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Gallant Capital Partners (Gallant), a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has invested in Aero Turbine, an aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider, in partnership with Doug Clayton and Dave Mattson.
The company provides services to the US military as well as foreign militaries and other commercial customers around the world. Aero Turbine’s comprehensive service offering includes a combination of accessory and engine servicing, repairs and on-site testing. With multiple NADCAP certifications and a deep breadth of capabilities, Aero Turbine supports a wide range of commercial and military platforms.
“Gallant is an ideal partner for Aero Turbine as we enter
Ingenious, an alternative investment manager that specialises in the media sector, has launched Ingenious Vision VCT which will seek to provide early-stage funding to unquoted companies with high growth potential that develop, produce or exploit television and other forms of audio-visual content.
Ingenious is looking to raise an initial GBP10 million with a minimum subscription of GBP3 million. The VCT will seek to pay target dividend of 5p per Ordinary Share per annum commencing from July 2022 with the potential to pay special dividends if investments generate a significant profit or are realised with a substantial gain.
Ingenious will
Concrete VC, a PropTech start-up fund founded to identify and support the most promising PropTech companies, has partnered with Angelica Donati, CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group.
Donati joins Concrete VC as their second venture partner, bringing extensive knowledge of the industry as a PropTech founder and CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group. She also brings over 12 years’ experience working in finance, real estate, construction and PropTech.
“I am delighted to bring my knowledge and experience to Concrete VC, supporting other start-ups at the forefront of the PropTech industry. As Co-founder of a PropTech start-up, I’m happy to be given
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and provider of specialised fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has received a Trust Company Business Licence from the Jersey Financial Services Commission and has established an on-the-ground presence in Jersey.
The extension of its service offering to Jersey will include the provision of fiduciary services to corporate holding and structuring companies, limited partnerships and investment funds, as well as private trust services.
Jersey is one of the world’s leading international finance centres and its robust regulatory framework, political and economic stability and forward-thinking approach have kept it at
Independent fund administrator Circle Partners has appointed Nick Neri as Vice President of Business Development United States.
Neri (pictured), brings 20-plus years of industry experience within the traditional and alternative financial markets with an emphasis on hedge funds, private equity, cryptocurrency, emerging managers, family offices, and technology platforms.
Throughout his career Neri has established strong long-term personal and professional relationships which span the global financial markets including brokerage firms, banking institutions, audit and tax firms, and advisory and legal firms.
Prior to joining Circle Partners, Neri was Head of Client Relations, North America / Chief Operating Officer for
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Investcorp on the acquisition of Ubisense’s SmartSpace business and the Ubisense brand, a leader in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology.
SmartSpace is an enterprise software and sensor platform that generates and interprets vast amounts of location data to create visibility of real-world objects and their interactions in real-time, enabling complex manufacturing processes with high levels of variability to be more flexible, easier to manage and easier to control. SmartSpace delivers a compelling value proposition for blue-chip customers across a number of verticals, including Aerospace, Commercial Vehicles, Passenger Vehicles, General Industry
The former General Counsel of Dax-listed Vonovia SE, Dr Thomas Görgemanns, has joined joins the team of Arqis in Dusseldorf as Of Counsel. His main areas of practice are Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law.
As General Counsel, Görgemanns steered two IPOs, three public takeovers and numerous other large transactions. Apart from that, as Chief Compliance Officer, he was in charge for the establishment and expansion of the Compliance Management at Vonovia SE. With respect to his work in the takeover of the GAGFAH group by Vonovia, Thomas Görgemanns and his team were nominated in 2015 for the award as
Eventus WholeHealth (Eventus), a full-service, physician-led provider of interdisciplinary healthcare to individuals residing in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, has secured an investment from Enhanced Healthcare Partners (Enhanced), a private equity firm focussed exclusively on investing in the healthcare industry.
Founded in 2014, Eventus is an on-site, primary care and ancillary service provider of integrated whole-health care for residents and patients of post-acute care facilities. Comprised of highly-trained physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychotherapists, podiatrists, optometrists, audiologists, and support staff, the Company provides residents and patients in post-acute care facilities with a progressive systems-based approach that aligns with
Macfarlanes has advised specialist investment firm Circularity Capital on the raising of its debut fund, Circularity European Growth Fund I LP, which has exceeded its GBP50 million target and closed at its GBP60 million hard cap.
Investment commitments came from global financial institutions, family offices, private investors and strategic corporate investors with funds being used to invest in growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy.
The Macfarlanes team was led by investment management partner Stephen Robinson with assistance from senior solicitor Harriet Miller. Tax expertise was provided by tax partner Mark Baldwin.
Stephen Robinson, says: “We are
Paul Hastings has represented North Technology Group, a global market leader in sails and spars, and its private equity investor Oakley Capital, on its acquisition of MBrands International BV, operating under the watersports brand, Mystic.
Mystic is a specialist in kiteboarding, wakeboarding and windsurfing apparel and equipment. The Paul Hastings team included corporate partners Anu Balasubramanian and Garrett Hayes, tax partner Arun Birla, and associates Aimée Fabri, Steven King, and Hannah Gray.
Van Doorne advised on the Dutch law aspects of the transaction.
This is Paul Hastings’ first transaction for Oakley Capital, following the arrival of Anu Balasubramanian at the firm in June 2018.
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