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Pamlico Capital has made a growth equity investment in Silverline, a Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner headquartered in New York City.
The partnership will allow Silverline to advance as a leader delivering innovative solutions across the Salesforce Platform, including the vertically-focused Salesforce Financial Services Cloud and Salesforce Health Cloud.
“Silverline’s vision has always been to help its customers transform their business using the Salesforce platform. This partnership will allow us to continue to execute on that vision while expanding our incredible team,” says Gireesh Sonnad, CEO and Co-Founder, Silverline. “We are excited to have the support of the Pamlico team
General Partners (GPs) and their teams at private equity funds are increasing their personal commitments, expecting to commit an average of 3.3 per cent to their next fund, according to Investec Fund Finance’s latest GP Trends report.
“These figures show that the days of 1 or 2 per cent commitments are long gone, as LPs expect increasingly large commitments from GPs,” says Jonathan Harvey, who looks after European Fund Finance at Investec. “As the size of funds has risen along with proportionate commitments, the absolute size of commitments is increasingly significant.”
As a result, many are relying on carry
KKR & Co has appointed Xavier Niel to the Board of Directors of KKR Management, the managing partner of KKR.
Neil’s appointment brings the number of independent directors on KKR’s Board to seven out of a total of eleven Board seats.
Niel serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Strategy Officer of Iliad SA.
KKR’s other independent directors include David Drummond (Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Alphabet Inc), Joseph Grundfest (Stanford Law Professor and former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission), John Hess (Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation), Patricia Russo
Law firm Paul Hastings has acted for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup as arrangers on financing for the recommended public-to-private GBP1 billion acquisition of Laird by Advent International.
AI Ladder Limited (Bidco) (a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International Corporation) and UK electronics and technology business Laird reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Laird by Bidco.
The Acquisition is to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act. The Acquisition values the entire
Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners has launched TruRoad Holdings through its investment in JN Phillips Auto Glass and subsequent combination with Techna Glass.
The combination creates the second largest automotive glass and claims-management company in the United States. CenterOak’s investment will provide capital to support the growth of the newly formed entity.
TruRoad operates in two primary segments – auto glass and recalibration and insurance claim services – and goes to market under the JN Phillips Auto Glass, Techna Glass, Windshield Centers, and Harmon Auto Glass service brands and through its StrategicClaim software and services business unit. The
Noerr has advised JC Flowers & Co on the acquisition of shares in HSH Nordbank.
Certain funds advised by the US private equity firm are acquiring the bank along with the financial investor Cerberus Capital Management as independent investors.
Further investors are the investment companies Golden Tree and Centaurus Capital as well as the Austrian Bawag PSK.
In this transaction JC Flowers & Co relied on the advice provided by Noerr and a team led by Volker Land, co-head of Noerr’s Hamburg office and a financial institutions M&A specialist. The firm’s team advised JC Flowers & Co comprehensively,
Intelligent instant callback platform, ResponseIQ, which facilitates instant lead responses for businesses, has secured GBP850,000 in investment from investment funds.
The investment will be used to develop the second version of the ResponseiQ platform, create new products, expand the sales presence in the EU and US, and build strategic partnerships with agencies and tech companies.
ResponseiQ is an intelligent instant callback platform that helps businesses engage with visitors and leads at the perfect time. Its primary offering, a callback widget, allows website visitors to request an instant callback, or schedule a time that suits the customer, through its on-site widget
Shore Capital Partners’ medical products platform Innovia Medical has acquired Network Medical Products (Network). Based in Ripon, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Network is a designer and manufacturer of sterile single use products for ENT and ophthalmic procedures.
“Since their founding in 1997, Network Medical has established itself as a leading innovator and manufacturer in the ENT and Ophthalmic space, and has achieved global success through the quality and niche designs,” says Terry Meredith, Chief Executive Officer of Innovia.
“We have enjoyed working with the entire Network Medical team over the last several years as they have built a great
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate and finance practice in the Cayman Islands have advised 99, the Brazilian ride-sharing application and Uber competitor, on its sale to China’s Didi Chuxing.
The deal, which values 99 at more than USD1 billion, comes a year after Didi secured a minority stake in the company after investing USD100 million in 99’s last round of financing. 99 has been a long-standing client of Carey Olsen with the offshore law firm advising it in its earliest days as a technology start-up in 2013, as well as taking it through a number of rounds of financing.
Private equity investor Vaaka Partners’ Buyout Fund III is investing in the Finnish company Framery, a provider of soundproof booths and meeting pods for open-plan offices.
Vaaka Partners and its co-investors will own 60 per cent of the company.
In 2017, Framery more than doubled its turnover from the previous year to EUR 40 million. Framery has won multiple awards within its industry, and more than 90 per cent of its turnover comes from exports. Framery products are exported to North America, Europe and Asia.
“We will provide our extensive know-how, a new experienced board and support to
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