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Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity and private investment funds practice with the addition of partners Marie-Laure Bruneel and Arnaud David in the firm’s Paris office.
“The skills and talent of Marie-Laure and Arnaud, who are both well-known in the market, allow us to offer a complete range of services and cover all the needs of our clients, including investment banks and managers,” says Maxence Bloch, chair of Goodwin’s Paris office. "Their arrival is a significant step in our strategy of becoming an industry leader in the private equity, infrastructure and real estate investment spaces, not only in the
- 12/01/2017
Dentons has recruited three partners to work in its private equity and corporate/M&A practices in Europe.
They are Christopher Rose (CEE/UK), Alessandro Dubini (Italy) and Simon Vogel (Germany).
Rose joins as head of Dentons’ Europe venture technology group, splitting his time between Moscow, London and Warsaw. He joins from Squire Patton Boggs, where he was head of the emerging markets private equity group.
Rose specialises in cross-border private equity and venture capital investments and exits, as well as M&A and joint ventures. He has advised on over 200 transactions on behalf of leading private equity and venture capital investors. He
- 12/01/2017
Intelliflo has integrated its financial adviser business software, Intelligent Office (iO), with Jitterbit to streamline access to its new Open API facility.
Through Jitterbit’s Harmony integration platform, Intelliflo, which is majority owned by private equity firm HgCapital, will offer a range of intuitive user interface and integration starter packs that will make it easy for everyday users to connect third party applications with iO in seconds, automating common tasks across different systems.
Rob Walton, COO of Intelliflo says: “Open API delivers a world of possibilities for our clients and third party suppliers, but it can be daunting for those who
- 12/01/2017
Private equity firm TA Associates has invested in think project!, a provider of cross-enterprise collaboration and workflow software to the construction and engineering industries.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2000, think project! offers a SaaS, multi-tenant platform used by more than 100,000 users across over 8,000 projects in 40 countries.
It delivers a readily available and shapeable common data environment (CDE) for construction and engineering projects.
think project!’s solutions are building information modelling (BIM)-enabled, offer application programme interfaces (APIs) for close integration with other business applications and can be accessed via multiple touchpoints and devices.
It currently supports asset owners
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Omnes Capital has held the final closing of its Omnes Croissance 4 midcap fund at EUR210 million.
The fund, dedicated to investments in French SMEs, has closed above its initial target of EUR180 million.
Omnes Capital has received support from its long-standing investors as well as new French and foreign institutional investors, including banks, funds of funds, insurance companies, pension funds and family offices.
With Omnes Croissance 4, Omnes Capital maintains its midcap strategy of investing in companies with strong growth potential, primary market transactions, in-depth knowledge of regional economic fabrics, a value creation strategy driven by organic
- 12/01/2017
Law firm Noerr has advised Volkswagen Financial Services on the acquisition of around 51 per cent of LogPay Transport Services, a subsidiary of DVB Bank SE, expanding its stake in the cross-European business in fuel cards and service cards and the fuel trade.
By acquiring LogPay Transport Services, Volkswagen Financial Services will widen its diverse range of fuel and service cards, which focuses on well-known brands such as Aral, Shell, Total and AS24, to cover other suppliers as well.
Volkswagen Financial Services already has more than 300,000 fuel and service cards in its portfolio in Germany and turns over
- 12/01/2017
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) has appointed Steve McCarthy as the new Head of North America, and Aaron Kutner as US Director of Acquisitions, effective immediately.
Olivier Thoral, current Head of North America, will return to AXA IM – Real Assets’ headquarters in Paris where he will assume new responsibilities.
In his new role as Head of North America, McCarthy, who for the last three years has been AXA IM – Real Assets’ US Head of Asset Management & Transactions, is now responsible for defining, recommending and executing all aspects of the business’
- 12/01/2017
Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity and private investment funds practices with the appointment of six new partners, 15 associates and five trainees in the London office, all of whom join from the London office of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM).
The group comprises the bulk of the former SJ Berwin investment funds team and includes Michael Halford, Ed Hall, Laura Charkin, Shawn D’Aguiar, Patrick Deasy, and Ajay Pathak. They join Goodwin as partners.
“A fully built-out, integrated private investment funds offering is instrumental to the continued growth of Goodwin’s international private equity practice,” says David Evans,
- 12/01/2017
Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised Maven Capital Partners on its GBP1.1 million investment in Growth Capital Ventures.
Maven Capital Partners, the investment manager of six VCTs, made the investment on 30 November 2016.
Growth Capital Ventures is a developer and operator of specialist online investment and alternative finance platforms that connects entrepreneurs and high growth businesses with investors.
The investment will enable Growth Capital Ventures to develop a new peer-to-peer lending platform that will provide access to pre-vetted quality investment opportunities that have the potential to deliver strong investment growth. The funding will also support its existing investment
- 12/01/2017
Guernsey is the global finance industry’s number one choice for non-UK entities listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
LSE data shows there were 124 Guernsey-incorporated entities listed on the Main Market and AIM at the end of 2016.
Guernsey added nine new entities to the LSE markets during 2016, which is the same number as its two nearest competitors combined, excluding the UK. Those Guernsey entities included Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments, the first investment company to list on the LSE’s Main Market in 2016; and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund, which completed its migration from the Cayman Islands to
- 12/01/2017
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