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McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Gregory Metz as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.
Metz has joined the firm’s corporate and transactional practice group with a particular focus on middle market private equity.
Metz joins McDermott from Ropes & Gray where he counselled clients on complex business transactions and advised private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt and equity restructurings, divestitures, and executive compensation and incentive arrangements.
Metz has an active practice representing middle market private equity funds across a broad spectrum of industries including in the healthcare private equity arena.
“We
Traditionally, hedge funds and private equity firms have allocated significant capital budgets to build out their own sophisticated Communication (Comm.) Rooms, which can take months to provision and bring online. With servers to buy and install, software to license and configure, and voice/networks to deploy – not to mention recruiting, hiring, and managing expensive and hard-to-find IT talent – it’s no wonder cloud solutions have emerged as the dominant choice for computing infrastructures at investment firms large and small.
Not surprisingly, many investment management firms – including those with well-established in-house infrastructures – are making the move to the cloud
PIXID SAS, a French cloud-based temporary workforce management and recruitment solutions provider, has acquired the Internet Corporation, the owner of applicant tracking system and recruitment software Amris.
The transaction has been completed for an undisclosed amount.
PIXID’s proprietary technology is currently responsible for filling one out of four temporary positions in France. Having powered the temporary staff market in France, it intends to establish itself as a well-known digital platform for the management of temporary workforce in the UK and the rest of Europe.
The company’s platform enables clients of all sizes to efficiently manage its temporary workers
Omnes Capital and Bpifrance have sold their stake in Grain d’Or Gel, a company specialising in the manufacture of frozen bakery products such as pizza dough and snacks.
This disposal falls within the framework of the merger between Grain d’Or Gel and Lubrano.
The new entity, named Groupe Novepan, represents sales of around EUR50 million.
The deal involves the Azulis Capital fund as majority shareholder, alongside the management team, which has increased its stake during this new round of fundraising. Omnes Capital and Bpifrance acquired a stake in the company in 2008 within the context of a management
Idinvest Partners has made a USD1.2 million investment in TrustInSoft, a spin-off from the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) that has developed a novel technology capable of mathematically demonstrating the safety and security of software code.
The company, which was ranked among the top 10 most innovative companies at the RSA Conference in 2015, has been widely recognised in the US and in Europe for its technology.
TrustInSoft is one of few companies selected by the Linux Foundation for the protection of its open source software stack, and the only company recognised by NIST (The US National Institute of
Henkel signed an agreement to acquire Nattura Laboratorios, headquartered in Guadalajara, Mexico, and associated companies in the US, Colombia and Spain.
Through the acquisition Henkel will further strengthen its hair professional business and expand its footprint in both the emerging and mature markets.
The transaction includes a portfolio of leading brands in Henkel’s core hair professional category. Major brands are Pravana and Tec Italy. In the fiscal year 2016, the business generated sales of more than EUR100 million.
“This acquisition is part of our strategy to strengthen our position in attractive markets and categories. We will expand our
Fiera Infrastructure, through its wholly owned subsidiary Aquila GP, an infrastructure management firm and affiliate of Fiera Capital, has acquired an additional equity interest in Thames Water valued at approximately CAD200 million, from SAS Trustee Corporation.
The increase in equity interest comes through investment in Kemble Water Holdings, the ultimate holding company of Thames Water, and further solidifies Fiera Infrastructure’s governance through a position on the board of directors.
The investment was made on behalf of Fiera Infra LP, an infrastructure fund under its management, alongside three affiliated entities of Desjardins Group as co-investors.
Thames Water is the largest
Lightsource Renewable Energy, a solar energy company, has appointed James Brooks as chief strategy officer, a member of the executive leadership team and board of the company.
After 18 years’ experience in the energy and technology sectors, Brooks has a wealth of knowledge in energy, technology and finance markets globally, and how to skilfully capitalise on disruptive and structural changes in complex global markets.
This includes working at First Reserve, a global private equity and infrastructure investment firm exclusively focused on energy, as well as private equity firm Advent International.
Most recently, Brooks was the co-head of energy
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed Paul Edmeades as the firm’s head of underwriting for asset based lending.
Edmeades joins the business from Shawbrook Business Credit, where his role was business development director for over two years.
He has also held previous positions at GE Commercial Finance and NMB Heller, and has over 20 years’ experience in the industry in risk, portfolio and commercial roles.
Responsible for building an underwriting team to support the firm’s commercial activities, he will be working closely with IGF’s sales teams to deliver and underwrite deals in
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to make a USD115 million growth investment in Alignment Healthcare, a population health management company.
The financing will enable Alignment to accelerate expansion of its operations, bringing the power of Alignment’s care delivery model to more patients across the country.
Founded in 2013, Alignment Healthcare has created a new model of healthcare delivery that reduces costs and improves lives by driving patients, providers and payers toward a common goal of wellness. Alignment’s technology and integrated care coordination model improves the quality of care and eliminates waste in the care system through a
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