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Bregal Freshstream has invested in Taziker Industrial, a multi-discipline specialist contractor providing protective coatings, structural refurbishments and minor civils to the rail, road, marine and utilities industries.
A family-backed business headquartered in Bolton, Taziker evolved out of a painting company set up by Tom Taziker in 1969 and today delivers its core services of steelwork, surface preparation and scaffolding across a variety of landmark structures, bridges and industrial complexes.
It now employs over 580 people across the UK and has provided bridge strengthening and maintenance on sites such as the Tay Bridge in Dundee and the Royal Albert Bridge
Ankura Consulting Group (Ankura), a business advisory and expert services firm, has received a strategic growth commitment of USD100 million from Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP).
The commitment will be funded to support Ankura’s continued expansion as a leading, independent consulting firm focused on governance, risk, compliance and restructuring services in high-value sectors.
“Ankura has experienced tremendous success since our founding in 2014, and we are so pleased to have MDP as a partner who understands our strategy and vision for the business,” says Roger Carlile, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ankura. “With MDP’s support, we will continue building
Quad-C Management, a middle market private equity firm, has closed an investment in Inmark Packaging, a distributor of rigid container and life sciences packaging.
While specific terms have not been disclosed, the deal was structured as an owner-operator recapitalisation, allowing the company’s management to retain a significant ownership in the business.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Inmark Packaging is a leading global provider of packaging solutions, with locations in North America, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1975, the company primarily distributes rigid container packaging, and designs and distributes life sciences packaging solutions for specimen transport, temperature-controlled and dangerous goods applications.
Stradley Ronon has opened an office in Chicago with the hiring of former K&L Gates Partners David P Glatz and Alan P Goldberg, both of whom join the firm as partners in the investment management group.
In addition to the Chicago-based partners, Eric S Purple and Nicole Trudeau, both previously partners at K&L Gates, have joined Stradley Ronon’s Washington DC office as partners in the investment management group.
With these additions, Stradley Ronon’s investment management practice now has 60 dedicated professionals representing registered investment companies, including open-end funds, closed-end funds, interval funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and unit investment trusts
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of two portfolios of Italian non-performing loans (NPLs) with a face value of more than EUR2 billion.
The portfolios have been acquired by AnaCap Credit Opportunities III, LP from two Italian securitisation special purpose vehicles whose asset-backed securities were majority owned by GE Capital Real Estate and The Royal Bank of Scotland. They comprise of two separate portfolios, each having a gross book value of about EUR1 billion and including secured and unsecured SME loans, with the secured positions held against residential and other
Conifer Financial Services (Conifer), a provider of fund administration, middle office, and tax services to the asset management industry, has hired industry veteran Jeff Strauss as Managing Director in its New York Business Development team.
Jack McDonald, CEO of Conifer, says: ”We are thrilled to have someone of Jeff's experience and expertise join our team. My partners and I have known Jeff for years and view him as a true leader in the Fund Services industry. Given the significant opportunities we see before us, I am highly confident that Jeff will meaningfully contribute to Conifer's success in the years ahead."
Franklin Square Capital Partners has provided a USD260 million unitranche term loan to support the acquisition and combination of Trover Solutions and Equian by New Mountain Capital, a New York-based alternative investments firm that manages approximately USD15 billion of private equity, public equity and credit assets.
The financing was provided by FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC), FS Investment Corporation II (FSIC II) and FS Investment Corporation III (FSIC III), BDCs managed by affiliates of Franklin Square and sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (GSO).
The combination of Equian and Trover
Vista Equity Partners (Vista) has completed its buyout of software firm Solera Holdings. Other key investors include an affiliate of Koch Equity Development LLC, the investment and acquisition subsidiary of Koch Industries, and an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The transaction, originally announced on 13 September, 2015, was completed on 3 March, 2016.
The acquisition – which strategically combines Solera’s world-class risk and asset management solutions with Vista’s technology-focused operational and financial expertise – sparks the next phase of Solera’s global expansion, and accelerates its mission to digitally transform how the world manages life’s two most important assets: the vehicle
Navigant has appointed Dr Scott Ransom to lead its Strategic Solutions team as Managing Director.
Ransom will also lead the Navigant Physician Leadership Group, focused on physician executive integration and alignment. With more than 25 years of strategy, operations, and physician leadership experience, Ransom will assist Navigant clients to meet the challenge of shifting strategic focus in the changing healthcare environment.
Ransom has consulted with hospitals, health systems, academic medical centres, physician groups, private equity firms, and universities on issues related to strategy development, organisational transformation, restructuring, medical education, clinical and research operations, mergers and acquisitions, academic affiliations, and
Lumira Capital, a North American health care venture capital firm, has appointed Richard Glickman, Frank Stonebanks and Brian Underdown as Venture Partners at the firm.
These industry veterans will support Lumira Capital's investment and corporate partnering initiatives and expand the firm's presence in leading centers for life sciences innovation in Canada and the US from offices in Vancouver and San Diego.
Peter van der Velden, Managing General Partner of Lumira Capital, says: "We are excited to deepen our decades-long relationships with Richard and Frank while continuing our relationship with Brian. Our team and our portfolio companies look forward to
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