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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.
Since
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
Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has appointed Donald Forsyth as a partner based in the firm’s Inverness office, with effect from 1 April.
Forsyth was most recently managing partner at EY’s Inverness office. He previously spent 17 years with Scott-Moncrieff, where he served as a commercial partner leading the firm’s business advisory group and served on the executive and strategy board from 2011 to 2014.
Following the recent announcement by EY to reduce the size of the Inverness office, Saffery Champness and Forsyth have worked closely together to be able to offer a continued service for a number of local
Greg Carter, founder of SME finance platform Growth Street, has replaced James Sherwin-Smith as chief executive officer.
The appointment of Carter – who has been Growth Street’s chief risk officer since its launch – represents a return to the company’s original founder.
Carter founded Growth Street while working at Arts Alliance, the venture capital investors in Graze, Shazam and Lovefilm, before appointing Sherwin-Smith as CEO to launch the company in 2015.
Carter says: “I would like to thank James for all the hard work he put in over the last two years in growing Growth Street. We would
Gresham House, an asset manager focused on alternative investment strategies and illiquid asset classes, has appointed Andy Hampshire to the newly created role of chief technology officer.
Hampshire (pictured) will develop and drive the implementation of Gresham House’s technology strategy, including the creation of a distinctive co-investment platform. This platform will provide a high quality service for investors and facilitate co-investment opportunities for clients, which will materially enhance the group’s client service proposition.
He will also advise investee companies on the use of technology as a driver of shareholder value creation.
Hampshire has over 10 years of experience
Silverfleet Capital has appointed Karl Eidem as co-head of the Nordic region.
Eidem will work closely with Gareth Whiley, partner, who currently heads the region to further develop the firm’s capabilities and help to build on Silverfleet’s track record in Scandinavia, where the firm has made three investments and achieved one exit since 2013.
Eidem joins Silverfleet from Swedish national pension fund AP6, where he was an investment director overseeing the development of an international investment programme through mid to large cap private equity firms and co-investments. Prior to that, he was a senior principal at Doughty Hanson in Stockholm and
Vistra, a provider of international incorporations, trust, fiduciary, private office and fund administration services, has acquired optegra, a Germany-based specialist in auditing, tax consultancy, legal advisory, and management consultancy services.
With offices in Cologne, Hamburg and Munich, optegra has a staff of 120 professionals serving clients from a range of industries, including automotive, information technology, telecommunications, health care, private equity, real estate, renewable energy, and engineering.
It provides solutions surrounding financial and regulatory services, transaction support, payroll accounting, tax consultancy and administration, as well as start-up support.
The partners of optegra will all remain with the business post-completion
Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners has sold Essen BioScience, a specialist in the field of cell-based assays and instrumentation used for life sciences research, to Sartorius Group for USD320 million.
SFW acquired a controlling interest in Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Essen in May 2014.
SFW recruited Brett Williams to become Essen’s CEO and, throughout the investment, supported Williams and the Essen management team in executing a wide range of strategic, organisational, and operating initiatives to drive significant organic revenue growth and the adoption of Essen’s IncuCyte live cell analysis platform.
With SFW’s support, Essen made substantial investments in the
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