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Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has appointed Edward Baker as an Investment Manager in its London office, with immediate effect.
Baker joins Equistone from lower-mid-market private equity firm MML Capital Partners, where he worked in its London office for four years. During his time at the firm, Baker was responsible for originating and executing both controlling and non-controlling investments into private UK businesses across a diverse range of sectors, as well as for portfolio management. Prior to this, Baker spent six years at KPMG, latterly as a Manager in the company’s Transaction Services division, where he was
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has appointed Chris Griffin as a partner in the firm’s Jersey office.
Griffin, who joined Carey Olsen as a senior associate in 2011 before being promoted to counsel in 2016, is a member of the Jersey corporate team and advises on all aspects of corporate transactions, including the legal and regulatory aspects of fund launches and other bespoke investment structures.
He has played a key role in developing the firm’s digital assets practice and, most recently, led the team advising ARC Fiduciary Limited on its Initial Coin Offering (ICO), working closely with the Jersey
Winston & Strawn LLP has strengthened its presence in the Middle East with the recent expansion of the firm’s office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
The larger footprint is a result of Winston’s focused growth in the region, having grown over fourfold in attorney and staff headcount since the office opening in April 2016.
The development of the Dubai office reflects Winston’s objective to establish its presence in high-growth markets, including the Middle East. The firm’s newly expanded office in the DIFC was designed and built in six months with added space for attorneys, client interactions, and
Tikehau Capital is one of France’s best-known and experienced investment management groups. For many years, Tikehau has pioneered the approach to private debt investing in Europe. With a team of over 25 professionals, it has built a private debt platform that structures a variety of financing deals, ranging anywhere between EUR10 million and EUR300 million, for European corporates in need of alternative sources of financing.
Currently, Tikehau has EUR12.6 billion of assets under management. This includes EUR2.3 billion in direct lending (European direct lending + corporate direct lending to French SMEs through the Novi 1 and Novo 2 funds) and
A new FinTech platform from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is aiming to help the UK’s small business and self-employed communities access finance opportunities.
Developed by Finpoint, the platform uses intelligent matching technology to match applicants with finance providers. A pilot of the platform for FSB members in three UK regions shows that the average amount of finance a small business applies for from an alternative finance provider is GBP39,000 – half the amount sought from banks – ‘traditional finance’.
Access to finance is crucial to the small business sector which accounts for an annual turnover of GBP1.9
Premium bar and restaurant, The Alchemist, has secured an additional GBP16 million finance package from existing debt funders, Santander, to support its continued growth plans across the UK.
The new capital from Santander will be invested into the continued innovation of the brand, rejuvenating existing sites and the acquisition of new locations. The Alchemist recently opened a purpose-built venue at MediaCityUK, a new regional site in Oxford and has since confirmed openings in Nottingham, Bristol and Cardiff for the year ahead.
Established in 2010, The Alchemist has 12 venues across the UK and employs over 700 team members. The
Walker Precision Engineering, a high-precision component manufacturer, has secured a GBP4 million investment from BGF to expand its operations in the UK and mainland Europe.
From premises in Glasgow, Basildon and Poland, the family-owned business manufactures and assembles complex parts for the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors.
Founded in 1979, the company is run by brothers Gary and Mark Walker and employs more than 250 staff.
BGF’s funding will allow Walker to invest in specialist machinery, further increasing its high accuracy machining capacity. The business has experienced an increase in demand from existing and new customers, particularly in
Automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has launched Alliance Ventures, a new corporate venture capital fund that plans to invest up to USD1 billion to support open innovation over the next five years.
In its first year, the fund expects to invest up to USD200 million in start-ups and open innovation partnerships with technology entrepreneurs focused on new mobility, including vehicle electrification, autonomous systems, connectivity and artificial intelligence.
With further annual investments, Alliance Ventures is set to become the largest corporate venture capital fund in the automotive industry over the period of Alliance 2022, the strategic midterm plan launched last year by
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has invested in List Partners, a provider of sales intelligence content used by business development professionals who target national advertisers and their agencies across the US and the UK.
NCP invested alongside List Partners’ management team including CEO Dave Currie, and its founder, Todd Knutson, who will remain on the Company’s Board of Directors.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the Company provides participants in the advertising sales market with a proprietary dataset allowing them to quickly identify and engage the most relevant advertising, media and marketing decision makers at the largest brands,
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean) has added David Kieselstein to the firm’s Executive Board, effective 1 January 2018.
Kieselstein is serving as Vice Chairman, Business Services, and will work with the firm’s Executive Board to provide strategic guidance to MidOcean’s portfolio companies. As Vice Chairman, Business Services, Kieselstein will also work closely with the MidOcean investment team in the sourcing, evaluation and execution of new business services investments.
Kieselstein, who is recognised for his operational expertise in information services, most recently served as CEO of former MidOcean portfolio company Penton prior to its acquisition by Informa PLC in November 2016 for
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