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Richards Kibbe & Orbe has appointed Vincent Basulto as a partner in the corporate department of the firm’s New York office.
Basulto was previously Managing Director of Macquarie Group’s credit markets division and General Counsel for one of the investment bank’s investment advisers. Prior to joining Macquarie, Basulto was a Senior Vice President in the Office of the General Counsel at Lehman Brothers, responsible for fixed income credit products.
“Vincent brings with him 15 years of in-house experience and we are very happy to welcome an attorney of his reputation and background to Richards Kibbe & Orbe,” says firm
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) and Octopus Investments (Octopus) have sold their stake in Callstream Group Limited (Callstream) for an undisclosed sum to J2 Global, Inc.
Callstream is a leading national provider of cloud-based call management technology to the UK insurance, travel and retail markets. Today’s acquisition by J2 Global provides a full exit for all funds.
Callstream was backed by the Octopus Apollo Venture Capital Trust (‘VCT’) plc, advised by Octopus Investments (Octopus) and British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc, both advised by YFM Private Equity Limited (YFM).
Mick Crosthwaite, CEO of Callstream,
By Meghan McAlpine – Given the uptick in new funds being raised, competition for investors’ capital has increased significantly. Investors are being more thorough in the diligence process and almost always requesting more information than what’s presented in a standard DDQ. In order to compete for this capital, fund managers are providing a substantial amount of information to investors.
The industry as a whole is seeing an increase in transparency, which has been insisted upon by investors over the past several years. Performance, while a very important factor, is only part of the criteria that investors are considering when determining whether or not to
Aurelius Group has appointed Ben Paice as Operations Manager to its UK operational team. Paice begins his role at Aurelius with immediate effect where he will be placed at Allied Healthcare, the UK market-leading domiciliary care business acquired from Saga plc in December 2015.
This appointment, which is the third hire to Aurelius’ UK operational team in the last 12 months, gives Aurelius further operational expertise to commit to its growing portfolio of investee companies.
Paice has almost 10 years’ experience in advising businesses on restructuring and operational improvement. Prior to joining Aurelius Ben worked as an Associate Director
William Blair, a global investment banking and asset management firm, has formed a strategic alliance with Allier Capital, an Australia-based independent financial advisory firm.
As part of the strategic cooperation, William Blair and Allier Capital will offer clients in Australia access to a range of investment banking services in global markets, including public offerings in the U.S. securities markets, mergers and acquisitions, advisory services, and private placements, among others.
“After working with Allier for the last couple of years, we are delighted to formalise our relationship,” says Brent Gledhill, global head of Investment Banking at William Blair. “This partnership
Teralys Capital has held the final closing of the significantly oversubscribed USD375 million Teralys Capital Innovation Fund (the fund).
Teralys' most recent fund of funds was created under the Government of Canada's Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP) in collaboration with the Government of Québec as well as leading Canadian and International institutional investors.
Teralys Capital Innovation Fund is backed by: (i) leading Canadian and international institutional investors such as Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Investissement Québec, BDC Capital, Fondaction CSN, Fiera Capital, Lune Rouge, Bpifrance, National Bank of Canada, La Capitale, Desjardins Group and
The Guernsey Investment Fund Association (GIFA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Association of Private Equity (CAPE).
The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s Channel Islands Working Group (BVCA CIWG) was also a signatory to the MoU and will enjoy the benefits that come with closer ties.
The agreement, which was signed at CAPE’s Beijing offices earlier this month by CAPE’s Secretary-General, Li Weiqun, and Guernsey Finance’s Director of International Business Development, Kate Clouston, on behalf of GIFA and the BVCA CIWG, sets out a statement of intent to facilitate collaboration in the areas of
Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), the specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed Stuart Lawrence in the newly created role of Strategic Investment Manager, as well as Managing Director of Rhino Doors (Rhino), one of the UK’s leading high security door manufacturers and CIM investee company, effective 1 May 2016.
Stuart’s previous role was at CNIM, the French multinational, where he was focussed on the nuclear and defence sectors. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Booth Industries, Rhino’s largest competitor.
“I am delighted to be joining Cyrus Investment Management and I am particularly enthusiastic regarding the clear
Coherent is to acquire Rofin for USD32.50 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately USD942 million.
The transaction is expected to close within six to nine months, subject to approval by Rofin stockholders, regulatory approvals in the US and other countries as well as other customary closing conditions.
A team from CMS Germany led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr Heike Wagner advised Coherent on the transaction. CMS has been a regular legal advisor to Coherent for many years and advised Coherent, among others, on the acquisitions of Lumera Laser GmbH and Innolight GmbH.
Founded in 1966, Coherent is
Black Swan has secures a strategic investment of GBP3 million (JPY500 million) led by Mitsui, that will help support the UK-headquartered advanced analytics and prediction business to continue on its rapid growth trajectory.
The investment allows Black Swan to accelerate development of its NEST platform and geographic expansion into the US and Japan.
In 2015 Black Swan was awarded Sunday Times UK No1 startup status.
Named after a statement of improbability “it’s about as likely as seeing a black swan” dating back to 16th Century London, the company finds correlations at the intersections of public and private data
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