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Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has signed an agreement to acquire the Window & Door division of Royal Building Products, a manufacturer of vinyl window profiles and patio doors, from Axiall Corporation (AXLL).
The transaction is expected to close 31 March, 2016. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Window & Door division of Royal Building Products (Royal W&D) was founded more than 40 years ago and is a leading manufacturer of rigid and cellular vinyl window and patio door profiles, as well as interior vinyl shutters and other extruded vinyl products for a variety of applications.
Tailwater Capital , an energy-focused private equity firm based in Dallas, has made a USD100 million initial equity commitment to TopSail Energy (TopSail), a newly-formed portfolio company that will primarily focus on purchasing and developing various refined products logistics and processing assets in North America.
Jim Lelio will serve as Chief Executive Officer. He brings over 21 years of midstream and downstream oil and gas experience and relationships to the Company. Mr. Lelio has spent the past 15 years serving in senior roles at Kinder Morgan. He has spent a majority of his career focused on refined products and biofuels transportation, storage, and terminaling operations.
Teakwood Capital, a Dallas, Texas private equity firm, has appointed Ed H Bowman as Executive Partner.
In this role, Bowman will be responsible for serving as a strategic advisor to portfolio company leadership to support and maximise potential outcomes. As part of this, he will proactively support senior management to drive success and manage operations via metrics and accountability, ensuring all functions of the company are working well individually and as a cohesive unit.
“Teakwood’s Executive Partner Program retains seasoned, successful c-level executives like Ed who have vast industry experience and have led companies through substantial periods of growth
Retained executive search firm The Caldwell Partners International has appointed Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor to lead its newly combined Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice.
Based in San Francisco, Chatfield-Taylor previously founded and led the firm's Venture Capital Practice.
"Mercedes is the foremost search professional in the high growth technology venture capital sector today," said John Wallace, chief executive officer. "Her reputation for her relentless drive, client commitment and impeccable execution precedes her. For years, Mercedes has served in an advisory capacity to a roster of top tier venture capital and private-equity firms, assisting her clients and their portfolio companies in
Private equity firm Vance Street Capital has acquired A&E Medical Corporation, a leading medical device OEM designer and contract manufacturer primarily focused on single-use products used in cardiovascular procedures.
This is Vance Street’s first acquisition from its second fund. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Farmingdale, New Jersey, A&E Medical is a leading designer and manufacturer of a high strength sternum closure system along with a wide variety of temporary cardiac pacing wires and extension leads, stainless steel sutures, surgical punches, electrosurgical instruments, and neurosurgical scalp clips.
“A&E Medical is
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.
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