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Mourant Ozannes’ Jersey investment funds team has shown significant growth over the last 12 months with the appointment of three associates, Sally Muller, Rachel McGinness and Faria Rahman, as well as senior associate, Alex Henderson.
The team, which is the largest in Jersey, has held its position as the leading legal adviser in the island’s funds industry for 18 consecutive years. This strategic expansion of the team enhances the firm’s capacity to service its client base, which includes some of the biggest players in the global funds market.
Most recent hire, senior associate Alex Henderson, joined the firm this
Telemos Capital (Telemos) has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Lovehoney, a leading online retailer of sexual happiness products.
The transaction is Telemos’ first investment in the UK. Financial details have not been disclosed.
Established in Bath in 2002 by Richard Longhurst and Neal Slateford, Lovehoney is a market-leading pure e-commerce retailer, focusing on women and couples.
Selling a mix of own label and third-party products Lovehoney has grown into an international success, delivering record sales in the region of GBP100 million for the year ended 31 March, 2018.
Some 60 per cent of sales
Private equity firm Rcapital has completed a hat-trick of deals across its investment portfolio, including the sale of Cluttons’ Middle East business based in Dubai to Savills.
Rcapital bought the property consultancy in May 2017 and the sale concludes a key step in the growth strategy for Cluttons in the UK which will continue to focus on both the commercial and residential markets.
Rcapital has also sold Coaching Academy which has been in the portfolio since November 2007 and is the longest established coach training organisation in Europe. It offers a range of externally accredited professional qualifications in Life
Healios, a digital therapy company for mental health, has raised GBP2.2 million (USD3 million) in its latest funding round, led by investors Albion Capital and Spice Capital.
Founded in 2013, Healios empowers young patients and families affected by mental illness and neurodevelopmental conditions through combining the use of technology with specialised clinician expertise and evidence-based clinical tools. Utilising its unique digital platform, Healios enables the efficient delivery of family-centric care, delivering a revolutionary interactive experience across multiple family members. Its technology-driven approach increases both access to and engagement with therapy and enhancing the quality of care and outcomes for its
Maranon Capital has acted as agent for a senior credit facility to support Falfurrias Capital Partners’ acquisition of Tax Guard.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Tax Guard is the leading provider of proprietary data and services that help lenders accurately assess tax-related credit risk associated with potential borrowers.
Tax Guard is the first company in the US to give lenders real-time insights into a client’s hidden tax liabilities, information typically not available to lenders unless and until the IRS files a tax lien.
Paul Hastings has represented Teleperformance SE, a specialist in outsourced omnichannel customer experience management, in the company’s acquisition of Intelenet, a major global provider of high-end omnichannel customer experience management, back-office, human resources and financial and administration services, from Blackstone (NYSE: BX) for a total consideration of USD1 billion.
The transaction is expected to close by 30 September 2018, subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Corporate Partners Teri O’Brien in San Diego and Ronan O’Sullivan in London led the Paul Hastings team, which also included senior associates Melissa Garcia and Matthew Poxon, and associates Spencer Young, Aimee Fabri, Taylor Denson, Tyler Dodge and Brittany Pifer.
Attorneys from the
Abacus Group, a managed service provider of hosted IT solutions for alternative investment firms has expanded and customised its use of Thycotic’s Secret Server for more than 350 clients to date.
“Managing up to 3,000 passwords for privileged access daily “would be impossible without an automated solution such as Secret Server,” says Paul Ponzeka, Managing Director of Engineering at Abacus.
Thycotic Secret Server software enables enterprises to discover, store, secure and manage privileged account passwords while streamlining the management process. As Abacus Group accelerated its growth adding more and more clients, Secret Server proved its value in scalability, flexibility and
A new report from iCapital Network has revealed a bullish attitude amongst senior advisors towards alternative investments for the coming year.
Currently, 34 per cent of those advisors surveyed about their appetite and future plans for alternative investments have at least five per cent of client assets in private equity funds and 27 per cent have at least five per cent of client assets in hedge funds.
Over the coming year, the majority plan to maintain or increase exposures to private equity funds (87 per cent), hedge funds (61 per cent) and private direct deals (93 per cent), motivated
Centaur Fund Services, an independent fund administrator, has expanded its US footprint with the opening of a new office in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
This expansion is in response to the growing demand for independent fund administration solutions from North American hedge and private equity funds.
Centaur has also hired two industry specialists who will work closely with Centaur US CEO, Des Johnson, to lead the US operations.
Mase Kazemi joins Centaur as Head of Fund Accounting for Centaur US. Mase brings more than 12 years of experience in management positions in Portfolio Accounting and Operations. Leslie Dewhurst, who
TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, has acquired and combined Global Software and insightsoftware.com International, two ERP reporting and corporate performance management software companies.
With over 6,000 enterprise customers globally and more than 75,000 end users, the combination creates the market-leading ERP financial and operational reporting platform. Financial terms of both transactions were not disclosed.
The combined company will be named insightsoftware and will be led by new Chief Executive Officer, Michael Lipps.
Mr. Lipps previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of MercuryGate International and as Managing Director at LexisNexis, where he led the
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