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Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), has acquired Midwest Composite Technologies (MCT), a manufacturer of prototype and low-volume production components.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1984, MCT offers 3D prototyping and low-volume production services through a fleet of over 40 additive manufacturing machines, including in-house selection laser sintering (SLS), direct metal laser sintering (“DMLS”), polyjet printing (PJET), stereolithography (SLA), fused deposition modelling (FDM) and multi jet fusion (MFJ) technologies.
In addition to 3D printing and processing, the Company also offers CNC machining, injection moulding and industrial design capabilities to a
Ropes & Gray has advised UK private equity firm Epiris on Epiris Fund II’s acquisition of Bonhams, the global auction house, from private shareholders.
The deal, announced today, is the fourth investment of the Epiris Fund II. Bonhams is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers of fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The business holds more than 250 sales a year at its flagship salerooms, which include London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. In 2017, Bonhams sold more than 60,000 lots, generating over GBP450 million of hammer sales.
The Ropes &
Highvern Group has appointed private equity specialist, Mark Primrose, as an Associate Director and Head of Client Accounting.
Primrose qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before moving to an in-house role with Apax Partners and most recently in third party administration.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mark to the Highvern team. His extensive experience both within PE firms and fund administrators will be a great asset to our clients,” says Aidan O’Flanagan, Head of Funds. “Our innovative business model continues to attract clients and Mark’s appointment is testament to the value we place on high quality service delivered
Jorge Fernández Miret has been promoted to partner of Sherpa Capital, a Spanish private equity firm focused on investments in medium-sized companies that face new strategic challenges.
Fernández Miret joined Sherpa Capital in 2012 as an investment director, a role in which he led a large number of investments and divestments. He is a board member in several portfolio companies of Sherpa Capital, such as Dogi International Fabrics, Hedonai and Macrolibros.
Furthermore, he is a lecturer at the Institute of Stock Exchange Studies (IEB), where he teaches the M&A and Private Equity Programme. Before joining Sherpa Capital, Fernández
Private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has added to its investment team with the appointment of a Co-Head of Lower Mid-Market Investing and a Co-Head of the Benelux region based in Amsterdam.
Alex Brebbia has joined Silverfleet as a partner based in London. Alongside David MacKenzie, he co-heads Silverfleet’s investment activities in the lower mid-market, targeting businesses with enterprise values between EUR25 million and EUR75 million.
Brebbia has a long and successful track record of investing in smaller buyouts and was latterly a Managing Partner at Spring Ventures, prior to which he was the Co-Head of Barclays Ventures. Alex started
Prestige has appointed Rassul Azizi as Credit Director covering its UK operations Prestige Asset Management, and international operations Prestige Capital Management and Prestige Fund Management.
Azizi will also be working across Prestige’s two main finance businesses Privilege and Nucleus providing the important oversight required for a large and active portfolio of lending operations (which, between them, have provided almost GBP2 billion pounds of funding to UK small businesses since they were established).
Azizi joins Prestige from EFG Private Bank in the UK, where he was part of the bank’s credit approval team, structuring credit-based solutions and analysing credit requests.
Webster Capital (Webster) has held the final closing of its latest fund, Webster Capital IV at its hard cap of USD875 million, exceeding its initial target of USD650 million.
The fund will allow Webster to continue to pursue its successful strategy of investing in branded consumer and healthcare service companies across the North American lower middle market.
The fundraising was oversubscribed and received commitments from both new and returning limited partners, including leading institutions from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Webster’s previous fund, Webster Capital III, closed in 2015 on USD416 million.
Webster IV has already made
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has made a strategic minority investment in Banque Pâris Bertrand Sturdza, an independent, Swiss-regulated private bank based in Geneva and Luxembourg.
The Bank has experienced strong growth since its establishment in Geneva in May 2009, growing its assets under management (AUM) at an average yearly growth rate of 35 per cent to CHF 5.3 billion (USD5.4 billion) as of June 2018. The Bank provides independent investment advice and customised investment solutions to over 400 high-net-worth individuals, family offices and institutional clients mainly from Switzerland and Europe.
The Bank was recognised
Mesirow Financial has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Adams Manufacturing Corp on its sale to Keter Group (Keter), a portfolio company of BC Partners.
Adams is a manufacturer of injection moulded consumer products. The company’s product portfolio includes resin garden furniture and accessories, suction cups and Christmas decorating hardware and accessories for residential and commercial markets.
William E Adams, III, founder of Adams, says: “We are grateful for what our wonderful associates have accomplished at Adams over the last 40 years. Partnering with Keter is a unique opportunity for Adams to accelerate its development. Mesirow Financial advised
King & Spalding has appointed Amy Peters as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in its Chicago office.
Peters will focus on representing credit funds, banks, investors and borrowers in a variety of leveraged finance transactions, as well as recapitalisations, workouts and restructurings.
“Amy adds depth to our finance bench, and will enhance our relationships with credit funds and other lender clients, particularly those based in Chicago,” says Carolyn Alford, lead of the Financial Services practice. “Amy also brings tremendous depth of experience in representing private equity funds and corporate clients in complex
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