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Atlas for Men, the men’s outdoor clothing brand that became independent from Groupe De Agostini a year ago, following a spin-off organized by Activa Capital and the Management team, has refinanced its existing debt alongside an extended pool of banks, allowing the full reimbursement of the mezzanine debt and partial reimbursement of the shareholder funds.
Founded in 1999 within the Groupe De Agostini, Atlas for Men is a specialized men’s outdoor brand for clothing and accessories, sold online and by catalogue. The brand is present in 10 European countries and generates close to EUR160 million in sales from six million
Foresight Group (Foresight) has invested GBP3 million from the Foresight Regional Investment Fund into the specialist engineering company ONFAB Limited, a designer and manufacturer of flexible containment solutions, primarily for use in pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
ONFAB was founded in 2004 by Oliver Nulty, a former Astra Zeneca engineer, who spotted the market opportunity created by increasing health and safety regulations which made containment a higher priority, specifically in pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Today, the total global containment market is valued at around GBP320m, with an estimated growth rate of 10-20 per cent per annum.
With Foresight’s investment, ONFAB will continue
Gridiron Capital has promoted Kevin Jackson to Senior Managing Director and a member of the firm’s investment committee.
Jackson joined Gridiron Capital in 2010 as a Vice President and was promoted to Managing Director in 2012. He is a Director on the Boards of several of Gridiron Capital’s portfolio companies including Dent Wizard, Rough Country and Tokyo Joe’s. Gridiron Capital recently closed its third fund in October 2016.
Tom Burger, Co-founder and Managing Partner, says:“Kevin has been a valuable team member at Gridiron Capital and is being recognized for his leadership and accomplishments at the firm. He has earned the respect
Intralinks has launched a new version of its Virtual Data Room (VDR) which the company says will help straemline the M&A process.
The new Intralinks VDR is its fastest platform to date. It is 50% faster across the board and now means a data room can be set up in hours, not days. Its integration with artificial intelligence technology (AI) expedites the due diligence process and reduces deal completion times through the automation of deal room set-up, contract analysis and organisation.
Additional key features include: a new User Interface (UI), giving users an enhanced look and feel to the
McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Michael McStay as a partner in the Firm’s Chicago office. McStay joins the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group with a focus on middle market private equity.
McStay will join forces with recent lateral and former Ropes & Gray colleague, Gregory Metz. Together they will counsel clients on complex transactional matters and advise private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt and equity restructurings and divestitures.
“Over the past year we’ve had dynamic growth in our Corporate & Transactional practice both in the US and worldwide,” says Brooks Gruemmer, head of McDermott’s
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
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