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Law firm Akerman has bolstered its tax practice group with the appointment of former CBS vice president and general tax counsel Alvan L Bobrow as partner.
Bobrow joins the firm’s New York office from Mayer Brown, where he served as the leader of the national state and local tax group.
"Alvan's experience with complex tax structures and strategies adds important depth to our transactional team," says Peter Larsen, chair of Akerman's tax practice group. "His work across numerous jurisdictions will be valuable to our clients as they confront a multitude of corporate tax issues and deal-making decisions throughout the US and
Houston-based private equity firm Rock Hill Capital Group has held the final closing of Rock Hill Capital III, with USD150.6 million in capital commitments.
Rock Hill Capital III commitments exceed its previous funds, Rock Hill Capital II, a 2013 vintage fund with USD87.7 million in commitments and Rock Hill Capital I, a 2008 vintage fund with USD48.8 million in commitments.
Rock Hill Capital III will continue to pursue a similar investment strategy, focusing on buyouts and recapitalisations of industrial products and service companies.
Since inception, Rock Hill has invested in 15 operating companies. These investments include businesses operating
Comcast Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, has appointed Kai Bond as principal to lead Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund.
Bond will be based out of New York and focus on investing in early-stage start-ups in NYC and start-ups led by minority entrepreneurs across the country.
“I am delighted to welcome Kai Bond to Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund,” says Amy Banse, managing director and head of funds for Comcast Ventures. “His network, operational expertise and product knowledge will be an excellent addition to our team, helping us identify new types of investments for the growing Catalyst Fund.”
DW Healthcare Partners and Council Capital, two healthcare-focused private equity firms, have appointed Mark Lashley as chief executive officer of Caregiver, a provider of services to the intellectual and developmental disability community in the US.
Lashley comes to Caregiver with over 20 years of healthcare and leadership experience, most recently as a division president for Rural/Metro, the nation's second largest ambulance company. While with Rural/Metro, Lashley helped lead the company through a major integration initiative ultimately improving employee engagement, patient care, financial results, and the successful sale of the company in 2015.
“With years of experience in leading teams
DataBank, a Digital Bridge portfolio company, is to acquire C7 Data Centers, a data centre service provider in the Salt Lake City market.
C7 currently operates three, highly interconnected data centres in the region, including the primary carrier hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, and has a large established customer base of enterprise, carriers, content providers and cloud services providers.
The acquisition complements DataBank’s existing portfolio in Minneapolis, MN, Kansas City, KS, and Dallas, TX.
The market in Salt Lake City has experienced significant growth as a data centre destination for west coast enterprises due to its network
Private equity investor Bowside Capital has appointed Marcia J Hooper as a senior adviser.
Hooper has over 30 years of investing experience and is the president of Hooper Lewis, a private investment and advisory firm.
She was formerly a partner at Castile Ventures, Advent International, Viking Capital and Ampersand Ventures/Paine Webber Ventures and has extensive public and private company board experience.
"We have had a strong working relationship with Marcia for many years as she is an investor in each of the Bowside funds and was formerly a member of the advisory board of each Bowside fund until
InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services focused private equity firm, has acquired South Florida-based Cano Health and Comfort Health, both of which will operate under the Cano Health brand.
InTandem Capital’s goal is to create a regional consolidator in primary care committed to clinical excellence and efficient operation that caters to all demographics.
Cano Health is a rapidly growing operator of “Primary Care Plus” healthcare centres focused on improving the lives of individuals, families and communities. In addition to primary medical care, Cano Health has specialty programmes in the fields of venous medicine, arthritis, allergy and weight loss. Cano Health
CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has agreed to sell Leslie’s Holdings, an omni-channel pool supplies retailer in the US, to L Catterton and an affiliate of GIC.
The transaction is subject to standard regulatory approvals, and financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1963, Leslie’s is the world’s largest retailer of swimming pool supplies and related products.
Funds advised by CVC made an investment in Leslie’s in September 2010. During CVC’s ownership period, Leslie’s has grown its store base from 645 to nearly 900 locations and completed six acquisitions that have expanded the company’s geographic
Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised Chinese group Kuang-Chi on its first investment in the UK – a GBP30 million investment into aerospace engineering company Gilo Engineering Group.
The investment was completed and announced on 16 January.
Kuang-Chi is headquartered in Shenzhen, China and is focused on future technologies. Through its Global Community of Innovation, Kuang-Chi has made investments and owns businesses across the globe employing some 2,600 people in aerospace, smart cities, AI, and wireless communication technology.
Among its products are airships providing reliable and powerful wireless internet connections that are also able to carry heavy payloads,
London-based partner Tim Elliott has relocated to co-lead the CMS’s Hong Kong office together with German CMS partner Nicolas Wiegand.
Elliott will to build out CMS’ finance capabilities in the region alongside its newly established disputes offering.
The firm obtained its Hong Kong license in September 2016, and will initially be focusing on those product areas with one of its key aims in 2017 to strengthen its capabilities in asset finance and energy finance.
Elliott says: “We have for some time been pressed by our existing clients and contacts in the region to provide more on the ground
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