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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
Shareholders consider the ability to support growing UK businesses and the dividend yield resulting from that growth as significant factors, alongside tax relief, when investing in VCTs, according to new research commissioned by private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners.
The research, carried out by FWD Research, surveyed over 1000 YFM shareholders to discover their reasons for investing in VCTs. Unsurprisingly, 90 per cent of respondents said that they chose to invest in VCTs primarily due to the tax relief on offer. However, 75 per cent also identified dividend yield as a key driver behind this investment, and nearly half
Fintech research veteran Amar Rajani has joined the FeedStock Advisory Board, effective immediately.
Rajani is Founder and Managing Director of Argella Limited, an advisory firm specialising in FinTech and with specialist knowledge in the research and regulatory space. Prior to this, he spent the past 17 years at Bloomberg LP, where he was Global Product Manager for their research management business with responsibility for the MiFID II research stream. During this period, he was also a founding member of Bloomberg’s Enterprise Products and Solutions team, as well as manager of several teams including London buy-side.
Charlie Henderson, Managing Director
By George Ralph, RFA – Outsourcing your IT support may seem like a luxury in austerity Britain, but it can save time, drive efficiencies and actually give firms a competitive edge. Employees are key stakeholders in defining the perception of a firm, and if they receive a great service when they have an issue with their IT, it will reflect well on the firm’s reputation.
By outsourcing IT support, firms can avoid downtime before it affects business. Reliable partners will make a significant investment in technology to monitor infrastructure, quickly identifying issues and often resolving them before they are brought
Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised new client Arthur Online Limited, a property management software firm, on its first round of external funding, which raised over GBP1 million via equity subscriptions.
Founded and developed by property managers for property managers, Arthur (www.arthuronline.co.uk) provides a ‘one-stop-shop’, cloud-based, end-to-end property management solution which simplifies the process of property management by allowing a group of interconnected stakeholders to connect and share through a platform from anywhere in the world. Arthur was established in 2014 and has experienced huge success in the UK and internationally. It is currently used to manage over 50,000 units
Muzinich & Co has hired Howard Mahon as Director, Pan-Europe Private Debt.
Mahon will be based in the firm’s newly-opened Dublin office. He will seek to expand the firm’s private debt capabilities and grow a team dedicated to the Irish market in this newly-created role.
Private debt is a relatively new but growing segment of the Irish investment market. The aim of the asset class is to seek to provide growth capital to Irish SMEs and corporates in the form of senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt, potentially with a combination of equity.
Mahon joins from AIB, where he was
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