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Private equity house Endless has sold two of the remaining four divisions of its Brabant Alucast International (BAI) investment to NASDAQ-listed business, Shiloh Indistries Inc for EUR52.9 million. This follows the earlier sale by Endless of the BAI business in the Czech Republic in late 2016 to an MBO team.
BAI is a specialist in the design, development and production of aluminium and magnesium components for the automotive industry.
In its first Fund IV deal headquartered outside the UK, Endless acquired the heavily loss-making BAI and its five operating sites in the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic in
Luxembourg-based funds expert James Bermingham has been promoted to partner at Ogier.
Bermingham, who joined Ogier as Counsel in 2017, specialises in the structuring and formation of alternative investment funds.
As an expert in the commercial, legal, regulatory and tax issues affecting institutional investment in a cross-border context, Bermingham’s practice focuses primarily on supporting international clients establishing and operating in Luxembourg. He often works with other Ogier offices on a cross-jurisdictional basis to ensure that clients get the very best advice.
The head of Ogier’s Luxembourg office, Francois Pfister, says: “James is a true lawyers’ lawyer and with his
Sotralu Group, supported by its majority shareholder Bridgepoint Development Capital, has acquired GNS Group in Portugal. Its aim is to consolidate its position in Europe and continue to develop its export market further afield (China, India, the Middle East).
With sales of more than EUR8 million and strong growth over the last three years, the family-owned GNS Group is a Portuguese specialist in locks, hinges and accessories for aluminium joinery (including doors). Its products will complement the Sotralu Group range, and particularly that of its Italian subsidiary Erreti. Based in Agueda in Portugal, the GNS group has 100 employees and
Carpet & Flooring (Trading) Limited, one of the UK’s leading distributors of floor covering products, has secured a GBP15 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance to support strategic acquisitions.
The business has its headquarters in Redditch in the Midlands with 11 branches nationwide, including Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. It was acquired in February 2017 from SIG Plc by private equity investor, Endless, which specialises in acquiring non-core assets from larger corporates.
The new funding will enable the business to pursue strategic acquisitions and support new branch openings.
Lisa Tomlin, Carpet & Flooring CEO,
DOB Equity, a leading Dutch family-backed impact investor, has opened a new office in Westlands, Nairobi.
DOB Equity, which has exclusively invested in East Africa since 2010 and has tripled its investment portfolio over the last three years, marked the opening with a seminar focused on the next generation of local and international entrepreneurs that are building new businesses in the region. In combination with the knowledge gained for scaling startups and small and medium sized enterprises in the region, DOB Equity sees the opportunity to further increase its growth targets and to build a successful investment portfolio that is
Dentons has bolstered its UAE Corporate practice with the hire of partner Ziad Saad who has been based in Dubai for over seven years.
Saad is the third partner hire for Dentons in Dubai in the past six months, a clear demonstration of the Firm’s commitment to strengthening its Middle East practice while also expanding its senior Arabic-speaking resource. Saad’s recruitment follows that of corporate partner Ghassan Shuhaibar in October and Energy partner Mhairi Main Garcia in November.
Saad’s practice is primarily focused on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity, joint ventures, foreign direct investments and capital markets. He
BioMedPartners AG, based in Basel, Switzerland, has held the final closing of BioMedInvest III, the company’s third equity venture capital fund, at CHF100 million.
BioMedInvest III is a healthcare venture capital fund which invests in private early-to-mid- stage companies in Switzerland, Germany and neighbouring countries of the European Union.
“We are delighted that the continued success of BioMedInvest convinced many of the major investors of the previous funds to commit also to BioMedInvest III. Among these are the European Investment Fund (EIF) on behalf of the ERP-EIF Dachfonds as cornerstone investor and the Berner Kantonalbank, BEKB. In addition we
German Equity Partners IV (GEP IV), a private equity fund managed by the independent German investment company ECM Equity Capital Management (ECM), has acquired a stake in Albrecht & Dill Cosmetics (A&D).
The previous sole owner, Philipp Sahling, will continue to run the company as Managing Partner.
As part of the transaction, the extended management team will also invest in the traditional Hamburg-based company. Together, the partners aim to continue the company’s successful track record and, on the basis of A&D’s strong market position, realise its substantial growth potential. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price
HarbourVest Partners has announced a raft of promotions including six Managing Directors, six Principals and four Senior Vice Presidents.
The company says these promotions recognise team members whose expertise contributes to the success of HarbourVest and its clients across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. HarbourVest has also continued to invest in the growth of its team through the promotion of seven Vice Presidents.
“HarbourVest has long believed that our people are our greatest asset,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest. “These promotions span geographies from Asia to EMEA and the US, and functional areas from investment to technology.
Ocelot Partners Limited is to acquire Ocean Outdoor from investment funds managed by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight) for an enterprise value of GBP200 million.
Ocean is a pure play operator of premium digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising in the UK. Ocean’s portfolio of digital, full motion screens facilitates connectivity as out-of-home, digital, mobile, online and screen media all converge to create deeper brand experiences. Ocean has an outstanding track record of pioneering new DOOH technologies, research and thought leadership, and for facilitating creativity in DOOH.
The Company has assets covering the key cities and retail centres of the UK, including
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