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Omnes Capital is selling its stake in DenyAll to cybersecurity specialist Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity.
Omnes Capital has been shareholder in the company alongside Truffle Capital for many years.
It played an active role in its consolidation strategy, which was made concrete with the successive acquisitions of VulnIT in 2012 and BeeWare in 2014.
More particularly, Omnes Capital has encouraged DenyAll’s international expansion. The company has been able to develop its operations in over 30 countries.
DenyAll shares with Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity the ambition of creating a European market leader in cybersecurity with an international presence.
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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Liam FitzGerald, former chief executive officer of UDG Healthcare, as an operating adviser to CD&R funds.
FitzGerald will work out of CD&R’s London office.
As CEO of UDG Healthcare from 2000 until 2016, FitzGerald expanded the business from a mainly Irish-based distribution services business into a multi-faceted and multi-national healthcare services group, operating across 20 countries. During that period, the company’s market capitalisation increased by more than 500 per cent and earnings grew at a compound annual rate of more than 20 per cent.
FitzGerald is credited with leading and integrating more than
- 09/01/2017
Edison Advisors, the investor relations and consulting arm of the Edison Group, has launched a full-service investor relations business to give private and public companies access to its team of analysts and pools of investment capital through its global investor networks.
Established 15 years ago, Edison Investment Research has a team of 80 research analysts producing research across all sectors.
Edison has developed an intelligent distribution platform with analytics capability to identify global investment trends and market dynamics, which it has now evolved for the benefit of investor relations clients.
Rachel Carroll (pictured), global head of investor relations
- 09/01/2017
Tikehau Capital has filed a tender offer with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) for the securities of Salvepar, a listed company that focuses on minority investments in listed and non-listed companies.
Tikehau Capital has also initiated a project to reorganise its shareholding structure and governance, as well as those of its consolidated subsidiaries, branches and interests as a whole, in order to prepare for a new phase of development.
As part of this project, Tikehau Capital, which holds 58.8 per cent of the share capital and 59.8 per cent of the voting rights of Salvepar, is filing a
- 09/01/2017
Law firm Proskauer has appointed Stephen Pevsner as a tax partner in the firm’s London office.
“We are delighted to welcome Stephen to the team. He joins us at an exciting time as we continue to enhance our corporate capabilities. Stephen is a leader in tax, with extensive transactional and funds experience, and is a great complement to our tightly integrated offering to asset managers,” says Mary Kuusisto, head of the London office.
Pevsner’s practice focuses on UK and international M&A and private equity transactions, corporate reorganisations, and new business formations. Offering a broad range of corporate tax strategy
- 09/01/2017
- 09/01/2017
Founded to facilitate access to drugs in development for physicians and their patients, myTomorrows has closed a EUR10 million growth funding round co-led by EQT Ventures and Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital and Sofinnova Partners.
Former GlaxoSmithKline chief medical officer James Shannon has also been appointed chairman of the supervisory board.
Currently active in 17 countries, myTomorrows saw there was a problem that needed solving in the way physicians and their patients could access investigational drugs rendering potentially life-saving drugs out of reach. By applying technologies, myTomorrows has built a platform for doctors and patients
- 09/01/2017
Mid-market, pan-European private equity firm Agilitas has made two new additions to its team with the appointments of Liam Goddard and Aleix Sumpsi.
Goddard joins Agilitas from private equity roles during the last 10 years which include KKR and 3i, as well as in consultancy. Most recently Goddard has completed several consultancy projects working alongside various private equity firms.
Sumpsi comes to Agilitas after six years in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley, in Madrid and most recently in London.
Martin Calderbank, managing partner at Agilitas, says: “We are delighted to welcome Liam and Aleix to the
- 09/01/2017
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Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Ministry of Cake, the UK’s largest dedicated dessert manufacturer, in a sale to French counterpart Mademoiselle Desserts for an undisclosed sum.
Headquartered in Taunton, Ministry of Cake produces over three million slices of hand-finished cakes, puddings and desserts every week, supplying many major restaurant, pub and coffee shop chains.
LDC backed a management buyout of the business from Greencore Group in May 2014 with an investment strategy to deliver major growth across all channels of the business.
The business subsequently completed the acquisition of The Creative Foods factory
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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed four new partners with an average tenure at the firm of more than a decade.
The new partners, Sarah Kim, Stephen W Shapiro, Derek L Strum and JL Zrebiec, have sourced new investments, led transactions and managed new investments in CD&R's four core industry verticals – consumer/retail, healthcare, industrials, and services.
“Sarah, Stephen, Derek, and JL each have made extraordinary contributions to the Firm over the past 10 years and played key roles in some of our most successful investments,” says Donald J Gogel, president and chief executive officer of CD&R. “Not only have
- 09/01/2017
Stroock has promoted five attorneys to its partner and special counsel ranks, representing the firm’s practice strengths in corporate transactions, investment management, financial services litigation and financial restructurings.
The two new partners and three special counsel, based in Stroock’s New York and Los Angeles offices, serve national clients in all of the firm’s markets.
“Stroock has new energy and these exceptionally talented attorneys reflect that energy. As we watch our clients evolve in their demand for legal talent, we are focused on delivering strong resources and creative solutions to support their legal and business needs,” says Jeff Keitelman (pictured),
- 09/01/2017
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