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Warren S de Wied has rejoined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, resident in the Firm's New York office.
In addition,Scott B Luftglass will join as a partner in the Litigation Department, also resident in the Firm's New York office.
For nearly 30 years, de Wied has represented corporate boards, public companies, private equity firms and investment banks in connection with major M&A transactions, takeover defence, contested bids, activist shareholder campaigns and corporate governance matters.
Luftglass' practice focuses on litigation, strategic advice and regulatory inquiries with respect
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, has launched its data quality management program.
Based on a set of clearly defined criteria, the program allows the quality of the LEI data pool (the publicly available information on legal entities identifiable with an LEI) to be monitored, assessed and further optimised. The first monthly report, published today, reflects the very high level of data quality already achieved in the Global LEI System.
The LEI connects to key reference information that enables clear and unique
Ambienta, a European private equity fund specialised in environmental businesses, has acquired a majority stake in SF-Filter AG, Zurich, a successful specialist for filter solutions with sales of about CHF80 million.
SF-Filter is the leading partner for the distribution of mobile and industrial filters for a variety of applications. The product range encompasses filters for oil, air, fuel, hydraulic, gas, pneumatic, liquid, de-dusting, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)-related applications. With more than 30,000 European customers ranging from original equipment manufacturers to resellers as well as end-customers, the SF-Filter brand has been unanimously recognised as the leader in its field due
Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and financial technology companies, has raised USD20.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Tokyo-based QUICK Corporation, part of the Nikkei Group and Japan’s largest financial information provider.
StarVest Partners, Altos Ventures, and Startup Capital Ventures, Xignite’s current investors, also participated. This new round brings Xignite’s total funding to USD37 million.
In connection with the capital raise, Xignite and QUICK will be partnering to deliver Xignite’s cloud-based data solutions in the Asian market as well as QUICK’s proprietary financial data and information through Xignite’s market leading APIs.
H Kurt von Moltke, a corporate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience structuring, negotiating and executing complex M&A transactions, including billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, is joining the Jenner & Block as a partner in the Chicago office and co-chair of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice.
He also joins the firm's Securities, Corporate Finance and Corporate practices.
Von Moltke focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, both hostile and negotiated, as well as private equity transactions, complex corporate debt restructurings, corporate finance and securities transactions and counselilng public company boards of directors. He
Private equity investor Adveq has held the final closing of two funds, – Adveq Specialized Investments and Adveq Europe Co-Investments – at EUR 323 million and EUR 102 million, respectively.
Both funds held their final closings in January 2016, attracting interest and support from investors around the world, including pension funds, insurance companies and family offices.
Today’s announcement comes following a strong 2015 for Adveq, marked by record fundraising.
Sven Lidén, Chief Executive Officer at Adveq, says: “The private equity industry continues to evolve and it is only by keeping pace with changing dynamics and responding to investors’
Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands has led a GBP20 million investment into British affordable luxury jewellery brand, Monica Vinader.
Alongside its own investment of GBP14 million, Piper has brought in US consumer specialist Winona Capital, who have invested GBP6m to help accelerate growth in the US.
Monica Vinader founded her eponymous business in 2007 to provide customers with affordable luxury pieces that bridge the gap between costume and fine jewellery. The brand quickly became renowned for its iconic friendship bracelets, vibrant gemstones and cutting edge diamond pieces enabling customers to style, stack and personalise their jewellery. The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Winslet and Alicia Vikander are among Monica Vinader’s many high profile
Over USD3.15 billion of private equity investment was injected into mining projects during 2015 over 119 deals, according to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) latest annual Private Equity in Mining Report.
The research, published at the start of Investing in African Mining, Indaba 2016 in Cape Town, shows a 238 per cent increase in activity and a 57 per cent increase in the amount mining private equity invested when compared with 2014. This had the effect of reducing the average investment size from USD40 million in 2014 to USD26.5 million, not surprising with falling equity and commodity prices.
Archangels, the Scottish-based business angel investing syndicate, and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) have committed to four further rounds of investment support for expanding Scottish businesses with additional funding totalling GBP3.9 million.
The additional cash will be used by Blackford Analysis, Fios Genomics, PowerPhotonic and Administrate to fund further growth through such areas as research & development, product development, sales and marketing.
Archangels, based in Edinburgh, has been at the forefront of early stage business angel investing in Scotland for more than two decades.
Niki McKenzie (pictured), Investment Director at Archangels, says: “As investors, we know that it’s just
Rock Hill Capital Group has finalised the sale of Tideland Signal Corporation (Tideland) to Xylem Inc. (XYL), a specialist
Founded in 1954, Tideland Signal delivers world leading aids to navigation solutions, products, services and customer care to a variety of ports and harbours, offshore energy companies, and coastal and marine authorities. Rock Hill recapitalised Tideland in June 2012 and has worked with management since that time to enhance Tideland’s global product and solutions portfolio, shed under-performing operations, expand the Company’s global footprint and execute on strategic acquisitions opportunities, among other initiatives.
“Working with Matt and his leadership team has
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