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Accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston has advised AIM listed Abzena on the raising of GBP20 million through a placing of new shares.
James Cowper Kreston acted as reporting accountant on the fund raising, with the team led by Partner and Head of Corporate Finance Nick Rogers.
Abzena, which was admitted on to AIM last year, is a life sciences company providing services and technologies enabling the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products. Since its admission the business has grown significantly organically and via acquisition in both the UK and US.
Abzena intends to use the proceeds
DLA Piper has appointed Andy Kolacki as a partner in the London Debt Finance team, part of the Finance & Projects group. Kolacki joins the firm from Latham & Watkins.
Having joined Latham & Watkins as an associate in 2005, A Kolacki ndy was subsequently promoted to partner in 2009. Prior to that, he was an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for five years.
Kolacki has broad experience acting for lenders, private equity sponsors and borrowers in connection with domestic and international acquisitions, leveraged financings and restructurings. His practice includes both senior and subordinated capital structures, including second lien and
ATALIAN, a provider of facility services to companies in 21 countries, has expanded into the North American market with the acquisition of Temco Facility Services.
Based in Paris, ATALIAN is a family-owned company that has more than 35,000 employees and annual revenue of EUR1.33 billion (before acquisition). Its wide range of services allows customers to outsource most management of support functions, such as cleaning, multi-technical and facilities management, reception, security, landscaping, construction and energy management.
New York-based Temco is a nearly century-old provider of cleaning and associated services and security to companies in the United States and, through its
Private equity asset manager Adveq has promoted Farah Buckley, Richard Damming, Matt Ma Chang, Daniel Rhoads, Nico Taverna and Ethan Vogelhut to Executive Director.
The promotions are part of Adveq’s plans to expand its senior team, while increasing its number of employees around the world by 10 per cent in 2015. The firm’s continued growth and strong performance have ensured the team has been able to take advantage of new opportunities.
Buckley (née Shariff) leads Adveq’s London Office and is responsible for the development of the company’s client relationships in the UK. In her role, she advises pension funds
Golding Capital Partners (GCP) now manages a EUR175 million mandate for infrastructure investments from Düsseldorf-based Nordrheinische Ärtzeversorgung (NÄV), one of Germany's largest private pension funds.
Under the terms of the mandate the commitment will be allocated to a globally diversified portfolio, with a focus on core/core plus investments and existing projects (brownfield investments). This mandate from NÄV takes GCP's funds under management in this asset class to over EUR1.5 billion.
The trend towards private-sector investment in public infrastructure remains unbroken. The consolidation of government budgets around the world means the state sector does not have the capital to fund
Vista Fund Services (Vista) has selected Linedata Admin Edge to run all its fund administration services in Gibraltar as demand for its specialist services grows.
With business expanding, Vista decided to move away from its in-house system to one designed and supported by investment software specialists. This move was prompted by a growing fund and investor base and the need to adapt to new regulatory regimes, particularly AIFMD.
Craig Wilson (pictured), Finance Director at Vista, says: “We are a specialist administrator offering a range of services; from assisting start-up managers wanting to launch a new fund to the administration
Alternative asset management firm TPG has named Jin-Yong Cai as a Partner, effective 1 February, 2016. Cai most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), a member of the World Bank Group.
In a newly-created role, Cai will work across TPG’s investment platforms to source opportunities in projects and companies that help to accelerate the economic growth of frontier and emerging markets. Cai will leverage his own transaction expertise and deep relationships across Asia, Africa and Latin America as well as the insight and operational strength of TPG.
"Sourcing
Resilience Capital Partners has closed its latest fund at its USD350 million hard cap. The target for Resilience Fund IV L.P. was USD300 million.
Investors of the over-subscribed fund include pension funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, fund of funds, wealth managers and investment consultants.
Cleveland-based Resilience Capital invests in lower middle market special situations, in businesses with USD25 to USD250 million in revenues. Griffin Financial Group acted as financial advisor and placement agent.
The Russia-Chinа Investment Fund (RCIF) has acquired 23.1 per cent of JSC Detsky Mir from CJSC DM Finance, a subsidiary of Sistema JSFC, a publicly-traded diversified holding company. The total consideration of the transaction is RUB9.75 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, significant funds from the transaction will be invested in expanding Detsky Mir’s nation-wide network of stores and further developing its logistics platform. This will also extend its modern sales and distribution channels for children’s products throughout Russia and the CIS. Additionally, the Group is considering opportunities for international expansion in the mid-term perspective.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of
Middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital has appointed Carsten Beck as a Principal in its Brussels, Belgium office. In this role, Beck will oversee the firm’s business development group in Europe, helping to manage relationships and oversee the firm’s transaction sourcing efforts in the region.
Peak Rock has experienced tremendous growth since closing its inaugural fund in 2013. The Firm has since completed ten platform acquisitions and has hired twenty-five investment professionals in North America and Europe. “We are extremely proud of the outstanding team of professionals that we have built," says Anthony DiSimone, Chief Executive Officer of Peak Rock. "We are
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