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Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of IS Group BV (IS Group), a provide of cloud computing and IT services, on its sale to strategic buyer Koninklijke KPN (KPN).
The transaction was led by Thierry Monjauze (pictured), Jonathan Organ and Sylvain Noblet of Harris Williams & Co’s Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group.
“IS Group’s management team has done an exemplary job building one of the leading managed hosting and cloud services platforms in The Netherlands,” says Thierry Monjauze, a managing director at Harris Williams & Co. “KPN’s acquisition will allow IS
The New York Stock Exchange saw 264 transactions raising a total of USD94 billion during the first six months of 2015, more than any other exchange in the world.
This includes 42 companies that raised USD12 billion from initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2015.
With leadership across multiple sectors, NYSE led with 100 per cent of REIT IPOs and 70 per cent of all private equity (PE)-backed IPO proceeds, while gaining momentum in healthcare, including one of the largest biotech IPOs ever. Consistent with its leadership in technology IPOs since 2012, the NYSE welcomed 10 technology
Private equity firm Bowmark Capital has sold UK Latin American-themed restaurant chain Las Iguanas to Casual Dining Group.
This transaction effectively completes the realisation programme for Bowmark Capital Partners III, resulting in a final return of approximately four times cost and making it one of the most successful funds of its vintage year.
Las Iguanas serves more than three million customers a year with Latin dishes cooked fresh on site at its 41 restaurants. The award-winning business is noted for its innovative approach, high levels of service and affordable prices.
Since Bowmark invested in 2007, the business
CenterSquare Investment Management, an investment boutique of BNY Mellon, has appointed Scott Crowe to Chief Investment Strategist. In this newly created position, Crowe reports directly to Todd Briddell, CenterSquare's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer.
Crowe will focus on CenterSquare's listed real estate and infrastructure businesses and his duties will include the identification and development of new investment strategies to provide comprehensive real asset investment solutions to CenterSquare's client base. He will also work to enhance CenterSquare's already robust research and investment processes, and will work alongside Briddell to assist with investment risk oversight, providing additional insights into strategic
Proskauer has appointed Bruno Bertrand-Delfau (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s private investment fund’s practice based in London.
Bertrand-Delfau has extensive experience in private equity secondary transactions, notably advising Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity). He has worked on many landmark transactions in the industry – both in Europe and the US – and advises institutional investors on their primary investments in private equity funds and other related transactions.
Nigel van Zyl, head of the European Private Investment Funds Group, says: “We are thrilled to have Bruno join our team. His experience strengthens our position in the private equity industry
Saurabh Bhat has joined Venus India Asset-Finance Private Limited as its CEO and a member of the board of directors.
Prior to joining Venus, Bhat was the CEO and Director at Ambit Finvest Limited, an NBFC which was part of the Ambit Group and which focused on structured lending in mid-market and SME space. At Ambit, Saur Bhat abh was instrumental in growing the asset book through several structured transactions, launching the debt syndication business for Ambit as well widening the liability profile for the NBFC through banking and other capital market limits.
Prior to joining Ambit, Bhat
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – the international standards-setter for tax transparency and cooperation – has underlined Guernsey’s reputation as a cooperative jurisdiction.
Monica Bhatia, Head of the Secretariat of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, says: "I am very surprised that Guernsey has been included in a list of non-cooperative jurisdictions. We are very pleased with the cooperation Guernsey has shown as a very active member of the Global Forum.
“It has demonstrated its commitment to upholding the highest standards of transparency and exchange of information. This is evident
LSQ Funding Group has received USD40 million of capital from Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC), the largest business development company in the United States.
This USD40 million financing is in addition to the more than USD100 million investment in April led by Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, a private equity firm that specialises in the global financial services industry.
“I’m thrilled that another high-quality institutional investor is supporting our mission to simplify and streamline access to invoice financing for businesses of all sizes,” says LSQ Funding’s CEO and founder Max Eliscu. “We will use this capital to accelerate our plans, reinventing
Worldwide Facilities has secures a significant investment from Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial and related business services companies.
Following the transaction, Worldwide Facilities will continue to be majority-owned by its employees. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1970 and based in Los Angeles, Worldwide Facilities is one of the largest wholesale insurance brokerage companies in the U.S. As a national wholesale broker, Worldwide Facilities places excess and surplus lines insurance on behalf of retail agents and brokers, and their insureds. The company also has been successful in growing its proprietary program
Great American Capital Partners has led a USD25 million senior secured first-in last-out (FILO) term loan to General Wireless Operations, Inc., doing business as RadioShack.
The term loan is part of a USD75 million financing package that includes a USD50 million asset-based revolving credit facility led by RBC Capital Markets.
Earlier this year, General Wireless, an affiliate of the New York-based investment firm, Standard General LP, acquired certain assets of RadioShack, including more than 1,700 store leases, the RadioShack trademark and other intellectual property. General Wireless intends to rebuild the RadioShack brand around a core product base to be sold
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