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Ogier has recruited experienced M&A lawyer Frederic Pilorget to its Luxembourg corporate and commercial law team to reinforce its German-facing desk.
Pilorget – who is admitted in Luxembourg, Paris and New York – has practised for more than ten years in Luxembourg, and will lead the German desk offering advice on Luxembourg corporate law and private equity to German clients.
He is one of four German speakers in Ogier’s Luxembourg team, including banking and finance partner Fabien Debroise, senior associate Julia Journee and associate Fiona Schneider. Pilorget will continue to lead the German desk on banking and finance matters.
Pegasus Solar, a designer and manufacturer of innovative rooftop mounting systems for solar installations, has closed on a Series A round of equity funding led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF), with additional participation from Okapi Capital, Howard Wenger, Mike Miskovsky, and other solar industry executives.
Pegasus said that it will use the proceeds to grow its sales and customer support teams and to continue its industry-leading efforts to design and manufacture efficient and functional solar mounting systems.
“We are excited to partner with EIF and other investors who share our passion for solar energy and support our mission to
Private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire Pumpenfabrik Wangen (Wangen), a designer and manufacturer of high quality progressing cavity and twin-screw pumps.
Silverfleet will acquire a majority stake from the Company’s individual private shareholders. Completion is subject to regulatory approval and the terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1969 and based in Wangen, Germany, the Company is a market leader in the manufacture of screw pumps that are suitable for highly viscous or abrasive substances as well as solid-fluid composites. Wangen offers a broad range of standard as well as customised pumps designed and manufactured
Charles J Morton, Jr, the Co-Chair of Venable’s Corporate Practice Group, has been inducted to Legal 500 inaugural Hall of Fame as one of two middle-market deal lawyers in the US representing clients in M&A transactions of under USD500m.
The Hall of Fame recognition highlights, to clients, the law firm partners who have received consistent praise by their clients for continued excellence. The criteria for entry is to have been recognised by the Legal 500 as one of the elite “Leading Lawyers” for six consecutive years.
“Chuck has always been dedicated to client service and excellence and goes beyond
Peak Re, a Hong Kong based reinsurer, has selected Applied Insurance Technologies’ (AIT) pricing and portfolio management platform, TigerEye, to support its underwriting strategy.
TigerEye will aid Peak Re’s management of catastrophe exposures and assist in optimising their reinsurance portfolio.
TigerEye is a powerful, intuitive, model-agnostic portfolio roll-up and reinsurance structuring tool. TigerEye enables reinsurers to make data-driven business decisions in real-time through the ability to quickly evaluate the pricing of individual programs with the associated marginal impact on an existing portfolio. TigerEye enables reinsurers to rapidly roll up their entire portfolio and evaluate the individual programs that are
European Fund Administration (EFA) has appointed Noel Fessey (pictured), to replace Thomas Seale as CEO, following the latter’s retirement at the end of 2017.
After two decades of leadership, EFA has become an industry reference in the Luxembourg fund industry. Thomas Seale was recruited by EFA shareholders back in 1997 and has led the company ever since.
Rafik Fischer, Chairman of EFA’s Board of Directors, says: “We owe a debt of gratitude to Tom for his inspiring leadership of our company. We are delighted at the recruitment of Noel, following his successful career at Schroders Luxembourg. He will continue
InfoSum has added USD5 million to its seed funding, taking the total raised to date to USD8 million.
Joining existing investors Mark Suster (Upfront Ventures) and Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures), are Saul Klein (LocalGlobe), and Mike Chalfen (Mosaic Ventures). The additional investment will be used to build the company’s senior management team and bring the company’s first products to market.
InfoSum’s goal is to equip every company with the ability to unlock the commercial potential of thousands of siloed datasets sitting in numerous companies. In doing so it will give every organisation access to the same breadth and depth
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation is to sell certain neurosurgery assets to Natus Medical for USD47.5 million. The divestiture is contingent on the consummation of Integra’s proposed acquisition of Codman Neurosurgery from Johnson & Johnson.
As part of this divestiture, Integra will sell the global Camino® ICP monitoring product line, including its San Diego manufacturing facility, to Natus Medical. The divestiture package also includes certain assets and the US rights relating to Integra’s fixed pressure shunts, as well as US rights to Codman’s DURAFORM®, standard EVD catheters and CSF collection systems.
“This agreement is an important step toward the completion
Clessidra is to sell Acetum, a manufacturer and distributor of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, a PGI-certified specialty vinegar, to Associated British Foods (ABF).
Clessidra acquired an 80 per cent stake in Acetum in 2015 with the remaining 20 per cent retained by the founding shareholders, Cesare Mazzetti and Marco Bombarda. During the investment period, Clessidra and the other shareholders have made significant investments to strengthen the management structure and to support the product offering.
Matteo Ricatti, Managing Director at Clessidra, says: “We are delighted to have reached this agreement. We also feel privileged to have accompanied Acetum in its
Luxembourg special fund FP Lux Investments is expanding its wind power portfolio with the acquisition of two wind farms, in Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia, and in Zagelsdorf, Brandenburg.
The new additions brings the firm’s Wind Infrastructure I sub-fund portfolio to 17 wind farms in total located in Germany, France and Finland, with a total output of 242 megawatts.
With an investment volume in excess of EUR150 million in equity and a total investment volume of some EUR500 million, Wind Infrastructure I is thus one of the biggest onshore wind funds in Europe.
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