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Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has invested GBP1.3m in a rapidly growing stem-cell research company that is helping pharmaceutical giants to develop new treatments for diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
Censo Biotechnologies, which employs teams in Edinburgh and Cambridge, provides drug discovery services to some of the best known pharmaceutical and biotech companies in Europe, the US and Japan.
The company is a leader in technology to produce stem cells in a laboratory from a person’s skin or blood sample, which are then transformed into brain and other types of cell for drug research. It has a rapidly
Piper Jaffray Companies has held the final close of Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking Fund II, a USD130 million growth equity fund.
With the closing of Fund II, Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking manages USD275 million of committed and invested capital through Fund II and its two prior growth equity funds.
Fund II will invest in commercial-stage businesses with strong growth prospects within industry sectors covered by Piper Jaffray equity research and investment banking. Fund II plans to make senior equity and equity-linked investments of up to USD15 million per company. Focus sectors include healthcare, technology, business services, financial technology and
Vinson & Elkins continues to expand its global corporate practice with the addition of leveraged finance partner Lucy Jenkins in London.
Jenkins was previously with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. She is the second partner in as many months to join V&E’s internationally recognised Leveraged Finance group in London, following the addition of Noel Hughes in September.
Jenkins joins a growing team of corporate partners in V&E’s London office. In addition to Hughes, recent arrivals include Paul Simcock in January and John Dawson and Federico Fruhbeck, who came on board in late 2017.
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By Amanda Daly, EzeCastle Integration – When confronted with unexpected business disruptions, alternative investment firms must react swiftly, methodically and successfully or else risk significant financial loss. This level of response requires extensive business continuity planning to ensure allspects of a firm’s business are evaluated and protected. In this blog, we will help you create a Business Continuity Plan and help you identify which threats pose a risk to your firm.
1. Regulatory review and landscape
The first step to creating an Business Continuity Plan is to perform a Regulatory Review as all businesses have requirements coming from oversight bodies. There are also
Celestica, a specialist in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions, is to acquire Impakt Holdings, LLC.
Impakt is a highly-specialised, vertically integrated manufacturer providing manufacturing solutions for leading OEMs in the semiconductor and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display industries, as well as other markets requiring complex fabrication services. Founded in 1977, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California and South Korea.
Through this acquisition, Celestica expects to gain significant, new capabilities in large-format, complex, high-mix manufacturing solutions for multiple industries, and broaden its precision component manufacturing, full system assembly, integration and machining capabilities.
Mark Withey has been appointed a partner in Dentons’ Russian Corporate and M&A practice.
Withey has a broad-ranging Corporate practice, advising on private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, equity capital markets, corporate reorganisations and general corporate law matters. He has advised on transactions across a wide range of jurisdictions and industry sectors. He also spent time on secondment with two leading investment banks in London. Withey has been based in Russia since early 2014.
Florian Schneider, Russia Managing Partner says: “I congratulate Mark on this appointment. Since joining Dentons’ Russian Corporate/M&A practice in 2014, he
Great Rock Capital, an asset-focussed commercial finance company specialising in middle-market lending, has appointed Jim Clifton as managing director of originations.
Clifton will be based in Chicago, Illinois, and will be responsible for building relationships and sourcing investment opportunities in the Midwest.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jim to the team as we continue to grow Great Rock,” says Stuart Armstrong, CEO of Great Rock Capital. “Jim’s strong background, experience, and relationships in the Midwest will enhance our presence and allow us to capitalize on the extensive middle market opportunities in this region.”
Clifton joins Great Rock Capital with over
Law firm Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has appointed John T Owen as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance | Capital Markets group New York.
Owen, who brings more than 17 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters in complex capital markets transactions, further expands the firm’s capital markets capabilities both in New York and globally. He comes to Morrison & Foerster from Jones Day.
Owen is an accomplished capital markets partner with a wide range of experience, including offerings of equity and equity-linked securities, as well as investment-grade and high-yield debt securities. In the last five years alone,
O’Melveny has represented Future Beat, a provider of VIP experiences for concerts and other events, in its sale to On Location Events, the official hospitality partner of the NFL.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Los Angeles, Future Beat provides fans with a wide array of unique experiences at concerts and events around the globe. Future Beat works directly with artists to develop exceptional packages that include the best seats, VIP amenities, exclusive and original merchandise, meet & greets, sound checks, and more. Future Beat’s CEO, David Berger, will be staying on after the
Credit-oriented private equity firm Orion Energy Partners has added several key hires in its New York and Houston offices, including key additions in investor relations, investments, risk optimisation and business development.
Reyno Norval, Managing Director, Investor Relations and Business Development joins Orion Energy with more than a decade of experience in the energy infrastructure industry across private equity advisory, capital raising, business development and principal investing. He spent the last three years working very closely with the Orion Energy team as Director at Asante Capital including playing a leadership role on the capital raise of Orion Energy Credit Opportunities Fund
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