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Independent coffee shop chain Bob & Berts has become the third company in Northern Ireland to secure a major equity investment from BGF, with a GBP2 million injection of funds to be used to fund expansion plans.
The business, which is known for its distinctive style, quality offering and local community focused approach, has 16 coffee shops across Northern Ireland in locations including Coleraine, Portstewart, Stranmillis, Lisburn, Omagh and Dungannon.
The company has built a strong reputation for providing high quality artisan coffee, combined with an extensive fresh food offering and a range of traybakes served throughout the day.
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey funds team has advised global investment firm Permira on the acquisition of a strategic equity stake in Swedish fintech bank Klarna Bank AB.
Klarna is currently serving 60 million consumers and 70,000 merchants providing easy-to-use payment solutions aimed at making online payments safe, simple and smooth. The company is active in 18 markets, employs more than 1500 employees and recently became the largest European Fintech company to receive a banking license.
The deal value and stake in Klarna is undisclosed and it is Permira’s first foray into the Fintech sector.
Permira, which advises funds and accounts
UK private equity manager Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Dave Furlong as an Investment Director, based in the firm’s Manchester office.
Furlong brings 20 years’ experience to the Maven team, joining from Infinity Debt Capital Management where, as partner and head of debt fund, he oversaw the launch and overall management of a new SME/mid-market regional debt fund and originated new private equity opportunities. Prior to that, Furlong held senior positions at HSBC across London and the UK regions, and ultimately ran the Leveraged Finance business in the North West where he was responsible for the origination, execution and
Funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, have made a significant equity investment in eSentire.
The investment will be used to accelerate the company’s growth by expanding its technology services to existing clients and its outreach to more clients in new markets, as well as to provide liquidity to existing shareholders. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
eSentire is regarded as the pioneer in managed cybersecurity services that detect and contain advanced threats that have bypassed all other security controls. The Company began operations serving the demanding financial services market and has
Ogier has promoted Joanne Huckle (pictured), and Piers Dryden from the Cayman Investment Funds team to the firm’s partnership.
Dryden and Huckle take the firm’s global partnership to 54, and follow the arrival of partner Anthony Partridge in February, and the promotion of James Heinicke in the Cayman fund finance team to the partnership last year.
James Bergstrom, who heads Ogier’s Cayman office, says: “Our strategic growth in Cayman continues, and these promotions are well-deserved recognition of these individuals’ contributions to the success of our leading investment funds team and their commitment to excellence in client service.
“The
Clearlake Capital Group is to sell Futuris Global Holdings to an affiliate of Adient. The transaction is expected to close by the end of September 2017, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Futuris is a supplier of seating solutions to the global automotive industry, with an active and rapidly growing presence in North America and Asia.
Under Clearlake’s ownership, Futuris executed a successful restructuring of its operations to transition from an Australian-focused supplier to a global operator with differentiated capabilities and profitable relationships with leading global automotive OEM customers. In addition, the Company successfully consummated the acquisitions
Clarion Capital Partners has completed an investment in AML RightSource, a Gabriel Partners company and specialist in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), and Financial Crimes compliance services.
Current shareholders of AML RightSource, Frank Ewing and Paul Linehan, will maintain an ownership stake in AML RightSource and will lead the business in partnership with Clarion. As part of the transaction, Ewing has been promoted to CEO, and Linehan to President. Terms of the transaction, which closed on 18 August, have not been disclosed.
The new partnership will help AML RightSource to align even more closely with its customers
Exponent Private Equity (Exponent) is to sell Pattonair to Platinum Equity for an undisclosed sum. The sale is expected to complete in the final quarter of 2017.
Pattonair is a leading international Aerospace and Defence supply chain service provider, specialising in the supply of small and medium value components. Customers include Rolls-Royce, United Technologies, Safran Group, Parker, GE, Boeing and Airbus. At the time of Exponent’s initial investment in Pattonair in 2011, the company was carved out from Umeco Plc, with Exponent successfully supporting CEO Wayne Hollinshead to lead the company through this transition.
Under Exponent’s ownership Pattonair has grown
Maersk A/S is to sell Maersk Oil to Total for USD 7.45 billion in a combined share and debt transaction. Maersk Oil will become part of a leading global oil and gas operator with a long-term investment interest in the sector.
Total will take over Maersk Oil’s entire organisation, portfolio, obligations and rights with minimal pre-conditions. Planned development schedules and investments in strategic and sanctioned projects will be upheld.
The sale is in line with Maersk’s strategy to separate out its oil and oil related activities to create an integrated transport & logistics company, and this transaction will contribute
AMP Capital has reached final close on the AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund III (IDF III), raising USD2.5 billion for the mezzanine debt strategy, an additional USD800 million in co-investment rights and securing a further USD800 million from investors who want access to its deal capabilities.
IDF III, the third infrastructure debt fund launched by AMP Capital in six years, had a target of USD2 billion. The fundraise is believed to be one of the largest in the world for an infrastructure debt strategy.
More than 125 investors from 12 countries have invested in IDF III, with strong interest from
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