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Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Emmanuel Tuffuor as Head of Private Equity Business Development for the Americas and Global Head of Tax, supporting the Group in developing its private equity offering in North America in addition to building out its tax service capabilities globally.
Tuffuor joins Apex from KPMG where he was a Partner for an impressive 21 years. While at KPMG he drove significant growth as the Partner-In-Charge of the Alternative Investment Tax Practice, leading all phases of domestic and international partnership plus corporate tax consulting for hedge and private equity funds in addition to broker dealers, investment banks
Frankfurt-based private equity firm VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners of Luxembourg have sold their jointly-held portfolio company LEUNA-Tenside to US firm Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc.
Homburg & Partner (H&P) advised VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners as part of the transaction process and conducted the Commercial Vendor Due Diligence.
VR Equitypartner is an equity capital financier in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a focus on family-owned SMEs. BIP Investment Partners is part of the BIP Group and operates throughout Europe (particularly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg) across a range of sectors.
LEUNA-Tenside is
Norwest Venture Partners has made a growth equity investment in Jolyn Clothing Company, a leading women’s performance swimwear and active wear brand based in Huntington Beach, California.
Jolyn was founded in 2010 by a lifeguard who saw a need for better looking, functional swimwear. The company’s broad network of decorated female athletes, including Olympic medalists and NCAA champions, are a key part of the company’s design, brand and sales efforts.
Jolyn joins other female-focussed brands in Norwest’s portfolio including Kendra Scott Designs, Minted, Ritual, Bailey 44 and Madison Reed, and also embraces the firm’s broader strategy of investing in
LDC has invested in British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML), the largest operator of inland marinas in the UK, backing the existing management team.
Established in 2004, as part of the Canal & River Trust, BWML operates and maintains 18 marinas across the UK with more than 2,500 boat moorings across its sites. Its locations offer a wide range of services including residential and leisure moorings, chandlery, maintenance and repair works.
The investment, for an undisclosed sum, will support the development of the existing marina estate to continue to improve the customer experience, broadening leisure services and adding new locations.
Limerston Capital has acquired Prism Medical UK (Prism) from LDC. Prism specialises in moving, handling and bathing equipment for elderly, disabled and mobility disadvantaged clients.
Prism supports customers in a range of care environments, such as schools, hospitals and care homes, and provides a full-service that includes the design, installation and servicing of its equipment across the homecare, long-term and acute care markets.
Prism operates from eight UK locations, employs circa 450 highly skilled staff delivering a portfolio of 180 products, driving growth in the GBP600m UK market and a number of international markets including China and Australia.
Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) alongside Atlante Private Equity, the founding families and other minority shareholders, is to sell the entire share capital of Hydro Holding SpA (The Group) to NB Renaissance Partners (NBRP).
The Vaghi, Facondini, Cerase and Brivio families (founding families) reinvested a minority interest and will retain management roles in the Group.
Hydro Holding is a leading player specialised in the manufacturing of fittings and hoses for the hydraulic sector and is the result of the business combination of four leading Italian companies: (i) Tieffe, acquired in 2015, is engaged in the production of carbon steel fittings;
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has launched and held the initial closing of Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II (NVCF II) as part of the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative.
NVCF II provides investors with access to Canada’s top venture capital funds as well as direct investments in high-potential, innovative Canadian companies.
“We are delighted that the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative is receiving strong support from investors and that Northleaf has achieved this important milestone,” says Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. “Our government’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative strengthens and broadens the Canadian venture capital
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent and lead arranger on a senior secured credit facility to support the investment of Giraffe Foods Inc (Giraffe) by Graham Partners.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Giraffe is a manufacturer of custom sauces, marinades, dips, and dressings for industrial food processor, retail, and foodservice customers throughout the US and Canada. Giraffe is benefiting from multiple conversion-driven growth catalysts, including increased demand for private label, global flavours, organic, and better-for-you foods, all of which are fuelling brand, flavour, and product proliferation. Giraffe is well positioned to capitalise on growth within the foodservice, retail,
Law firm Dillon Eustace has been named as the top legal adviser to Irish domiciled funds in 2018, in the 24th edition of the Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report.
The firm’s Asset Management and Funds practice, which across all product types from traditional UCITS, ETFs, money market funds and alternative UCITS, to the full spectrum of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) such as hedge, funds of funds, real estate, infrastructure, loan and private equity funds, advised 1,113 Irish domiciled funds over the last year.
Donnacha O’Connor (pictured), Head of Asset Management and Investment Funds, says: “We are delighted to be
Intertrust has made appointments to its senior team in Jersey with Tania Bearryman appointed as Executive Director, Trust & Company Services, and Shane Hugill promoted to Head of Performance & Reward Management.
Bearryman (pictured), will have oversight of Intertrust’s Private Wealth, Treasury & Investments, Capital Markets, Corporate Services and Performance & Reward Management service lines.
As the previous Head of Performance & Reward Management, she takes on this expanded role to ensure that the service lines are aligned in realising Intertrust’s objectives and vision for its Jersey office.
Bearryman will further build on Intertrust’s client focus and ensure
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