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CVC Capital Partners’ portfolio company Ahlsell, a Nordic distributor of products within heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and tools and supplies, is to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm.
For the 12 months ended 30 June 2016, Ahlsell generated net sales of SEK23.2 billion, adjusted EBITA of SEK2.0 billion and operating cash flow of SEK2.1 billion.
In order to further support Ahlsell’s strategy and continued evolution based on organic growth and M&A, with 51 acquisitions since 2003, the company’s principal shareholder CVC funds, the board and the management team consider a
Drooms has launched its new virtual data room Drooms NXG, an intuitive platform designed to increase automation of due diligence processes, for example within the framework of mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and IPOs.
As digitisation rises so too does the potential for individual users to benefit from underlying working processes. The new virtual data room facilitates real-time document translation directly in the data room in addition to carrying out an automatic red flag analysis.
A key objective of due diligence is identifying major risks. These are known as “red flags”. With the initial release of an auto
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 LLP. She brings 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 as a market leader in the sector, helping to address the growing demand for M&A insurance as a result of increased use
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital has acquired Dominion Colour Corporation (DCC), a provider of high performance colour pigment solutions and preparations for the coatings, plastics and specialty ink industries.
With over 400 customers in 70 countries worldwide, DCC colour solutions are used in a variety of end markets including automotive and architectural coatings, consumer and industrial plastics, and specialty inks.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, DCC has manufacturing facilities in Canada, the Netherlands, and the UK as well as technical sales offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
“We are very pleased to be partnering
Edge Investments, an investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has strengthened its team with the appointment of two investment professionals.
Steve Carle joins the firm as investment director and Joanna (Jo) Smith as investment manager.
Carle is an experienced private equity and venture capital specialist. He enjoyed a 20-year career with the UK's two leading mid-market private equity companies – 3i Group and LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group – leaving in 2010 to take on a number of private successful business opportunities, before joining Edge.
Smith has spent her career in finance
Former Guernsey Bailiff Sir Geoffrey Rowland QC has become a director of Bailiwick Investments.
Rowland has joined chairman David Lowe OBE and John Henwood MBE on the board of the Channel Islands-based closed-ended investment company.
He replaces Charles Parkinson who stepped down on 30 September due to a potential conflict of interests after being appointed as president of the States’ Trading Supervisory Board.
“Since Charles joined the board of Bailiwick Investments in 2011, the fund has had some very interesting times with considerable investment in a number of high profile Channel Islands businesses including Jacksons Group, SandpiperCI, ASG,
Bowmans Kenya has advised ARM Cement on a USD140 million equity investment by the CDC Group, the largest equity deal in Kenya and East Africa in 2016, and one of the largest equity deals in Kenya to date.
ARM is a company listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange, and has operations in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
The CDC is the UK’s Development Finance Institution, wholly owned by the UK government. ARM produces cement, lime and fertilizer in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Bowmans Kenya advised ARM on all the legal aspects of the transaction and the CDC was represented by
BakerHostetler has appointed Michael D Mortenson as a partner in the firm’s litigation group.
He comes to BakerHostetler from K&L Gates.
Mortenson focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. His experience includes representing public and private companies and individuals as both plaintiff and defendant through disputes involving the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), breach of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, employment discrimination, wrongful termination and commercial real estate matters.
Mortenson’s trial and arbitration experience in federal and state courts includes appeals to the California Courts of Appeal and the United
Marcum has expanded its hedge fund servicing operations in Europe with the launch of Marcum RBK (Ireland) in Dublin – a joint venture with Russell Brennan Keane (RBK), an independent accounting and business advisory firm in Ireland.
The new venture was established as a service centre for current and future hedge fund and private equity fund clients of the Marcum Alternative Investment Group.
Beth M Wiener (pictured), partner-in-charge of Marcum’s Alternative Investment Group, says: “Marcum RBK (Ireland) is perfectly positioned to assist both mature funds and managers needing to navigate the process of establishing a new fund in Ireland,
The Ufenau V German Asset Light fund, advised by Ufenau Capital Partners, has held its final closing at the fund’s hard cap of EUR227 million.
In addition to commitments from returning investors, which included entrepreneurs that form part of Ufenau’s Industry Partner network, Ufenau V received new commitments from a number of global blue chip investors.
Ufenau V was significantly oversubscribed.
Ufenau V will pursue the same investment strategy as its predecessor funds, with a focus on applying a systematic buy-and-build strategy to majority investments in asset light service companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria; entrepreneur-led companies with
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