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Investment banking and asset management firm Alantra has combined with Catalyst Corporate Finance (Catalyst). The transaction, which is subject to Alantra Shareholder’s Meeting and FCA Approval, has a value of over GBP30 million.
Following a transition period, Catalyst will rebrand as Alantra UK and the move will see Catalyst’s partners driving the UK arm of the Alantra global M&A advisory business. The transaction involves 15 Catalyst partners and directors taking a shareholding in the listed group. In addition, there is further equity allocated for future partner and staff incentivisation.
By increasing its footprint in London, one of the most
Pamplona Capital Management has completed its acquisition of biopharmaceutical services company, Parexel.
Pamplona has acquired all outstanding shares of Parexel for USD88.10 per share in cash. The transaction was approved overwhelmingly by stockholders on September 15, with more than 98 per cent of votes cast in favour. Parexel stock will stop trading at the close of business today. Josef von Rickenbach will continue to serve as CEO. Dr. Jeremy Gelber, Partner of Pamplona Capital Management, will serve on the Board of Directors.
“This acquisition will better position Parexel for growth and success,” says von Rickenbach. “Pamplona is an ideal
Kirkland & Ellis advised Nidda Healthcare Holding AG and Nidda BondCo GmbH, companies owned by private equity funds Bain Capital and Cinven, in connection with EUR3.175 billion of syndicated debt financing for Bain Capital’s and Cinven’s takeover of German generic pharmaceutical group STADA Arzneimittel AG.
The debt financing consisted of EUR1.7 billion of term loans, EUR1.075 billion of high yield bonds and a EUR400 million revolving credit facility. With a total value of EUR5.4 billion, the STADA acquisition is one of the largest private equity take-private transactions ever in Germany.
The Kirkland team was led, in London, by capital
Berkshire Partners has completed its acquisition of Accela, a provider of civic engagement software solutions for state, county and municipal governments. Abry Partners, an existing shareholder, will remain an investor in the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Accela’s platform can transform how local and state governments interact with businesses and other constituents,” says Tom Kuo, a Managing Director at Berkshire Partners. “We believe the company has enormous growth potential as it continues bringing leading technology to civic systems.”
Based in San Ramon, California, the company currently serves over 2,000 customers worldwide. Accela’s platform streamlines critical functions
Sanne, a provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, is to acquire Luxembourg Investment Solutions and Compliance Partners.
LIS is a leading third-party AIFM headquartered in Luxembourg with a branch in Dublin. Clients are spread across Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt and Infrastructure funds. LIS is regulated under the supervision of Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
CP primarily provides unregulated services, including corporate services, for both LIS and external clients, enabling clients to have a physical presence in Luxembourg.
The Acquired Companies together employ more than 70 people. The principal managers and shareholders of
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has advised long term client Bain Capital on the sale by Toshiba Corp. of its semiconductor business to a group led by Bain Capital, and includes Apple Inc, Seagate, Kingston, Hoya, Dell Technologies Inc. and SK Hynix.
The transaction, which was announced on 28 September, is valued at two trillion yen (approximately USD18 billion) understood to be the largest Japanese deal since 2011, as well as both the largest private equity and leveraged finance deal ever seen in Asia.
The Ropes & Gray team advising Bain Capital is being led by private equity
Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed Matthew Taylor as Head of Business Services, and Henry Elphick as a Senior Consultant to its European business.
Taylor will report to Jacques Callaghan, a Senior Managing Director within Macquarie Capital, and Hugh Briggs, Head of Macquarie Capital Europe’s Capital and Principal Solutions Group, which deploys capital to facilitate client transactions. Taylor joins Macquarie from DC Advisory, with more than 10 years’ experience executing complex cross-border transactions in a range of businesses and services. Recent transactions include the acquisition of K2 Partnering Solutions by
Boutique investment bank Invenio Corporate Finance has appointed Chartered Accountant and M&A specialist Matteo Turi as a Partner.
Turi has worked in a variety of industries, including renewable energy, utilities, retail banking, telecoms and water services, and has considerable UK and overseas experience.
Turi is an experienced Finance Director and holds several Non-Executive Director roles. He has previously held senior positions within Lanco Solar, Rengen Energy, K2 Partnering and Vanco, and was also part of the senior management at FTSE 100 company Severn Trent Water.
Turi says: “Invenio is growing rapidly in the investment banking sector. I am
Equiteq, a consulting sector M&A specialist, has advised Certeco, a business technology change consultancy, on its merger with P2 Consulting, a project and programme management consultancy.
The deal is backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market. The transaction closed on September 26, 2017.
Certeco is one the UK’s largest business technology change consultancies, providing specialist consultancy services to corporates in industries like banking, insurance, public sector, education and media. Certeco focuses on bringing certainty to business change programmes, helping clients with business restructuring, regulation and digital change.
Equiteq previously worked with
Asset management and private equity firms view the UK as the second riskiest market to do business in after China, according to new research from global law firm Ropes & Gray.
The research – based on a global survey of 300 senior-level executives working for multi-national businesses in North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America, in the banking, asset management, private equity, life sciences, healthcare and technology sectors – reveals that 19 per cent of asset management firms and 14 per cent of private equity houses cite the UK as the market that poses the ‘most significant risk’ to
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