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SK Capital Partners is to acquire a controlling interest in AEB Group, a global leader in wine ingredients with growing positions in beer ingredients and food detergents.
SK Capital’s majority ownership will be acquired via a capital increase to deleverage the Company’s balance sheet and a purchase of shares from existing investors including Investindustrial, one of Europe's leading investment groups focused on Southern European companies. Investindustrial and AEB Group management will have minority ownership positions after the transaction.
AEB Group provides an integrated suite of products and related services – including a full spectrum of biotechnology solutions, processing aids, and
A total of 63 foreign investments made into Germany by buyout firms in 2014 surpassed the previous two years and is the third highest level recorded by MergerMarket.
According to experts at the German M&A and Private Equity Forum in Düsseldorf, thanks to its stability in a volatile environment and the strength of its Mittelstand, Germany will remain very attractive to private equity investors. The post-crisis high of 135 private equity buyouts last year suggests reasons to be optimistic.
“We expect the positive investing environment to continue as investors search for companies with skilled management, stable cash-flows and strong credit
DMS Offshore Investment Services is expanding its International Tax Compliance Group with the addition of Roman Ipfling (pictured), former US Tax Manager at KPMG in the Cayman Islands.
Ipfling is Global Co-Lead of the DMS ITC Group responsible for management operations, systems and reporting. Peter Stafford, attorney-at-law, remains Global Co-Lead of the Group.
The DMS ITC Group is a dedicated, specialist team of attorneys, accountants and compliance experts devoted to serving more than 600 private investment structures in complying with their obligations under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and other international tax information initiatives.
The ITC Group
Landbay, the buy-to-let focused peer-to-peer mortgage lender, has appointed Julian Cork as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Cork will join co-founders John Goodall and Gray Stern in overseeing Landbay’s business operations as the business continues to grow rapidly.
Cork brings over 20 years of experience working in the investment banking sector. He began his career in the technology team of JPMorgan, before being promoted to Managing Director and Head of the Global Derivatives Services business. After 15 years at JPMorgan, Cork moved to Macquarie Group as Global Head of technology for the Corporate and Operations Groups. Cork’s international experience
Squire Patton Boggs has promoted the firm’s Head of Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) in Poland, Michał Karwacki, to Partner in the firm’s Warsaw office.
Karwacki has some 15 years of transactional experience, with a special focus on the private equity and VC sectors. Since joining Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Corporate Practice in May 2014, Karwacki has led the firm’s private equity and VC team in Poland by developing close relationships with local PE Houses that are extremely active in their markets.
Karwacki is known for his skills in managing and advising on all aspects and stages of
Carey Olsen has advised Ardel Holdings Limited on the sale of Ardel Trust Company (Guernsey) Limited to Equiom Group.
Ardel, previously known as Bachmann, was established in 1974 to provide specialist trust and corporate services to private and corporate clients and has, over the years, firmly established itself as one of the largest independent fiduciary services companies in the Channel Islands.
Equiom is an independent trust and corporate services provider with offices in the Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta and Hong Kong. The company first established a Channel Islands office in 2009 and this acquisition supports its objective to increase
In an extract from March’s edition of the Preqin Infrastructure Spotlight, Stephen Yates examines the latest data on African infrastructure, including deal flow, notable deals in recent years and the growing number of investors targeting investment in Africa.
Preqin’s Infrastructure Deals feature on Infrastructure Online includes extensive information on almost 11,000 completed transactions in infrastructure assets globally. These deals involve a variety of investors, ranging from infrastructure fund managers and direct institutional investors to industry players such as developers, contractors and other industry-specific trade investors. In excess of 7,200 transactions have been completed since 2007, with an estimated deal
The European buy & build market saw increased activity in the second half of 2014 according to to Silverfleet Capital and mergermarket’s latest European Buy & Build Monitor.
The Monitor tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies backed by private equity.
A total of 169 add-ons were reported in H2 2014 compared to 124 in H1 2014, which was later upwardly revised to 158 as further data for smaller Buy & Build transactions usually emerges after the publication date. The number of deals in H2 2014 is therefore very likely to be revised upwards in the next report.
Ares Management has appointed Michael R McFerran as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective 23 March, 2015. McFerran will assume firm-wide responsibilities.
McFerran was previously a Managing Director at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) where he served as the Chief Financial Officer of KKR’s credit business and was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of KKR Financial Holdings LLC (NYSE: KFN). Prior to joining KKR in 2005, McFerran spent the majority of his career at Ernst & Young LLP in its financial services industry practice where he specialised in providing assurance and advisory services
Spencer Capital Holdings has acquired SouthWest Dealer Services (SWDS), an independent full-service provider of finance and insurance (“F&I”) products and services to auto dealers in the United States.
SWDS has more than 250 employees that currently serve over 550 active dealers across 14 states in the south-western and mid-western US. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
SWDS is an independent full-service F&I distribution platform, founded in 1988 by Steve Alderson. The firm’s approach utilises local sales forces whereby dealers have a hands-on experience with SWDS representatives in their individual markets. SWDS currently operates eight strategic locations, situated within
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