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Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP is growing its tax and corporate finance teams with the appointment of two new partners this week. Both partners have significant private equity experience – an area of real growth for the firm.
Ed Nevens joins BDO’s London tax group following four years at EY where he developed and led its UK private equity fund tax offering. Ed specialises in advising private equity funds and their investors on matters including fund structuring, carried interest and investor tax reporting.
Rory McPherson joins BDO’s Scotland corporate finance team following five years in structured finance
Barings served as co-documentation agent and participated in providing a senior secured credit facility to support Lindsay Goldberg’s investment in Golden West Packaging Group, a holding company created earlier this year for investments in the packaging industry.
The financing facilitated Golden West Packaging’s acquisition of four independent packaging companies and a co-owned captive sheet feeder to create a leading West Coast mill-independent system that provides custom packaging to a diversified customer base with an emphasis on the wine, food, produce and e-commerce markets.
“Golden West Packaging has created a compelling value proposition with its ability to offer a wide
BEX Capital, a secondary investor in private equity fund of funds, has held the final close of BEX Fund II, with total commitments of EUR120 million.
The fund was heavily oversubscribed with fundraising completed in under nine months. At the time of its final close, the fund was already close to 25 per cent invested.
As with its first fund, BEX Capital’s new fund will focus exclusively on the acquisition of positions in private equity fund of funds and secondary funds, with a strong bias towards mature markets and assets. The fund will make individual investments ranging from EUR1
CVC Capital Partners’ CVC Fund VI has agreed to acquire Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s (Teva) international (non-US), women’s health assets. The transaction covers products sold in over 50 countries globally, for a cash value of USD703 million.
Headquartered in Israel, Teva is one of the world’s largest generic medicines producers, leveraging its portfolio of more than 1,800 molecules to produce a wide range of generic products. The acquired portfolio consists of over 20 specialty women’s health products, which span various life stages, ranging from contraception, fertility, menopause and osteoporosis, and includes brands such as Zoely, Seasonique, Leeloo, Ovaleap, Colpotrophine and
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has continued its recent string of new investments backing an innovative provider of specialist IT Services with a GBP4m equity investment, to support continued growth and expansion.
GBP16 million turnover London based Sparta Global operates the Sparta Training Academy, a growing IT trainer and provider of IT services. The firm’s clients include private sector firms and government clients, including Channel 4, Three Mobile, and the Ministry of Justice. The Sparta Academy model up-skills new IT graduates with intensive in-house training, which enables Sparta Global to provide blue-chip clients with homegrown, high-calibre IT Consultants,
Longford Capital Management, LP, a leader in the commercial litigation finance industry, has held the final closing of Longford Capital Fund II,, a USD500 million fund focused on investments in commercial litigation finance, making it the largest private equity fund of its kind in North America.
“Our focus is on performance for our clients and investors, and our team of professionals has been assembled to accomplish that objective.”
Fund II, the firm’s second private investment fund closed since 2014, will invest in the outcomes of commercial legal claims it believes to be highly meritorious and have a strong likelihood
Northrop Grumman Corporation is to acquire Orbital ATK for approximately USD7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of USD1.4 billion in net debt.
Orbital ATK shareholders will receive all-cash consideration of USD134.50 per share. The agreement has been approved unanimously by the Boards of Directors of both companies. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and Orbital ATK shareholder approval.
“The acquisition of Orbital ATK is an exciting strategic step as we continue to invest for profitable growth. Through our combination, customers will benefit from
Revelstoke Capital Partners (Revelstoke), a Denver based private equity firm, has expanded its senior investment team with the addition of Russell J. Cassella as Partner of the firm.
“Our team has worked closely with Russ for many years and we value his transaction sourcing, deal execution, and strategic insight immensely,” says Simon Bachleda, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Revelstoke. “We look forward to having Russ be an integral member of our team and assist us in building great middle market healthcare and business services companies. Russ’s existing relationships with our investment team, operating partners, and portfolio company CEOs will facilitate
Montse Suarez and Anna Sweeting have launched Vaultier7 (V7), the UK’s first female-led specialist investment fund dedicated to partnering high growth category creators and disruptors in the converging sectors of Beauty & Personal Care, Health & Wellness and Lifestyle.
V7 is backed by investors including the Puig family, owners of the eponymous fashion and fragrance powerhouse, and is aiming to meet the growth capital requirements of a new wave of challenger brands in its target sectors. V7 believes that the pace of innovation amongst early-stage branded consumer companies has not yet been matched by the necessary levels of growth capital,
Volo Commerce, a provider of multichannel e-commerce technology, has raised GBP6.2 million in new investment led by NVM Private Equity with participation from funds managed by Downing LLP.
Volo will primarily use this new funding to expand its business into North America and across other international sales channels.
Volo Commerce enables brands and retailers to maximise the opportunity of multichannel commerce.
By deploying Volo’s software platform, customers are able to efficiently and rapidly grow their e-commerce business by accessing leading marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay and Walmart, and automating all aspects of the selling process. In addition, the
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