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Neon has appointed Vanessa Young to the role of underwriter and solicitor – M&A insurance, reporting to the head of M&A liability insurance Rob Brown.
Young joins Neon from her previous role as legal director at Bird & Bird.
She brings extensive UK and international M&A experience with considerable expertise in the renewable energy sector and advising infrastructure funds, private equity and other institutional investors.
Young’s hire is part of Neon’s broader ambition to consolidate its position, helping to address the growing demand for M&A insurance as a result of increased utilisation by financial and corporate clients during
Beechbrook Capital has completed its UK SME Credit Fund’s fourth investment, a unitranche facility for Hotcha Group, a branded Chinese food takeaway and delivery chain in the UK.
Hotcha was founded in 2011 by James Liang, its chief executive and majority shareholder, and currently has 10 outlets in the west of England.
Beechbrook’s investment will enable Hotcha to continue to roll out the brand, as well as helping fund the necessary expansion in the group’s central cost base. With its central production facility and call centre, Hotcha has a highly scalable business.
Jon Herbert, managing director of the
Private equity and venture capital trade association Invest Europe has published a guide for pension funds on investing in the sectors.
The association writes that The Guide to Private Equity and Venture Capital for Pension Funds contains practical information on why to invest and how to do so, plus an overview of the benefits and risks of gaining an exposure to private equity and venture capital. It is aimed at helping pension funds with limited experience of the asset class achieve an understanding of its unique features.
“Pension funds considering investing in private equity and venture capital can find
Trowers & Hamlins has advised Apache Capital Partners on the acquisition of its new 0.77-acre Birmingham development with Moda Living.
The premium purpose-built rental development on Broad Street will be delivered by Moda Living and will be fully funded by Apache Capital, the London and Gulf based private real estate investment management firm.
It will comprise of a 37-storey tower with 450 apartments and 30,000 sq ft of communal amenity space, with around 35,000 sq ft of shops, office and leisure and it will be the first major project in the city by the duo's private rented sector joint
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a consultation paper on draft technical standards implementing the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), which aims to increase the transparency of shadow banking activities.
Securities financing transactions (SFTs) are transactions where securities are used to borrow cash (or other higher investment-grade securities), or vice versa – this includes repurchase transactions, securities lending and sell/buy-back transactions.
The SFTR will require both financial and non-financial market participants to report details of their SFTs to an approved EU trade repository. These details will include the composition of the collateral, whether the collateral is
Noerr has advised Linio Holding on a Series D financing round for EUR50 million.
The financing round was led by Mexican investors LIV Capital and Northgate together with Swedish investor Kinnevik.
Launched in 2012, Linio is e-commerce platform in Latin America with operations in Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador. As the promoter of B2C e-commerce in Latin America, Linio operates the largest marketplace platform in the region, offering more than six million products across 60 categories via a network of over 27,000 professional sellers.
The new capital will strengthen the platform’s position and allow
Private equity investor Keensight Capital has signed the 2020 Carbon Initiative (IC20), a private equity initiative dedicated to managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions among portfolio companies.
Sixteen companies have now signed up to the initiative, under which they agree, as from 2016, to include climate change issues in their investment strategy, with the aim of gradually extending the scope of the initiative to all companies under their control.
The members have established a long-term joint approach to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions produced by their investments.
Jean-Michel Beghin, managing partner of Keensight Capital, says: “We are very
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital, has supported Gotha Cosmetics’ acquisition by Capvis Equity IV, a fund advised by Capvis Equity Partners, by providing funding to support a EUR65 million unitranche facility arranged by Credit Suisse.
Gotha Cosmetics is a developer and manufacturer of private label cosmetics mainly focusing on lips, eyes and face products. Based in Italy, Gotha Cosmetics was founded in 2005 and has become a key partner for both independent beauty brands and multi-national customers evolving towards more outsourcing-based production models.
Capvis will further develop Gotha Cosmetics and help it grow
Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, has purchased a majority interest in Marquis Software Solutions.
Founded in 1987 by Les Kassing and based in Plano, Texas, Marquis provides data analytics software and services that help financial institutions – primarily mid-tier banks and credit unions – identify marketing opportunities and meet and monitor compliance requirements. The company has been managed since Kassing’s retirement by sons Jay, John, Jud and Jeff.
Falfurrias Capital Partners, founded by former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl and Marc D Oken, who served as CFO of
International law firm Proskauer has appointed Monica Arora as a partner in the firm’s private investment funds group in New York.
Arora advises fund managers across the full asset class on fund structuring and management company arrangements, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt. She also advises on both primary and secondary portfolio transactions.
“We are very excited to have Monica join our team. Her extensive experience working with sponsors and investors both in the US and internationally will be of great value to our clients as they navigate current market changes,” says Howard Beber, co-head of the
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