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LBO France has entered exclusive negotiations with Roger Zannier to acquire IKKS, one of the leading French ready-to-wear brands with a unique position in the “casual chic” segment.
The IKKS Group has a portfolio of three complementary brands – IKKS, One Step and I.Code – offering creative, contemporary and wearable collections.
Starting in kids wear and renowned for its high quality, IKKS has successfully diversified into women’s and men’s fashion. The group covers all distribution channels including a wide retail network of 526 boutiques, primarily located in prime areas in city centres, 218 department store corners as well as
Investment firm KKR has appointed Anand Sinha, former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as an industry advisor to the firm, effective immediately.
Sanjay Nayar, Member & CEO of KKR India, says: “We are privileged to have Mr. Sinha supporting our investments and helping us build out our multiple asset class platforms in India. His valuable experience will further enhance KKR’s ability to provide long-term debt and equity capital to Indian companies, helping them to scale their businesses while being mindful of risk management and regulatory requirements.”
Sinha was the Deputy Governor of the RBI between January
Independent placement agent Eaton Partners has promoted three of its senior members to the Partnership. In addition, the firm has promoted five professionals to Managing Director.
As a group, these professionals represent several of our offices around the globe and signify the firm’s continued cross-border strength.
Steven Eaton, Partner, Rowayton, focuses on the distribution of the firm’s private equity, real estate and real assets offerings. He has 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, working in both the buy-side and the sell-side of the market.
Prior to joining Eaton Partners, he was a Director at C6 Capital, a
Senior finance lawyer Jennifer J Kafcas has joined law firm O’Melveny & Myers’ London office as counsel and a member of the Corporate Finance Practice.
Kafcas’ practice focuses on general corporate and leveraged finance transactions. She has extensive experience advising borrowers and lenders on complex cross-border transactions in Europe and the United States, including bond offerings, asset-based financings, derivatives, restructurings, and M&A transactions. Having guided clients in refinancings and debt restructurings for more than 15 years, Kafcas has strong insight into the leveraged finance market and in-depth knowledge of UK, European, and US insolvency procedures and syndicated merger financing, acquisitions,
Pascal Menges (pictured), Manager of the Lombard Odier Global Energy Fund comments on Royal Dutch Shell’s offer for BG Group…
This shows that Big Oil’s growth strategy over the last ten years is bust. Having bet enormous sums on eye-wateringly expensive oil production from oil sands, ultra-deep water and arctic fields the supermajors are now ill-placed to cope with a low oil price.
What next? Shell’s purchase of BG Group heralds a scrabble by big oil to ‘high grade’ – improve the overall quality – of their portfolios. It didn’t have to be this way. Low oil prices in the early 2000s
Private equity placement agent BerchWood Partners has formed a joint venture with JTP Capital, an investment advisory firm which provides capital advisory solutions for a small number of well selected real estate investment platforms.
Mitchell B. Sikora, JTP Capital’s founding member, and Henry J Delicata, a senior advisor, will be working with the BerchWood team on placement activities.
Sikora has more than 20 years of experience in the investment banking, investment and real estate professions and has been involved in raising private equity specifically for real estate funds since 1999. Just prior to founding JTP Capital in 2012, Sikora
TIAA-CREF has launched Churchill Asset Management, a new majority-owned subsidiary focused on originating, underwriting and managing senior loan investments, primarily in US middle-market companies. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Churchill adds to TIAA-CREF’s existing fixed income capabilities by expanding its private credit platform. It also supports the firm’s long-term strategy to offer investors a diversified array of investment options and help clients build financial well-being. Churchill will operate as a standalone business, led by industry veteran Kenneth J Kencel, and seeks to raise investment funds from institutional and qualified individual investors who are increasingly looking toward middle-market
JTC has been granted a registration status by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) as a company service provider pursuant to Article 5 of the Company Service Providers Act, 2013.
The firm can now provide professional services to third parties including corporate entities from the jurisdiction.
As a recognised ‘Company Service Provider’, and as one of the first service providers in Malta to be granted that status, JTC (Malta) Ltd. is now authorised to provide and perform a range of services to support Malta’s growing image as a strong European and international financial centre.
As well as allowing JTC to
Lion Capital is to acquire Spence Diamonds, a direct seller of custom-made engagement rings in Canada.
Lion Capital is partnering with IVEST Consumer Partners, a Vancouver-based retail investor and operator, who will bring seasoned operating executives George Jones and Jim Schneider to lead the business. IVEST will make a minority investment in Spence, as will current CEO Sean Jones, who will also remain on the board. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1978, Spence Diamonds carved out a distinctive position within the retail jewellery industry by giving its customers a unique and personalised purchasing experience
Oil and gas private equity firm EnCap Investment has closed EnCap Energy Capital Fund X with USD6.5 billion of limited partner capital commitments.
Fund X, which reached its USD6.5 billion hard cap and was significantly oversubscribed, provides growth capital to proven management teams focused primarily on the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry in North America.
EnCap is led by its four founders, managing partners David B Miller, Gary R Petersen, D Martin Phillips and Robert L Zorich; and three additional managing partners Jason M DeLorenzo, E Murphy Markham IV and Douglas E Swanson, Jr. Since its inception in
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