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Natural foods entrepreneur Steve Hughes has formed Sunrise Strategic Partners, in partnership with private equity firm Trilantic North America, to provide growth capital and expertise to emerging brands in the healthy, active and sustainable living space.
Based in Boulder, Colorado, Sunrise will focus on partnering with passionate founders that have a strong, unique vision and are ready to take their business to the next level.
"Trilantic and I share the vision that there is tremendous value to be created by helping founders of brands that resonate with the millennial consumer scale their business," says Steve Hughes co-founder and CEO
Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised Shield Therapeutics (Shield) on its GBP162 million AIM IPO, which involved the placing and subscription of GBP32.5m of new ordinary shares, and the issue of warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares.
If these warrants were exercised in full, they would generate an additional GBP17.5m of gross proceeds for Shield. Shield is seeking admission to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. Admission to AIM is expected to take place tomorrow, 26 February 2016.
Shield is a specialty pharmaceutical company which focusses on the development and commercialisation of secondary care-focused pharmaceuticals.
Dever-based private equity firm Excellere Partners has hired Ross Gundry as Vice President and Parker Schabel as an Analyst.
Gundry joins Excellere from Riverside Partners, a private equity firm located in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served as an investment professional and focused on the healthcare and technology industries. During his seven years with Riverside, Gundry was responsible for evaluating and executing new investment opportunities, arranging debt financing, and supporting portfolio company management. His past experience includes two years as an Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Merrill Lynch. Gundry earned a Bachelor of Science in Management and Business,
Private equity firm Sheridan Capital Partners has made an equity investment in Europa Sports Products (Europa), a wholesale distributor of sports and fitness supplements.
Sheridan will merge the business of its existing portfolio company, Lone Star Distribution, a Dallas-based wholesale distributor of sports and fitness supplements, into the Europa platform.
Europa is a national specialty distributor of sports nutrition and fitness products, including protein powders, nutrition bars, sports drinks, sports performance supplements, vitamins, weight loss supplements, and meal replacements. Europa services mass markets retailers, gyms, health food stores and specialty supplement retailers through seven distribution centers located in Charlotte,
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey, has increased its stake in Walmark to 100 per cent, buying out the founding Walach family.
Walmark is a major Consumer Healthcare player in Central and Eastern Europe with a leading position in dietary supplements in the region. Mid Europa originally acquired a 50 per cent stake in the Company in December 2012.
The transaction was executed by Michelle Capiod, Robert Chmelar, Viktoria Habanova and Tomas Vrba from Mid Europa. White & Case supported Mid Europa in the transaction as legal counsel.
Dynegy and Energy Capital Partners (Energy Capital), through a newly formed joint venture, are to acquire ENGIE’s United States fossil portfolio consisting of 8,731 megawatts of generation capacity located in ERCOT, PJM, and ISO-New England.
The joint venture has secured financing for the USD3.3 billion acquisition, as well as related transaction fees and working capital, with USD2.25 billion in committed debt facilities and USD1.185 billion in equity commitments from its owners, which includes transaction fees and initial cash balance. Dynegy expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter 2016 after meeting customary closing conditions including approval from the Federal
Growth equity firm Catalyst Investors has hired David Gordon as Senior Associate. He is responsible for deal origination, transaction execution and portfolio management.
Gordon was formerly a private equity senior analyst with Wolfson Group where he was responsible for sourcing and advising on private investment opportunities. He previously served as an associate with Volition Capital and as an analyst with Jefferies & Company. Gordon earned a BS in Finance and Accounting from NYU Stern School of Business and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
“David’s industry expertise, innate intellectual curiosity and deal sourcing experience make him an excellent addition
American Combustion Acquisition, an affiliate of Blackstreet Capital Management, has sold American Combustion Industries (ACI) to Timothy . Kirlin, Chief Executive Officer, and select members of his management team.
ACI is a mechanical engineering firm located in Brentwood, MD and is one of the leading firms that installs and repairs boilers, chillers, HVAC units and other commercial mechanical systems. Blackstreet is led by Murry Gunty, Founder and Managing Partner, and Lawrence Berger, Managing Director.
“My 10 year partnership with Blackstreet has been rewarding both financially and operationally,” says Kirlin. “We jointly rescued this company from the prior owner and
Antares Capital has hired Vivek Mathew as managing director, head of Structured Products. Mathew will join Antares in the second quarter of 2016.
“We’re excited to have Vivek join us as we look to diversify our capital structure and maximise future market opportunities,” says Barry Giarraputo, chief financial officer of Antares Capital. “Vivek’s experience in working with investors and ratings agencies will be important as our business considers the use of CLOs or other structured products as part of our holistic funding and liquidity profile.”
Mathew, based in New York, is a well-regarded leader in the structured credit space.
Lockton Benefit Group has expanded its Private Equity and Corporate Acquisition Practice (PECAP) with the addition of Donald G Harrington, Senior Vice President and director of the practice.
An Associate of Lockton Benefit Group, Harrington is based in New York but has responsibility to integrate the company's private equity transactional services and human capital management of Lockton's clients' businesses across the US. Bob Reiff, President of Lockton Benefit Group said, "Don's background and technical skills are what we needed to lead us into this new chapter."
Ross Reda, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Lockton Benefit Group, says:
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