his promotion which comes just nine months after he joined us.
“WestBridge had a great year in 2018. Tim and Edward played a key role in this, leading the MBO of AJM Mobility in September 2018.
“We are undertaking due diligence on a few exciting opportunities as we go into 2019 and it’s fantastic to have created a
Vine Alternative Investments Group (Vine) an investment management firm focused on investing in the media and entertainment sector, targeting non-correlated investment opportunities, has completed fundraising for its fourth fund, Vine Media Opportunities – Fund IV with USD608 million of committed capital.
Fund IV exceeded its initial USD600 million target with a diversified investor group including European, Canadian and US public pension plans, endowments, insurance companies, and family office investors.
“We are pleased to announce the final closing of our fourth fund at a level that exceeded our initial target, with an experienced group of sophisticated investors who recognise the opportunity
NTR has attracted commitments of EUR229 million for the NTR Renewable Energy Income Fund II, of which EUR145 million has been secured for the fund’s first close.
The fund is targeting EUR500 million and will invest in both pre-construction and operational onshore wind and solar projects across a number of European markets, together with energy storage that is associated with the wind and solar projects owned by the fund.
Legal & General Capital joins as a cornerstone investor in an NTR fund for the second time.
John Bromley, Head of Clean Energy Strategy at Legal & General Capital, says:
Global investment firm KKR and Altavair AirFinance, a specialist in commercial aviation finance, are to form a long-term partnership to pursue the creation of a leading, global portfolio of leased commercial aircraft.
KKR will make a USD1 billion capital commitment primarily from its credit and infrastructure funds, which may be supplemented with additional commitments over time, to acquire commercial aircraft in partnership with Altavair over the next several years and Altavair will be KKR’s partner for aircraft leasing investments going forward. KKR will also acquire a 50 per cent interest in Altavair as part of the long-term partnership.
KKR’s initial
Private investment firm Gridiron Capital has completed the sale of Quality Solutions, Inc (QSI), an asset light facilities management provider, to Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a global real estate services firm.
The acquisition of QSI will expand Cushman & Wakefield’s facility management capabilities and coverage across North American markets.
Headquartered in Wichita, QSI offers facilities maintenance and managed services in over 75 trades to 110,000+ locations across various end markets, through over 50,000 qualified vendors. The Company’s integrated, one-stop solution reduces a client’s total cost of ownership and enables clients to strategic plan effectively. Gridiron Capital originally invested in QSI
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