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Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has completed a growth investment in Connexin Software, trading as Office Practicum (OP).
Co-founder and CEO Gregory H Anderson and the OP management team will maintain a significant ownership position and continue to manage the growth of the Company with support from Pamlico. Further transaction details have not been disclosed.
“As we enter the second phase of healthcare information technology adoption, both doctors and investors have come to appreciate the value and ROI of specialty solutions,” says Gregory H Anderson, CEO of OP. “Six years ago, Bluff Point Associates helped a passionate group of entrepreneurs build
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Andy Povey and Raj Minhas as Investment Managers to help manage the Maven MEIF Debt Fund team in the West Midlands.
Based in Birmingham, Povey and Minhas have responsibility for new MEIF investments across the West Midlands, as well as managing portfolio investments across the region.
Povey joined Maven in 2017 following a long career in SME investment and banking. He was previously a Director with SME investor Seneca Partners in Birmingham, sourcing and managing debt and equity transactions, and has extensive experience of leading a wide variety of
Verdant Leisure, which is backed by Palatine Private Equity, has acquired its eighth leisure park, Scoutscroft Holiday Centre in the Scottish Borders. The acquisition is the bespoke leisure park operator’s fourth holiday park purchase in the last 18 months.
Scoutscroft is just one mile from Coldingham Bay Leisure Park, the site Verdant Leisure purchased in early 2017.
The purchase brings Verdant Leisure’s portfolio to eight parks across southern Scotland and North East England and marks the fourth bolt-on since the company was backed by Palatine Private Equity in April 2016. This deal will continue the company’s growth strategy to
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of Calco Group BV (Calco), a Dutch provider of outsourced IT recruitment and training services to large blue-chip corporates.
Calco focuses on the provision of junior professionals mainly to the finance and insurance sectors with clients including the main banks and the top insurance companies in the Netherlands. More recently Calco has entered into new industry segments such as consumer goods, telecoms, energy, logistics and healthcare and aims to continue to expand into these newer markets.
Founded in 2004, Calco has developed a MasterClass programme where new joiners are intensively trained
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised entities managed by The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Värde Partners on the AUD1.2 billion restructure and recapitalisation of the Bis Industries group, an Australian resources logistics and materials handling provider.
The transaction, implemented via two Australian creditors’ schemes of arrangement and a subsequent recapitalisation through a partial debt-for-equity swap, sees Bis cut its total debt from approximately AUD1.2 billion to approximately AUD280 million (plus AUD38 million of finance leases). As a result of the transaction which has received both shareholder and court approval, senior secured creditors (including entities managed by Carlyle and
The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) closed the third quarter of 2017 with a solid performance of 3.85 per cent with Buyout Funds continuing to lead private equity strategies in gains.
The GXPEI is based on directly-sourced limited partnership data and represents more than USD2.7 trillion in private equity investments, with more than 2,800 unique private equity partnerships, as of September 30, 2017.
“Momentum is the name of the game in the third quarter of 2017,” says Will Kinlaw (pictured), senior managing director and global head of State Street Associates®, a division of State Street Global
The latest Fintech M&A Market Report from technology mergers and acquisitions advisors, Hampleton Partners, reveals just how deeply digital disruptors are impacting on deal valuations.
While transaction volumes declined, deal values reached their highest total sum on record during the second half of 2017, with a total of USD29.35 billion in disclosed value. Almost half of this total was achieved by the massive Worldpay acquisition of Vantiv for USD10.4 billion. Most of the other growth in deal values was delivered by a total of 21 transactions disclosed above USD100 million, more than a doubling from previous half year periods.
CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has closed CVC Fund VI’s acquisition of the international women’s health assets which the fund agreed to acquire from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd in Q3 2017.
The new company, called Theramex, is a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to women and their health. Headquartered in London, UK, the company will market a broad range of innovative, branded and branded generic products across 50 countries around the world. The portfolio, which is dedicated to women’s health, focuses on contraception, fertility, menopause and osteoporosis and includes key brands such as Ovaleap®, Zoely®, Seasonique®, Actonel®, Estreva® and Lutenyl. The Theramex brand
Cooley is strengthening its UK office with the hire of M&A partner Michal Berkner. She arrives from Skadden, where she had been practicing for more than 20 years.
“Michal is an exceptional M&A lawyer whose high-profile client base will pair perfectly with the firm,” says Justin Stock, Cooley’s UK managing partner. “She has proven herself a pioneer for female leadership in the legal field, and, as we continue to deepen our London-based corporate strengths, her addition is sure to augment this powerful platform. We are thrilled to welcome Michal.”
Dual-qualified in the US and England and Wales, Berkner is
Offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes has appointed three new partners to its global partnership, bringing the firm’s total number of partners to 60.
Stephen Alexander and Carla Benest (pictured), from the Jersey office and Chinyin Johnston from the London office will join the partnership with effect from 1 February 2018.
Mourant Ozannes Global Managing Partner, Jonathan Rigby, says: “Carla, Chinyin and Stephen are talented lawyers making an exceptional contribution to our business and it’s a pleasure to welcome them to our partnership.”
“Their promotions reflect their significant success as individuals, as well as our commitment to delivering exceptional
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