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InfraVia Capital Partners has held the final closing of InfraVia European Fund III (InfraVia III) with total commitments of EUR1 billion.
The fund surpassed its initial target of EUR750 million.
Fund commitments were obtained from a wide range of institutional investors from Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle-East.
FIRSTavenue served as the sole global placement agent for non-French investors.
InfraVia European Fund III will focus primarily on core plus, mid-market, infrastructure with value add capabilities across a broad spectrum of infrastructure opportunities including in the transportation, energy, utilities and telecom sectors. To date, InfraVia III has
Digital content management specialist Episerver, a portfolio company of Accel-KKR, has acquired Optivo, a provider of omnichannel campaign management and customer intelligence solutions.
Leveraging Optivo’s omnichannel campaign management capabilities, Episerver customers can now create and execute more contextually relevant customer interactions across channels, ensuring that the right message is sent to the right customer when and where it should.
With the addition of Optivo, digital marketing and commerce professionals using Episerver can now manage and optimise the way customers respond to their campaigns across channels, by simultaneously tracking and predicting their behaviour. In doing so, Episerver customers can achieve
Castle Creek Pharmaceuticals has raised USD48 million in funding from Fidelity Management and Research Company.
Castle Creek will use the funds to complete development of its late-stage clinical pipeline, including its lead programme for the treatment of patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex, which will be starting a clinical registration trial in the fourth quarter of this year.
Castle Creek was founded by Michael Derby and Jeffrey Aronin, two experienced pharmaceutical entrepreneurs.
Derby, who serves as CEO, previously founded Norphan Pharmaceuticals, which was sold to Marathon Pharmaceuticals in 2013.
Castle Creek chairman Aronin is the CEO of Marathon,
Independent petrol forecourt and convenience retail operators Euro Garages and European Forecourt Retail Group (EFR) are combining their businesses.
A new holding company named Intervias has been established, with a small corporate office in London.
EFR and Euro Garages will continue to operate under their own names with their current CEOs and senior leadership teams.
The merged group will be a leading independent petrol forecourt retailer in Europe, with around 1,450 locations and 8,500 employees. Euro Garages and EFR together will be serving more than six million customers a week through the management and operation of retail brands
Trowers & Hamlins has advised Austrian investment company AVenture on the acquisition of Imagination Technologies' Pure DAB digital radio business.
The deal allows AVenture to exercise an option to acquire Imagination's property at Concept House in Kings Langley, the current headquarters of the Pure business.
Trowers & Hamlins corporate partner Nick Harrisingh, who led the deal team, says: "It's been exciting to work on this transaction. The acquisition will provide a great platform for the business to grow and flourish with the support of the new owners. We look forward to continuing our work with AVenture and Pure in
An affiliate of New Water Capital has acquired The Worth Collection, a direct-to-consumer women’s fashion apparel company, from private equity firm L Catterton.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Worth Collection was founded 25 years ago by Caroline Davis, Richard Kaplan and Jay Rosenberg. Rosenberg remains an active member of the management team and will continue to serve as chief merchant.
Headquartered in New York, Worth Collection designs, supplies and distributes luxury and contemporary women’s apparel through an omni-channel approach via its stylist network, by-appointment showrooms, online and retail outlets.
“Our partnership with New Water
Independent North Asian buyout company MBK Partners and TPG, a global alternative asset firm, are to acquire through a newly established and jointly owned special purpose vehicle Wharf T&T from The Wharf.
The transaction values Wharf T&T at HKD9.5 billion.
Wharf T&T is Hong Kong’s largest purely enterprise-focused telecom service provider, with an extensive fibre optic network covering approximately 90 per cent of the commercial market. The company offers a portfolio of local data connectivity and a full suite of ICT services complemented by leading system integration capabilities.
Teck Chien Kong, partner of MBK Partners, says: “We are
The Abellio East Anglia rail franchise has closed a GBP600 million financing for a fleet of new Stadler trains led by Rock Rail and SL Capital, part of Standard Life Investments.
Additional co-investment equity was provided by GLIL, the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and London Pensions Fund Authority infrastructure investment joint venture.
Senior debt was provided by a group of UK and international institutional investors together with the European Investment Bank. The debt composition was advised by DC Advisory.
Mark Swindell, founder of Rock Rail, says: “We are delighted to close our second rolling stock financing, especially in what have
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has completed the EUR500 million final close of the BNP Paribas European SME Debt Fund, attracting a range of European institutional investors.
The fund finances small and medium sized enterprises in Europe through a solution combining bank lending and fund financing.
Strong demand has resulted in the fund reaching its target of EUR500 million at first close, offering institutional investors, including insurers and pension funds, access to an innovative way to diversify their credit exposure.
Included in the investors are AG2R La Mondiale, BNP Paribas Cardif, CNP Assurances, l’ERAFP, Federal Finance Gestion (on behalf
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and provider of fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has opened an office in London.
The London office will allow the Maples group to address market demand and capitalise on opportunities in the financial centres while strengthening its relationship with clients globally.
"With most of the top financial institutions to whom the Maples group provides services having a substantial presence in the region, the opening of a Maples Fiduciary office in London is a natural fit and enables us to further assist existing and prospective clients," says Peter Huber, MaplesFS'
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