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BioVentures Investors has held the closing of its fourth fund at USD87 million.
The Wellesley, Massachusetts, venture fund will invest in high-value-added medical technology enterprises (MedTech) such as medical devices and diagnostics.
The fund’s focus is on technology with the potential to provide important benefits to patients, physicians and healthcare institutions, as well as significant returns to investors.
The fund’s management includes BioVentures Investors founders Marc Goldberg and Peter Feinstein; Jeff Barnes, managing director and partner; and Walter Gilbert as senior partner. Goldberg will serve as managing partner.
Since its initial close, Fund IV has made four
International law firm Simmons & Simmons is expanding its financial markets practice with the addition of Paola Leocani and Nicholas Lasagna, who join the firm’s Milan office as partners from White & Case.
Leocani (pictured) is recognised as one of Italy’s leading capital markets lawyers and is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers for debt capital markets in Italy. Her practice focuses on debt and securitised derivatives, liability management transactions and equity capital markets.
Lasagna advises clients on a broad range of bank finance and capital markets transactions, including leveraged finance, acquisition finance, bond private placements, syndicated loans and
KKR and TowerBrook are acquiring a minority stake in cloud provider OVH for EUR250 million of growth capital.
The funds will allow OVH to take advantage of the expanding market for cloud and internet infrastructure services, while also broadening its customer base and services in new geographies.
The Klaba family will retain the majority stake in the company and will continue, together with OVH management, to lead the company, its strategy and operations.
The infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) markets are expected to continue to grow rapidly, driven in large part by the exploding demand for cloud services.
Monroe Capital acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of ProPharma Group by private equity sponsor Linden Capital Partners.
Founded in 2001 and based in Overland Park, Kansas, ProPharma is a provider of outsourced medical information, pharmacovigilance and regulatory compliance consulting services to customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries.
The company has grown to a global organisation operating five contact centres across the US, Europe and Australia.
ProPharma serves a customer base which includes many of the world’s largest and well-known biopharmaceutical
International aircraft leasing business Avolon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bohai Capital, is to acquire the aircraft leasing operations of CIT Group, creating a business with an owned, managed and committed fleet of 910 aircraft valued at over USD43 billion.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and required regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017.
Avolon chief executive Dómhnal Slattery says: “From a standing start we will have built Avolon into a leading global player in six years. We are delighted to announce an agreement to acquire the CIT aircraft leasing platform. It is a
Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Andrew Hough as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in Atlanta.
Hough joins Seyfarth from Ballard Spahr where he was a partner in its Atlanta office. While there, he was a member of the business and finance, mergers and acquisitions/private equity, transactional finance, securities, life sciences and technology practice areas.
Hough advises financial and strategic clients regularly on general business matters, domestically and internationally, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and outsourcing transactions. His clients operate in a wide variety of industries, including food and beverage, technology, communications, health
Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has appointed a five strong natural resources team as it looks to tap into new markets and diversify its existing sector offering.
Zeus Capital’s new team will focus on mid and small-cap clients across both public and private markets, and brings together experience from across the oil and gas and metals and mining sectors.
Rob Collins will head up the newly formed team, with more than 15 years’ experience in the metals and mining, oil and gas and oilfield services sectors. During this time, Collins has led numerous capital market transactions, including IPOs across
New State Capital Partners has closed its first institutional investment fund, New State Capital Partners Fund, and associated parallel commitments, with USD131 million in committed capital.
Investors include pension funds, foundations, family offices and funds.
New State, which has in excess of USD370 million of assets under management, seeks to invest between USD10 million to USD45 million of equity per deal with an average of USD30 million. The firm targets investments in the healthcare services, business services, and industrials sectors.
“We are humbled by the strong response to our latest institutional investment fund, and believe that our investments
New Heritage Capital, a Boston-based private equity investment firm specialising in founder-owned businesses, has invested in The Execu|Search Group, a recruitment, temporary staffing and workforce management solutions provider with expertise in healthcare and financial services.
The transaction will be structured using Heritage’s Private IPO solution. Execu|Search will retain operational control of the company, and the existing management team will remain in place.
Execu|Search is a provider of full-service staffing solutions throughout the Northeast and Florida. The company serves clients across a broad range of industries. The company has grown significantly above the industry average rate and will continue to
Mademoiselle Desserts, a French producer of frozen pastries backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has acquired Quality Pastries, a Dutch producer of chilled and frozen pastries for retailers, restaurants and home service companies.
Mademoiselle Desserts (formerly Européenne des Desserts) employs circa 1,000 people across its six production facilities in France and the UK and covers 75 per cent of the French industrial pastries market.
The group recorded revenues of more than EUR175 million in 2015, with its main customers including major French and UK retailers such as Carrefour, Leclerc, Marks & Spencer, Picard, Brioche Dorée, Pomona and Brake.
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