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Noerr has advised the French Pernod Ricard Group on the agreement of a strategic partnership with Black Forest Distillers.
The second largest spirits and wines group worldwide has taken over a strategic majority in the Black Forest company and will, in future, cooperate with the manufacturer of the well-known Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin, a valued worldwide premium brand.
A Noerr team led by corporate lawyer Christoph Spiering advised Pernod Ricard on the agreement of the partnership. The case covered both the legal and tax aspects of the transaction. Since the takeover of Seagram by Pernod Ricard and Diageo,
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has launched the Fee Reporting Template, which builds upon ILPA’s reporting guidelines first issued in 2011 and is the first deliverable of the ILPA’s Fee Transparency Initiative launched in May 2015.
The Template marks the industry’s first attempt to unify and codify the presentation of fees, expenses and carried interest information by fund managers to Limited Partners (LPs).
Consultation on the Template has been ongoing since September 2015 and ILPA is pleased to announce broad- based support and input from more than 120 individuals and organisations, including nearly 50 global LP groups, and
Idinvest Partners is making an investment in Secret Escapes, the exclusive members only travel club.
Following the USD60 million Series C fundraising closed by the company during the summer of 2015, Idinvest Partners has decided to join some of the most successful international venture firms (including Google Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Index Ventures,) by taking a minority stake in the company. As a result, Guillaume Durao, Investment Director at Idinvest Partners will be joining Secret Escapes’ board of directors as an observer.
Secret Escapes joins Onfido on the list of successful London-based startups recently backed by Idinvest Partners. Historically associated to
Golding Capital Partners (GCP) has closed 2015 with another record by raising almost EUR850 million new capital for GCP investment programmes, outstripping the previous record set in 2014 by almost 10 per cent.
The successful fundraising is further testimony to GCP's leading position in the European market for private equity, private debt and infrastructure investment programmes. Strong growth was also driven by new investors, with 35 per cent of the commitments in 2015 coming from first-time investors. GCP successfully expanded its private debt portfolio with commitments of EUR413 million for the fund Golding Private Debt SICAV VIII (SICAV VIII), enabling
A stronger euro helped boost second quarter 2015 returns as measured in US dollars in private equity and venture capital funds investing primarily outside the US. Funds focusing on ex US developed markets outperformed those targeting emerging markets – a result that was the reverse of the outcome for public market equities, according to Cambridge Associates.
The Cambridge Associates LLC Global ex US Developed Markets Private Equity and Venture Capital Index returned 7.6 per cent for the quarter ending 30 June, 2015, as measured in US dollars. Its public market counterpart, the MSCI EAFE, rose just 0.6 per cent over
Atlanta-based venture capital firm BIP Capital has launched a franchise development division, the BIP Franchise Accelerator, to help emerging brands accelerate their growth.
Currently, the BIP Franchise Accelerator's portfolio includes fast casual concepts Tropical Smoothie Café and Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, and the company is seeking to invest in brands with high growth potential across all franchise segments.
"We created the BIP Franchise Accelerator to leverage our team's deep franchise experience. Unlike other venture capital firms, we not only provide investment capital, but also work closely with franchisors to define a detailed plan to ignite franchise development, open more
Antares Capital has appointed Melina Higgins as independent board chairman, and elected two new independent board members, Mark Furlong and Diane Nordin, to the Antares Midco, board of directors.
“Our new board members understand the middle market, possess a wealth of knowledge around private equity, asset management and debt markets, and have extensive board experience. We look forward to their insights and contributions,” says David Brackett, managing partner and co-CEO of Antares Capital.
Higgins has over two decades of experience in finance, investments and corporate governance. She spent nearly 20 years with Goldman Sachs, retiring in 2010 as a
Macquarie Investment Management (MIM), the investment management arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed Dominic Janssens as the firm’s new global chief operations officer, based at its global headquarters in Philadelphia.
In this role, Janssens’ responsibilities will include developing the strategy to optimise and scale MIM’s global platform in areas including investment operations, administration, controls, fund accounting, business management and financial and management analysis.
Janssens will join the organisation on 4 April and will report to Ben Bruck, the global head of Macquarie Investment Management and the chairman of Delaware Investments. While based in Philadelphia, he will oversee MIM’s operational
SL Capital Partners has entered into an agreement to manage Aviva Investors’ private equity portfolio from 1 February 2016. SL Capital is a subsidiary of Standard Life Investments.
With the majority of the private equity portfolio in run-off, Aviva Investors has taken the decision to delegate the management and monitoring of the portfolio to SL Capital, while the economic interests remain with Aviva Group clients. This will ensure strong and committed resources for Aviva Group clients during this run-off process.
SL Capital will utilise its substantial European footprint to integrate the management and monitoring of 115 private equity fund
Private equity investment firm Pamplona Capital Management has acquired VText Holdings from Investcorp which acquired the business in 2010. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
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