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Hong-Kong based private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired Integreon, a provider of legal, document, business and research outsourcing, from LiveIt Investments and Actis.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest, says: “The Integreon transaction is an exciting opportunity to invest in a global leader with attractive growth prospects. Over the past few years, the business has achieved an exceptional market position and is poised to take advantage of its long-standing strong client relationships, its global delivery platforms, and deep experience in working with professional clientele. Integreon
McKay Brothers, a specialist in low latency networks, has secured an investment from trading firm IMC.
IMC will take a minority stake in McKay, providing capital for the improvement of McKay’s networks serving the latency sensitive trading community.
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
Stéphane Tyč (pictured), McKay co-founder, says: “This agreement not only further strengthens our financial position, which will keep us ahead in terms of network speed and reach, and data coverage and quality, but, as importantly, maintains our autonomy. That’s great news for all of the trading firms that use our
Law firm Paul Hastings has advised Filtration Group, an affiliate of Chicago-based Madison Industries, on the GBP220 million acquisition of the Porous Technologies business of UK-based industrial group Essentra.
Essentra Porous Technologies is a producer and distributor of the essential components that control liquids and vapours in products used in homes, offices, operating rooms, and beyond.
Filtration serves a diverse set of customers with offerings that span life science, process technologies, fluid and environmental air applications.
The Paul Hastings team was led by corporate partner Ronan O’Sullivan in London, alongside partners Arun Birla and Garrett Hayes in London,
The Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) has updated its listing rules to cater for a wider range of investment business.
Chapter 7 of the exchange’s listing rules has until now been dedicated to investment funds but going forward it will be titled “investment vehicles”.
This reflects an expansion of the rules to encompass all types of investment vehicles, including open and closed ended funds but also real estate investment trusts (REITs) and unregulated investment companies, along with the associated legal entities.
The other main change in the listing rules includes the adoption of a principles and guidance based
Private equity firm Vector Capital has sold Gerber Technology, a provider of integrated software and automated systems for the production of flexible materials, to American Industrial Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Tolland, Connecticut, Gerber Technology provides integrated software and system solutions to more than 78,000 customers across 130 countries in the aerospace, construction, furniture, fashion and apparel, transportation, technical textiles, packaging, wind energy, and sign and graphics industries.
Gerber Technology’s products and services are used by more than one-fifth of the Fortune 500.
In 2011, Vector Capital completed the take-private of
Sierra Income Corporation and its affiliate Medley Management provided a senior secured first lien term loan to facilitate ZS Fund’s acquisition of AmeriJet Holdings.
AmeriJet, headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a provider of air cargo and logistics services to and from the US and the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America.
AmeriJet operates both scheduled and charter services, focusing on shipping time-sensitive, perishable, oversized, hazardous and complex product configurations utilising its network of 25 domestic offices and over 130 offices worldwide.
“We are excited to partner with ZS Fund to help finance their acquisition of AmeriJet,” says Jeff
Noerr has added to its private equity and venture capital practice group with the appointment of Christoph Thiermann as an associated partner.
Thiermann, who joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath + Partners, specialises in transaction-related advice to PE investors in an international environment and advises clients on investments and takeovers, as well as restructurings and divestments.
Besides investors, he also regularly advises companies on M&A transactions both on the buyer and the seller side.
At Noerr, Thiermann will primarily work with Georg Schneider, who heads the firm’s private equity and venture capital group, and will contribute to further expanding
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has held the final close of its newest energy-focused private equity fund, the Kayne Private Energy Income Fund (KPEIF), with total capital commitments of USD1.55 billion.
KPEIF’s strategy is to partner with a select group of high-quality management teams to acquire and develop large, long-life producing oil and gas assets in North America.
The fund is part of Kayne’s energy private equity practice, which has raised over USD7 billion since inception.
KPEIF is led by managing partner Danny Weingeist and managing directors David Iverson and Mark Teshoian.
“We are fortunate to have received
The Canadian investment landscape continued to show strength in the first six months of 2016 – especially on the venture capital (VC) side, according to the CVCA.
Building on a huge Q1, CAD683 million was invested in Q2 bringing the total to CAD1.5 billion invested over 255 deals. This is significantly higher than the first half of 2015, where CAD1.1 billion was invested over 272 deals.
The ICT sector led the way with CAD1,027 million invested in H1 (67 per cent of the total dollars invested), followed by CAD310 million in life sciences (20 per cent) and CAD114 million
International law firm CMS has opened an office in Hong Kong.
Following years of previous activity by the CMS International Arbitration Group in Hong Kong and intense preparations, approval has been received from the Law Society of Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong office will initially focus on dispute resolution and mergers and acquisitions.
“We see huge opportunities for the future throughout the entire South-East Asia region,” says said Hubertus Kolster, managing partner, CMS Germany. “The obvious success of our offices in Shanghai and Beijing, along with the success of our legal services in the region over many years,
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