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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
Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands, has enhanced its consumer offering with the appointments of Saskia Roberts and Flora McAlpine.
Roberts has spent nearly 20 years working for customer and retail consultancies on strategy, customer proposition, marketing and brand experience. She most recently led customer communication channels at O&CC Ltd (owner of high-street brands Cotswold Outdoor, Snow+Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need) and has previously worked on customer strategies for companies such as SABMiller, Heal’s and Argos.
Roberts joins Piper as Associate Partner and will focus on customer insight and brand strategies across Piper’s existing portfolio, as well
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has sold BeneSys, a provider of third-party administration (TPA) services for employee healthcare and pension benefit programs for Taft-Hartley multi-employer plans.
The Troy, Michigan-based company services more than 180 clients across the country.
Riverside invested in the platform in 2014 and saw strong potential in the company’s deep operational knowledge of multi-employer funds, and it offered a proprietary, scalable software platform to deliver mission-critical services for its customers.
“It was a pleasure working with such a strong management team, and we very much benefitted from the company’s leadership position in its industry,”
Sky and Edge Investments have both made a further investment in TRX, a B2B online licensing platform for TV rights.
The investment round of GBP2.9 million (which was also supported by other existing private investors) brings the total funds raised by TRX to GBP14 million. TRX will use this latest investment to develop further its proprietary technology and to continue its worldwide rollout. The platform is now used by 110 TV rights distributors (including BBC Studios, Sky Vision and Lionsgate) and more than 1,000 buyers.
TRX has grown rapidly in 2018, more than doubling both the hours listed on
TECHNEDs Investment has signed an investment deal with Poole-based unified communications provider Crystal Clear Telecom, aimed at building Crystal Clear Telecom into Dorset’s leading UC provider through organic growth and base acquisitions.
Crystal Clear Telecom will benefit from TECHNEDs’ experience in building technology businesses. The plan is to provide more Dorset businesses with unified communications services and managed IT services.
New products and services are expected to launch in the first half of next year.
Simon Mewett, Managing Partner, at TECHNEDs, says: “Crystal Clear Telecom has very ambitious plans to become the UC partner of choice for business
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