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Orrick has appointed Gabriel Monzon-Cortarelli as a partner in its M&A and private equity practice, resident in Milan.
He will also spend significant time in Orrick’s New York office.
Monzon-Cortarell is the sixth partner to join Orrick’s European M&A practice in the past year. He joins the firm from Seyfarth Shaw where he led the Italian desk.
At Orrick, Monzon-Cortarell will lead a team of Orrick bilingual US and Italian lawyers —based in the firm’s Milan office and offices throughout the US — focused on assisting Italian businesses looking to enter or expand their presence in the US
One Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has made a significant minority investment in USCO, a supplier of aftermarket and OEM parts to the global earthmoving machinery industry.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
USCO manufactures and distributes an extensive range of undercarriage, ground engaging tools, and repair parts for construction earthmoving machines through its global brand, ITR.
With six manufacturing centres in Italy, Spain, South Korea, and China, and 40 distribution and service centres in North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia, USCO is headquartered in Modena,
NorthEdge Capital has invested in independent soft drinks company Clearly Drinks Group, backing the existing management team led by Finn O’Driscoll and Martin Thornton.
Based in Sunderland, Clearly Drinks is a soft drinks manufacturer, bottler and distributor operating in the fast-growing flavoured spring water sector.
The company specialises in sugar-free products, with brands including Perfectly Clear, 1870 Mixers, and Northumbria Spring, all of which are sourced from the firm’s on-site spring.
The business offers flexible processing for its customers, including short and long runs, available in PET and glass, and provides contract bottling services for branded drinks companies
Morrison & Forrester (MoFo) is advising Syneron Medical on its USD397 million acquisition by British private equity firm Apax Partners.
Syneron is a public company that develops and markets aesthetic medical products including devices for hair removal, wrinkle treatment, and skin rejuvenation.
The MoFo team is led by Jackie Liu, co-chair of the firm’s global corporate department, and also includes partners Patrick Huard and Jonathan Gowdy; of counsel Ali Nardali and Joy MacIntyre; and associates Andy Campbell, Nan Ho, and Katherine Shaia.
MoFo worked in conjunction with Israel law firm Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co.
Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on the North American manufacturing sector, has sold PRISM Plastics, a Michigan-based manufacturer of high-precision plastics, to a subsidiary of Marmon Engineered Components.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Altus acquired PRISM in June 2014 alongside the company’s founders to support the company’s growth and expansion efforts in the high-precision plastics market.
During Altus’ ownership period, PRISM completed a variety of organic growth initiatives as well as the June 2016 acquisition of Tech Molded Plastics, a Pennsylvania-based precision plastics company. The acquisition doubled PRISM’s size and added in-house mould building
Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services, has opened its second office in Ireland in Cork, creating 60 new jobs.
Alter Domus was established in Ireland in 2011 and in 2014 the firm acquired O'Donovan Stewart Corporate Services. The team was set up in Dublin to provide the full suite of corporate services with strong activity in aircraft leasing, private equity, real estate and debt.
James McEvoy, Alter Domus country executive Ireland, says: “Today, we are delighted to now be able to offer Fund Administration services specialising in private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt and further,
Investec Specialist Bank has appointed Conor McMahon to its corporate and acquisition finance team, led by Callum Bell, head of corporate and acquisition finance at Investec.
Based in the team’s London office, McMahon will play a key role in the origination and execution of leveraged finance and private debt solutions for clients across Europe.
In his previous role as vice-president in the Bank of Ireland’s global acquisition finance team, McMahon worked on a range of debt financing deals ranging from GBP7 million to GBP200 million EBITDA across leverage buy out transactions, acquisitions, refinancings, dividend recapitalisations and public-to-privates.
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CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) Strategic Opportunities Platform has agreed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in CLH, a Spanish oil transportation and storage company.
CVC’s Strategic Opportunities Platform will acquire this stake from Ardian (10 per cent), as well as Kutxabank (5 per cent), Abanca (5 per cent) and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCO) on behalf of certain of its clients (5 per cent).
CLH has one of the largest and most efficient integrated oil product transportation and storage networks in the world with over 4,000 kilometres of oil pipeline and a storage capacity of more than 8
European asset manager Amundi, with over EUR1 trillion in assets, has established a partnership with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), creating an independent asset management company: Supernova Invest.
In addition to taking over the current CEA Investissement funds (with an advisory mandate for the CEA's strategic fund and the management of the FNA ‘Amorçage Technologique’ Fund), the newly-formed entity is intended to create and manage new capital innovation funds for third parties to finance technological innovation projects in France. Supernova Invest will notably manage the ‘Crédit Agricole Innovations et Territoires’ fund, for which Crédit Agricole –
Private equity fund Abac Solutions and PronoKal Group’s management team have acquired 100 per cent of the company from its founders, in order to support its expansion process in Europe and Latin America.
PronoKal Group makes protein-based dietary treatments for obesity and overweight, with sales in excess of EUR42 million and presence in 15 countries in Europe and Latin America.
The Barcelona-based company was founded in 2004 to provide effective weight loss treatments. The company’s offering includes nutritional products, medical supervision, personalised dietary advice, personal training and coaching services, as well as materials to facilitate weight loss maintenance. In
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