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Quilvest Private Equity has sold YO! Sushi, the Japanese conveyor-belt fast-casual restaurant chain, to Mayfair Equity Partners in a GBP82 million.
Quilvest acquired a controlling stake in YO! Sushi in March 2008, backing the Company’s management team led by Robin Rowland, then Chief Executive and now Executive Chairman of the group. With a long history and track-record of investing in and growing restaurant businesses at a global level, Quilvest identified YO! Sushi as a “category-killer” concept in the UK fast casual restaurant sector.
Over the last seven years, YO! Sushi has undergone transformational growth, with net revenues almost tripling
Kaisen Energy Corp has fomed a strategic partnership with KERN Energy Partners (KERN) through a sizeable private equity investment in the Company to fund the strategic development of existing assets and to capitalise on potential present and emerging acquisition opportunities.
Since the Company's inception in March 2013, Kaisen has been led by executives Cameron King (President and CEO) and Jeff Holmgren (Senior VP & CFO) along with Chris McGinnis (VP Operations and Engineering) and Andy Kramchynski (VP Exploration and Geology). The team has extensive experience with conventional heavy oil in the Western Sedimentary Basin with a collective of former roles including
Atlas Copco AB, a provider of sustainable productivity solutions, is to acquire the vacuum business of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG for a total enterprise value of EUR 486m. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals.
Partner Dr Christian Haellmigk at CMS Hasche Sigle is leading the competition team which advises Atlas Copco. Haellmigk has advised the Swedish group on many occasions in merger control cases, inter alia on the 2014 acquisition of Edwards Group Ltd., a supplier of vacuum and abatement solutions, with an annual turnover equivalent to approx. EUR 800m.
The Atlas Copco Group with more than 44,000
Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme specialist Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.5m in integrated marketing agency Once Upon a Time.
Once Upon A Time helps blue chip clients – such as Universal Pictures, Disney, Warner Bros, Lindt, Russian Standard Vodka, Hasbro and Pfizer deliver a continuous customer experience from advertising, to online and in-store experiences. The agency applies consumer insight and world-class creative strategies to deliver its campaigns. Examples of Once Upon A Time’s work can be found here.
Calculus says that it's investment will bolster the firm's operating budget and continue to fund expansion, following its acquisition
Warburg Pincus has raised over USD12 billion in third party commitments for its latest global fund, Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII.
Warburg Pincus XII’s Limited Partners include leading public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and wealthy individuals. In addition to the strong overall demand, Warburg Pincus XII received considerable participation from investors outside the United States, which reflects the firm's international investing model.
“We are pleased with the favourable reception to Warburg Pincus XII,” says Charles R Kaye (pictured), Co- Chief Executive Officer. “Global growth investing, alignment of interests, proprietary deal sourcing, adding
• Strong support for Gilde Buy Out Partners’ proven mid-market strategy
• Investor demand significantly exceeded the hard cap
Utrecht, 23 November 2015: Gilde Buy Out Partners announces a single closing of Gilde Buy-Out Fund V (“the Fund”) at the hard cap of EUR1.1 billion.
The Fund will build on the proven strategy executed by Gilde Buy Out Partners’ prior four funds, investing in mid-market companies with strong market positions, clear growth potential and a core focus on the Benelux (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) and DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).
Gilde Buy Out Partners set the hard
Exponent Private Equity is to sell Fintrax Group to Eurazeo, a listed European investment company, for EUR585m, of which EUR35m is payable as deferred consideration). This results in a 4.0x money multiple for Exponent’s GBP805 million second fund.
Fintrax is a leading global provider of tax free shopping and dynamic currency conversion services. Its customers are many of the world’s leading luxury retailers and the business has benefitted from the global growth in tourism and luxury shopping.
During its ownership Exponent has strengthened the management team, invested in the business’ market leading technology and expanded into new geographic markets.
Demica, a provider of working capital solutions and financing partner to multinational companies, has appointed François Terrade as Head of Structuring, effective immediately.
Terrade will be responsible for creating innovative financing solutions to secure optimum advance rates and the lowest cost of funds for Demica’s corporate clients by combining the best of traditional bank securitisation techniques with funding alternatives for non-bank investors. François is based in London.
Matt Wreford, Chief Executive Officer, Demica, says: “François’s proven track-record of business development and of leading cross-border teams stands him in good stead for his new role at Demica as we expand
Aurelius Group is acquiring the Reuss-Seifert & Hammerl Group a European manufacturer of plastic, steel, and concrete spacers; construction films; and other consumables for the concrete construction industry.
With a combined workforce of more than 300 skilled employees, Reuss-Seifert & Hammerl generated revenues of around EUR60 million last year. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Reuss-Seifert is headquartered in Sprockhövel, in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Hammerl’s head office is in Gemmrigheim, near Stuttgart. The Group has a total of six production facilities (five in Germany and one in Poland) together with two further locations
New rules have been introduced which allow Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to be listed on the Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE). A SPAC is a cash shell which is used to raise money for a very specific investment objective.
The SPAC is growing again in popularity as international markets recover from the global financial crisis and now the CISE has launched specific rules to introduce it as a new product.
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), CEO of the CISE, said: “We have been able to introduce our SPAC rules in a timely manner, which demonstrates the responsive nature of
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