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Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) has appointed Tracy Hogan as Chief Financial Officer.
In this role, Hogan will be responsible for managing the firm's financial, operational, and administrative activities. These activities include partnership accounting, financial reporting, tax and treasury, regulatory compliance, information systems, and human resources.
"We are incredibly excited to welcome Tracy to our team," says Todd Chaffee, General Partner at IVP. "Tracy's extensive finance and accounting experience in the private equity industry will strengthen our financial operations, and her in-depth regulatory and compliance experience will also be valuable to the firm.”
Prior to joining IVP, Hogan was the Chief
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has hired Mark Lucas and Daniel Oates as partners in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, in the New York and London offices, respectively.
“Mark and Dan are fantastic additions to our team of lawyers, bringing impressive legal knowledge and business judgment to help navigate a range of M&A and private equity transactions,” says David Greenwald, chairman of Fried Frank. “Their experience advising some of the leading players in the market will enhance the value we deliver to clients.”
Lucas was previously a Vice President & Associate General Counsel in the Legal
In the midst of a shifting market environment, alternative fund managers are experiencing a surge of demand for primary financing activity. The increasing demand for private debt investment products and, as a result, the increase in private debt holdings, has raised questions as to whether we are seeing a fundamental shift in markets, or if this is a temporary yield play. A temporary yield play can be defined as a short-term strategy employed by fund managers to generate profit for clients, with no plans to extend the strategy past a short-term view.
Preqin’s recent global private debt fund manager survey
Tom Carey & David Crosland of Carey Olsen, explore the introduction of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Guernsey) Law 2013…
In response to the increasing demand for limited liability partnership (LLPs) structures in Guernsey the Limited Liability Partnerships (Guernsey) Law, 2013 came into force on 13 May, 2104.
The key features of a Guernsey LLP are similar to those registered in other jurisdictions but certain enhancements have been made to the legislation to broaden the scope of their commercial use and to benefit sponsors looking to use Guernsey as a domicile for private equity funds.
Key features
A Guernsey LLP is a
Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital have held the first close of MLS Capital Fund II, LP at USD150 million.
MLS Capital Fund II, the successor to the USD162 million Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, is co-managed by Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital, which will invest the funds in a diversified portfolio of biogreentech companies at all stages of development.
Biogreentech spans plant and animal agriculture; food, feed, and nutrition; bio-renewable chemicals and materials; and adjacent opportunities along the value chain, including "big data analytics," robotics, production, harvesting and use of natural resources, and synthetic biology.
"The use of
Kayne Partners the private equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, has invested in Drivewyze to support the growth of its mobile-based weigh station bypass business for the trucking industry.
Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, with offices in Burlingame, California, Drivewyze helps commercial trucking companies save time and money by allowing their trucks to bypass weigh stations based on the strength of their safety records. Founded in 2003 by transportation technology experts Brian Heath (Chief Executive Officer) and Fred Ko (VP of Operations), IIS is a privately held company that develops solutions to improve transportation safety and efficiency for governments, businesses
Baker Botts, an international business law firm, advised clients on over 35 major M&A transactions (including spin-offs and split-offs) valued at nearly USD200 billion in the second half of 2014.
When combined with M&A deal volume and value from the first half of the year (38 deals for a total value of USD56.6 billion), Baker Botts’ totals exceeded USD250 billion, representing a 233% increase over 2013.
“Large energy transactions continued to lead the way in 2014,” says David Kirkland, Co-Chair of Baker Botts's Corporate Department.
“While deal volume increased, deal size is what really drove M&A totals to much higher
2014 represented the highest ever aggregate exit value for private equity buyout fund managers, with a total of 1,604 exits globally valued at USD428bn, according to Preqin.
This is up over 30% on the total value of exits in 2013, and is the highest ever annual value of private equity-backed buyout exits. This has resulted in a significant increase in the level of capital being returned to buyout fund investors, which had almost surpassed the full-year 2013 amount as of June 2014 (the latest data available). The total value of deals in 2014 reached USD332bn globally, the highest annual amount
Intralinks DealNexus has partnered with PEI Services (PEI) in order to enhance its database of private equity portfolio companies.
DealNexus is one of the leading online deal sourcing and marketing platforms for M&A professionals. The partnership expands upon the high quality data already within the platform. This will enhance Intralinks DealNexus’ proprietary matching capabilities, providing a more robust, content driven platform that creates a destination for dealmakers.
The Intralinks DealNexus platform has seen tremendous growth this past year, with 46 per cent annual growth in member firm count and 96 per cent growth in unique members from year-end 2013
Newly-launched private equity firm Delos Capital has acquired FCA Packaging (FCA) from a group of private investors.
One of FCA’s founders as well as senior management partnered Delos in the transaction.
FCA is a manufacturer of customised and engineered packaging products and solutions for major original equipment manufacturers serving such industries as non-residential construction, heavy duty engines, agriculture, mining and energy.
“Delos is excited to partner with the FCA management team for the next stage of the Company’s growth,” says Matthew Constantino, managing partner of Delos. “FCA has a long history being a best-in-class provider of comprehensive packaging solutions to
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