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Dutch private equity firm Ramphastos Investments’ founder and CEO, Marcel Boekhoorn, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Mazarine Energy following an agreement for the acquisition of an equity stake in the Dutch subsurface driven oil & gas Exploration & Production company by Ramphastos.
Boekhoorn, Founder and CEO of Ramphastos, will become non-executive board member alongside Chairman Marcel van Poecke (Managing Director for Carlyle International Energy Partners), Eric Faillenet (Director for Carlyle International Energy Partners) and Mazarine Energy founder and CEO Edward van Kersbergen.
The appointment follows the recent acquisition of an equity stake in Mazarine Energy by
Global technology, media and communications investment bank Drake Star Partners has appointed senior technology investment banker Kais Baker as a Partner in the firm’s Munich office.
Baker brings over 15 years of investment banking experience and specialises in Enterprise Software. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, having advised European Software businesses, such as Software AG, SAP or UNIT4, on transactions in Europe and in the US.
Ralf Philipp Hofmann, Managing Partner and Member of the Group’s Global Executive Committee says: “Kais Baker is a highly experienced technology investment banker with strong credentials in deal origination and execution, including notable
Impact First, a ‘profit with purpose’ fund launched by social impact investor SIS Ventures, has secured 50 per cent of target capital commitments within the first two months of launch.
SIS Ventures, the mission-led investment arm of responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS), is in the process of securing investors to participate in a GBP5 million fund, which looks to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises.
The first close of the fund seeks to raise GBP1.5-2 million from UK-based private investors, with the capital target for deployment over 12-18 months.
Since launching two months ago, SIS Ventures has
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies in the lower mid-market, has sold WellSpring Pharma Services, a North American pharmaceutical contract manufacturing organisation. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
WellSpring Pharma Services provides outsourced manufacturing and contract development services to emerging-growth, mid-sized, and large pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients in the US and Canada. WellSpring has particular strength working with clients that need flexibility, customisation, personalised attention, and technical expertise. WellSpring is equipped to manufacture prescription drug products in virtually all non-sterile finished dosage forms and also provides primary and secondary packaging services. WellSpring
Law firm Paul Hastings is advising CIMC-TianDa Holdings Company (CIMC-TianDa), a subsidiary of China International Marine Containers, on the proposed acquisition, through its subsidiary Allied Best (China) Fire Safety Appliances Manufacturing, of a 60 per cent equity share in Shenyang Jietong Fire Truck Co, for RMB600 million (approximately USD88 million).
CIMC-TianDa is one of the leading manufacturers of fire engines, fire prevention and fighting equipment in the PRC. The principal business of Shenyang Jietong Fire Truck is the production of fire engines and aerial lifting fire trucks in the PRC, which complements CIMC-TianDa’s existing lines of business.
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CUSIP identifier requests for the broad category of US and Canadian corporate offerings, which includes both equity and debt, totalled 4,197 in July, down 16.6 per cent from June, according to CUSIP Global Services’ (CGS) latest CUSIP Issuance Trends Report.
On a year-over-year basis, corporate identifier request volume through July 2018 is 2.8 per cent higher than the same period in 2017. The monthly decline in corporate request volume was driven by a 19.2 per cent decrease in requests for corporate debt identifiers and an 11.1 per cent decrease in requests for corporate equity identifiers.
Municipal CUSIP requests also declined
International law firm CMS has appointed two insurance partners to associated Hong Kong firm Shirley Lau & Co. Dual-qualified Andrew Horton and Steven Wise will join the firm from RPC.
Ed Foss, Head of CMS’ Insurance & Reinsurance Group, says: “The Insurance market is becoming increasingly global in nature and Asia is playing an important part in that, so it is vital that we continue to build out the practice to meet the needs of our clients and take on new opportunities. We are delighted that Andrew and Steven will join our associated firm in Hong Kong. They are both
Private equity and real estate funds managed by Blackstone have completed the previously announced acquisition of event experiences specialist PSAV.
As part of the completed transaction, affiliates of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will be reinvesting alongside Blackstone in the transaction to continue to participate in the ongoing growth of PSAV.
PSAV delivers on its purpose of connecting and inspiring people by creating impactful event experiences. Through its deep expertise in creative, production, advanced technology and staging services, PSAV is an invaluable partner to meeting and event planners. It is the trusted provider of choice at leading venues across the globe.
Disruptive Capital has bought additional shares in Tungsten Corporation on the same day that another institutional buyer, Majedie Asset Management, acquired a 5.2 per cent stake in the company.
The small acquisition by Disruptive takes its holding to 13.07 per cent.
Edi Truell, the Founder of Disruptive, says: “We were disappointed that Odey Asset Management’s attempts to remove the grossly overpaid CEO (and the ineffectual chairman and non-executive directors that have presided over his pay packet) have so far come to nothing. Nevertheless, we were pleased to read in their latest trading update that the Board of Tungsten have
Duet Private Equity has added three investment professionals to its team, and appointed an additional industrial partner.
The continued expansion of the team follows recently completed transactions including the acquisition of a leading West-African beverage manufacturer, AJEAST Nigeria Limited, earlier this month.
The London based team is further supported by a team of 11 Industry, Country and Operating Partners allowing the firm to leverage a vast network of sector and local expertise.
Fred Chima, Managing Director, joins Duet from Temasek where he was the senior executive leading the Africa & Middle East direct investments team in London. Chima
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