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Private equity firm GI Partners has appointed Philip Yau as Managing Director with responsibility for strategic origination and business development opportunities, He will also oversee the investor relations team, and manage the firm’s co-investment efforts.
Yau joins GI Partners after 24 years in investment banking, including 12 years in the UBS Private Funds Group, a global fund placement and secondary LP advisory practice. In his role as Managing Director and co-Head of the North American team, Mr. Yau advised numerous private equity, infrastructure, distressed, and venture capital firms, as well as limited partners around the world.
“We are delighted to
LBO France and Abenex have signed an exclusive agreement aimed at the acquisition by LBO France of the majority stake in RG Safety Group currently held by Abenex.
Founded in 1987, headquartered in Saint Priest, and now managed by Pierre Manchini (CEO), RG Safety Group is the French leading specialised distributor of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The group distributes a wide range of products (35,000 references) covering 6 main protection fields: Head, Hand, Foot, Body, Breathing, and Hygiene & Safety in the working environment. The Group is also successfully selling products under its own brand, Ergos, which today accounts for
Private equity investor LDC has strengthened its Yorkshire and North East team with the appointment of senior corporate finance specialist, Gareth Marshall, as an Investment Director.
The expansion is part of LDC’s nationwide pledge to invest GBP1.2 billion of equity in UK small and mid-sized companies over the next three years, with Yorkshire and the North East seen as an important region of opportunity.
Gareth previously spent circa eight years at PwC, where he was M&A Director in the firm’s corporate finance team, advising on mid-market transactions across the pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, industrial products and chemicals sectors.
He
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD25 million asset-based facility to refinance the existing debt facility and provide working capital for Betteridge Jewelers (Betteridge).
Founded in 1897 and based in Greenwich, Connecticut, Betteridge is a premier jeweller and watch retailer selling many of the world’s most luxurious brands.
The company operates stores in Greenwich, Connecticut; Palm Beach, Florida; Vail, Colorado; and Aspen, Colorado.
Omnes Capital, with support from GSO Capital and Bpifrance, has conducted the spin-off of the Geoxia Group’s brands in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region owned by LBO France – Maisons Clairlande, Les Demeures de la Côte d’Argent, Rouquié Constructions – via a primary LBO.
Omnes Capital, through its small cap funds (LCL Expansion 2 and LCL PME Expansion 2), took the opportunity to acquire a majority stake in the takeover holding company InCa (Innovation Construction pour l’Avenir) gathering the three brands, along with the management – Rémi Fromaget, CEO, and Lionel Husson, Managing Director.
InCa is one of the regional
Private Advisors has closed its oversubscribed seventh small company private equity fund (Fund VII) at its hard cap of USD350 million.
Fund VII focuses exclusively on the small company market in North America where Private Advisors has been a leading investor for more than 20 years. The Fund primarily invests in lower-middle market buyout, growth and distressed private equity funds (typically less than USD750 million in size), along with targeted equity co-investments and opportunistic secondary investments.
“We are grateful to our limited partners for their continued support as almost 70 per cent of the Fund came from existing investors.
Popular US shopping app Ibotta has secured new funding led by Silicon Valley-based GGV Capital. This round furthers Ibotta’s mission of providing its consumers a Life Rewarded for making everyday purchases online, in mobile apps and at retail stores.
With USD3.8 billion under management across eight funds, GGV has invested in leading consumer tech brands and marketplaces such as Alibaba, Boxed, Houzz, OfferUp, Peleton, Poshmark, Wish and more. The venture capital firm was founded in 2000 and invests across the US and China, the world’s two largest economies.
“Our firm looks well outside Silicon Valley and beyond borders for
Gefion Insurance, a Copenhagen-based specialty non-life insurer, has closed a private placement of Solvency II-compliant subordinated notes in an aggregate principal amount of EUR10 million with funds managed by Fermat Capital Management.
The net proceeds from the offering will be used to support Gefion’s attractive growth opportunities in the European specialty non-life insurance market, to refund the Company’s existing subordinated debt, and for general corporate purposes.
Tonny Anker-Svendsen, Gefion’s CEO, says: “We are excited to partner with Fermat, one of the highest-quality investors in the (re)insurance space, on this transaction. We believe their commitment validates the strength of our
The 2017 Preqin Private Capital Fund Terms Advisor finds that several private capital fund types are raising their average management fees among funds of more recent vintages.
Unlisted infrastructure funds have seen mean management fees rise marginally from lows of 1.38 per cent for 2014 vintage funds to 1.48 per cent for 2017 vintage funds and vehicles in market. Similarly, private equity buyout funds have seen their mean fees rise from 1.85 per cent for 2015 vintage funds to 1.94 per cent for 2017 vintage and raising funds. Across the same period, closed-end private real estate funds have seen average
Global fiduciary and administration services provider Estera has acquired Headstart, a specialist corporate and trust services business in Luxembourg.
The transaction paves the way for Estera’s expansion into Luxembourg, one of world’s most important jurisdictions for funds and corporate services, while also broadening the company’s offering in corporate, fund and trust services.
Headstart’s Managing Directors, Christophe Gaul and Manuel Mouget, will continue to lead the business. The company, whose clients include private equity and real estate firms, institutional clients, corporates and high net worth individuals, will rebrand to Estera in September 2017.
Farah Ballands (pictured), CEO of Estera,
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