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Clearwater International UK has advised construction services provider and independent trader of aggregates GRS Roadstone Group Limited (GRS), on raising finance to support its acquisition of S Walsh Holdings Limited (Walsh).
The funding has been provided by a three bank term loan syndicate, Lloyds Bank, RBS and HSBC, and a three lender receivables finance syndicate comprising Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, HSBC Invoice Finance and RBSIF.
GRS is the UK’s largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate. It offers a complementary waste removal and transport service, providing customers with a one-stop shop solution. This value-add service has led to
AXON Partners expands its team with the addition of a new senior professional, Vincent de Boursetty, as a Principal in the firm’s Swiss office in Zug.
De Boursetty has 12 years of corporate finance and private equity experience. Prior to joining AXON, Partners he worked at London‐based corporate finance advisory firm Ondra Partners where he was in charge of a variety of M&A and capital markets advisory mandates for large cap and private equity clients. VincDe Boursettyent started his career at Société Générale as an investment banker.
Dominik Meyer, Founder and Managing Partner at AXON Partners, says: “This hire
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has completed the acquisition of Loggly, Inc, a provider of cloud-based log monitoring and log analytics software.
Loggly is an SaaS-based, unified log monitoring and log analytics product, that aggregates, structures, and summarises log data so users can analyse and visualise their data to answer key questions, spot trends, and deliver actionable reports. The acquisition complements the company’s existing portfolio of SaaS-based cloud monitoring solutions and SolarWinds plans to continue investing to innovate and enhance Loggly.
With the acquisition, SolarWinds also will deepen its cloud-software engineering and analytics expertise. Former Loggly executives Manoj
Orrick has appointed Ali Ramadan as a partner in the firm’s Technology Companies Group, resident in the London office. Ramadan is the sixth partner and 20th lawyer to join Orrick’s London Technology Companies team.
The Orrick team has ranked No1 for European venture capital volume for the past seven quarters and ranks No1 for venture-backed exits according to Pitchbook. In addition, the Orrick team was recently recognised as 2017 Service Provider of the Year by Investor AllStars.
“Ali is a rising star in the European tech ecosystem and we are thrilled to add him to our team. Many of
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Markets team (AIP Private Markets), an investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has completed the final close of its first standalone co-investment fund, Private Equity Co-Investment Fund I (PECO I).
Commitments to PECO I totalled USD425 million, exceeding AIP Private Markets’ target of USD350 million.
PECO I seeks to achieve strong risk-adjusted returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of direct co-investment opportunities alongside high-quality private equity sponsors in buyout and growth transactions across North America and Europe. Consistent with the investment team’s broader strategy, PECO I seeks to provide exposure to
Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), a private equity fund focused on deep value investing and business improvement in middle-market companies, has completed the sale of Katun Corporation (Katun) to a Taiwanese buyer, General Plastic Industrial Co (GPI), for an undisclosed amount.
Katun is one of the world’s leading providers of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, toner, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, and other equipment for the imaging industry. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and operates sales and distribution facilities throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
“Over our ownership period, we helped transform this corporate
Arcapita has acquired a controlling interest in MC Sign Company (MC Sign), a provider of signage and lighting services in the United States, for a total transaction value in excess of USD100 million.
Atif A Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are excited to complete a US private equity transaction and pleased to partner with the management team at MC Sign to help grow the Company’s suite of services and customer base. MC Sign is led by a very experienced team of professionals who have grown the business considerably over the past few years, and we believe the Company
Seedrs had its biggest year since launch in 2017, with GBP125 million invested into campaigns on the platform and 168 deals funded. The company recently surpassed GBP300 million invested into campaigns on the platform and has now funded over 590 deals since its launch.
Five-year old Seedrs completed over 130 per cent more GBP1 million-plus campaigns in 2017 than the previous year, breaking a number of records in the process. Challenger bank Revolut raised its cap of GBP3.8 million from over 4,200 investors in August 2017 as part of their GBP50 million Series B round led by Index Ventures, awarding
Aurelius Equity Opportunities further builds UK team with appointment of Peter Wood as Principal.
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co has added Peter Wood to its UK team, with immediate effect. Wood joins Aurelius as a Principal, based in the London office, working as part of the investment team to source and execute investments in businesses that would benefit from the long-term strategic direction and financial and operational support that Aurelius provides.
Wood’s appointment builds on a series of hires for the UK business in 2017, including that of Andrew Roth and Thomas Pinks to Aurelius’ investment team. With
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) have completed the previously announced acquisition of Schenck Process (Schenck), a specialist in measuring and process technology equipment.
Blackstone and Schenck have also announced the appointment of Keith Cochrane as Chairman and Harry Kenyon-Slaney as Member of the Advisory Board of Schenck.
Cochrane brings extensive senior and board-level experience to the role. He is currently Interim Chief Executive of Carillion plc, prior to which he served as long-standing CEO of The Weir Group plc, a leading manufacturer of highly-engineered products and services for the minerals, oil and gas and power industries. He
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