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Bedell Cristin has appointed Kristian Wilson as partner in the firm's Singapore office.
Wilson who joined the firm in June 2013, is an experienced commercial lawyer having worked and qualified as a solicitor (England and Wales) at Slaughter and May in both London and Paris before practising offshore law in Jersey and the BVI. He is also a qualified BVI lawyer and his practice includes corporate and financial matters, with a focus on joint ventures, private equity and cross-border transactions.
As a member of the Bedell Cristin Singapore team, Wilson has acted on a number of notable deals including: acting
- 23/06/2016
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of Integrated Supply Network “(SN) to Freeman Spogli & Co (Freeman Spogli), a private equity firm based in Los Angeles, California, in conjunction with management and other investors.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, ISN is an independent distributor of tools and equipment sold into the aftermarket automotive repair industry. Since Audax’ initial investment in ISN in 2011, the Company completed eight acquisitions, expanding ISN into new geographies, including Canada and the United Kingdom, new sales channels and end-markets, and adjacent product categories.
Geoffrey S Rehnert,
- 23/06/2016
TH Data Capital formally has launched an alternative to the traditional financial research model, using big data expertise and a deep understanding of financial markets to provide advanced predictions of business performance in China.
TH Data Capital is the first, and only, company that offers big data analytics expertise coupled with an analyst-driven approach. This differs significantly from IT driven research firms that look at reams of data, but lack the skills to interpret it correctly to make it actionable.
Reliable business intelligence on China is hard to find, but it has become tremendously significant to any consumer-oriented company
- 23/06/2016
KPMG has helped investor groups, IIGCC and PRI, prepare Guide on Climate Change for Private Equity Investors. Research carried out for the guide found that pension funds are actively asking their fund managers to demonstrate how climate related risks and opportunities are addressed in the investment process.
As a result of this demand and increasing climate regulation, climate change is a mainstream discussion point for the private equity industry, where climate change is seen as a genuine material investment risk. It is no longer enough to have a climate change policy, fund managers need to be able to demonstrate action to implement
- 23/06/2016
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has announced six new partners bringing the total number of partners across its seven offices to 49.
The new partners are Annette Alexander from the Guernsey corporate practice, Kate Andrews and James Willmott from the Jersey corporate practice, Keith Dixon and Alexa Saunders from the Jersey trusts and private wealth practice and Jeremy Garrood from the Jersey litigation practice.
Carey Olsen chairman, John Kelleher (pictured), says: “Our new partners have earned their place through their exceptional technical knowledge and dedication to client service. They join the partner group at a very exciting time for Carey
- 22/06/2016
- 22/06/2016
The DoubleLine Infrastructure Income Fund as opened to investors through the open-end mutual fund's I shares (BILDX) and N shares (BILTX). DoubleLine launched the fund with internal capital earlier this year.
DoubleLine Capital (DoubleLine) is Adviser to the Fund. Andrew Hsu and Damien Contes are portfolio managers of the Fund.
The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term total return while striving to generate current income. Under normal circumstances, DoubleLine Capital intends to invest at least 80 per cent of the Fund's assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in infrastructure investments. Investments may be in or outside the United States,
- 22/06/2016
Avignon Capital, the European property investment specialist, has completed the acquisition of the Old School House building in Shoreditch, East London, for GBP5.1 million.
The Grade II* Listed Victorian property, built in 1865 and formerly used as a Church school house, measures 4,588 sq ft and contains three floors of office space. Upon acquisition, the Old School House had a 2.53 per cent net initial yield (NIY) and a passing rent of GBP29.81 per sq ft.
Shoreditch is currently a hub of rapid development and the historic Old School House stands in the midst of this; situated at 66 Leonard
- 22/06/2016
Inflexion Private Equity has sold CMO, the enterprise health, safety, environment (HSE) and governance, risk, compliance (GRC) software solutions business, to Mitratech, a US-headquartered global software provider, backed by TA Associates.
Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
CMO serves blue-chip customers which include Maersk Group, KPMG, Heathrow Airport and BHP. Operating in a large, global market, which is enjoying double digit annual growth, demand for CMO’s products is driven by an increased need for configurable compliance software, increasing regulation as well as the increasing cost of non-compliance.
Mitratech, which provides software solutions to corporate legal departments,
- 22/06/2016
- 22/06/2016
Law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners, with a team composed by partner Cataldo Piccarreta, senior associate Lorenzo Fabbrini and trainee Maria Giulia De Cesari, has advised the Italian software firm TeamSystem on the acquisition of 100 per cent of E-conomic International, a Danish enterprise specialising in cloud accounting programs.
TeamSystem exercised the option to acquire the remaining 60 per cent of E-conomic’s share capital, after initially obtaining a 40% stake in the company in March 2016.
The transaction allows TeamSystem to create a cloud centre of excellence. E-conomic’s headquarters will remain in Copenaghen and will enable TeamSystem to
- 22/06/2016
AlphaCore Capital, a La Jolla, CA based investment advisor has seen increased demand for alternative allocations from independent advisors.
The firm has expanded their team and hired Senior Investment Advisor Brett Upper to assist independent advisors navigate the changing alternative investment universe. While demand for alternative investments from advisors has increased, so has the need for expertise in this widely dispersed investment space.
AlphaCore works with advisors and investors to integrate alternative investments as a core allocation in tandem with traditional investments.
Upper strongly believes that the demand for alternative investments from advisors underscores the positive effect of alternatives in
- 22/06/2016
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