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Marquee Brands has acquired the Ben Sherman brand and related intellectual property assets from Oxford Industries, Inc. Established in 1963, The Ben Sherman brand and shirt is synonymous with British youth culture.
Ben Sherman's colours, cuts and patterns have influenced modern men's wear by combining British style with international fashion trends.
"We are particularly excited about this transaction as Ben Sherman is consistent with our mission to acquire high quality brands with substantial global growth potential," says Michael DeVirgilio, president of Marquee Brands. "The current management team under Oxford's leadership has done a great job building on the core essence
Private equity firm GTCR has signed a definitive agreement to sell AssuredPartners to Apax Partners.
Founded in 2011, AssuredPartners is the 6th largest independent P&C insurance brokerage in the nation with offices in over 30 states, the District of Columbia and London. Through Assured’s network of agencies, the Company provides property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage services to commercial enterprises and individuals.
In executing the Leaders Strategy, GTCR partnered with long-time insurance brokerage industry leaders Jim Henderson and Tom Riley to form AssuredPartners in 2011. Mssrs Henderson and Riley had over 50 years of combined experience in
Athyrium Capital Management and Neuberger Berman have closed the Athyrium Opportunities Fund II, which seeks to make structured capital investments in global, commercial-stage healthcare companies.
Athyrium Opportunities II was oversubscribed, closing at over USD1.2 billion. The Fund's global investor base is comprised of more than 40 institutions, including public and private pensions, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds, a number of which also invested in the first Athyrium Opportunities Fund, which closed in May 2013. Athyrium Capital now advises funds with over USD1.7 billion of committed capital.
Athyrium Opportunities II seeks to make USD25-USD150 million investments in commercial-stage healthcare
A majority long-term investment is to be made in First Eagle Investment Management by private equity funds managed by Blackstone and Corsair Capital as well as clients of the two firms.
The investment, which reflects a total enterprise value of approximately USD4 billion, is designed to ensure that First Eagle will continue to operate independently and to maintain its investment-centric culture. Additionally, as a result of the transaction, First Eagle employees will have an opportunity to meaningfully increase their equity ownership in the Firm. The investment is being made through First Eagle’s holding company, Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings Inc.
Beechbrook Capital, the specialist direct lender, is launching a new fund to support UK small and medium-sized businesses turning over between GBP5 million and GBP50 million.
The Beechbrook UK SME programme represents a significant addition to the private credit sector which has hitherto been dominated by debt funds competing to finance larger buyouts. Beechbrook is looking to raise between GBP100 million and GBP200 million with a first close planned for October 2015. The fund will target mainly senior secured loans in non-private equity backed UK companies.
The fund builds on the existing funds of Beechbrook, which invest in private
KKR and Reggeborgh have teamed up to facilitate the expansion of Deutsche Glasfaser (DG), which plans, constructs, and operates fibre-optic networks in Germany and provides German households and companies with fast broadband connections.
KKR will acquire a majority stake in DG, which is currently fully owned by Reggeborgh. In a joint effort, the two partners will provide DG with the long-term capital to embark on an ambitious growth program whereby approximately EUR450m is to be invested in the further roll-out of the German fibre optics infrastructure over the next few years.
Deutsche Glasfaser focuses on the rural and suburban parts
LBO has appointed Stéphanie Casciola, Head of Real Estate team, and Jacques Franchi, Head of Portfolio Management team, as Members of the Executive Board, and Jacques Franchi as Chief Investment Officer, in charge of overall investment procedures.
Casciola and Franchi are joining Robert Daussun (pictured), CEO, Marie-Astrid Auriol and Gilles Taldu, on the Executive Board of LBO France, which will now be composed of five members. This evolution is an illustration of LBO France’s ambition to put its Real Estate business firmly at the core of its development strategy, with the appointment of Casciola, while also giving a central role
The Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCF), a USD6 billion private equity fund based in Georgia, has announced it will invest in two separate hydro power plant (HPP) projects in the country, totalling USD443 million.
Two Memorandums of Understanding were signed by the Government of Georgia announcing the investment programme in the two HPP assets, Oni Cascade (USD330m) and Mtkvari (USD113m), which will have a combined installed capacity of 230 MW. This generation will be utilised domestically.
GCF will acquire 45 per cent of the Oni HPP cascade, with 45 per cent held by PERI, a leading Georgian hydro-focussed engineering company,
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has made a GBP4.5 million investment in Simworx, a designer and supplier of advanced media-based theme park attractions.
West-Midlands based Simworx is using part of the investment to acquire RoboCoaster, the game-changing innovator behind some of the world’s most successful theme park rides. The funding will also be used to double the size of its production plant in Kingswinford and increase its demonstration facilities. The business will also add to its existing 30 employees by recruiting a further 20 new members of staff in the next 12 months including designers, engineers and administrative staff.
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Oak Ridge Natural Resources, an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has received a USD300 million equity commitment from the Kayne Private Energy Income Fund, and members of the management team.
Oak Ridge is a private exploration and production company formed to pursue the acquisition and development of large, long-life producing oil and gas assets in North America, with a specific focus on the Ark-La-Tex and Mid-Continent regions. Chris Jacobsen will lead Oak Ridge as President and CEO and is joined by Brian Wheeler as Chief Technical Officer and Robert Grisaffe as Chief Financial Officer. Prior
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