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RLJ Equity Partners has acquired Phase One Consulting Group, a provider of information technology-based consulting services and solutions to various US federal civilian agencies.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, Phase One provides a range of strategic solutions addressing IT strategy, organisational transformation, strategic communications, process and business analysis, solution architecture and engineering, agile development, and cybersecurity.
"Phase One Consulting Group has a long-standing reputation as a trustworthy resource for its work across a broad spectrum of federal agency and industry clients," says RLJ Equity Partner's Managing Partner Rufus H. Rivers. "RLJ is excited to support the company
Kit Check, a specialist in hospital pharmacy kit processing and medication tracking software, has secured a USD12 million Series B funding round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
Rex Health Ventures, the venture investment arm of Raleigh, NC-based Rex Healthcare, also contributed to the round. All previous investors from the 2013 Series A funding round also participated in the Series B; these include New Leaf Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, Easton Capital Investment Group and LionBird. Dave Schulte, vice president and senior managing director of Kaiser Permanente Ventures, will also join Kit Check's Board of Directors.
Kit Check has achieved tremendous
Ahead of the 31 January 2015 deadline for Annex IV reporting, Peter Cripwell (pictured), CEO of RiskSystem, gives his views on the issues it’s having on the industry…
With the implementation of Annex IV fast approaching, there are worries that the new mountain of paperwork will significantly impact the ability of alternative investment funds (AIFs) and alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) to function properly. AIFMD brought in new compulsory reporting requirements that are being rolled out across the European Economic Area (EEA). As the directive creates rifts in the alternative investment sector, the impact on firms will be substantial.
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Marquee Brands LLC announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the Bruno Magli brand and related intellectual property assets from Bruno Magli Spa.
The transaction is expected to close in early 2015.
Founded in 1936, Bruno Magli is among the original Italian luxury brands. Combining a rich heritage and classic style, the brand has produced fashion footwear for a global consumer base including celebrities and royals throughout its nearly eighty years.
“Marquee Brands was created to acquire and grow high quality brands through product and geographic expansion. Bruno Magli is one of the most revered Italian
Private equity investment firm Harvest Partners has formed Harvest Partners SCF (HP SCF), a private investment advisor that provides structured equity and junior debt solutions to business owners.
HP SCF intends to target investments with private equity-like returns while assuming the risks more characteristic of debt investments. HP SCF will endeavour to achieve protection of principal by:
• Investing in high quality companies that meet HP SCF’s specific investment criteria
• Structuring investments to be senior in liquidation preference to a significant amount of underlying enterprise value
• Obtaining rights, controls and protective covenants that HP SCF believes will further
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has opened a new office in Luxembourg, headed by Partner Stéphane Ober, who joined the firm in November 2014.
The Luxembourg team includes four additional new partners and a team of eight associates.
The four partners, who joined the firm on 01 January 2015, are:
Louis-Maël Cogis who has acted for some of the largest international investment banks in both capital markets and international banking matters. He has particular expertise on issues of debt securities, securitisation transactions, syndicated lending and leveraged acquisition finance.
Viviane De Moreau d'Andoy who has more than
International law firm Brown Rudnick has hired Moris Mashali as a Partner in its Corporate & Capital Markets practices in London.
The Founding Chairman of risk management advisory firm RIMA Consulting Limited, Moris focuses on general corporate transactions, acting for high net worth families, hedge funds and businesses in the hospitality, real estate and technology sectors.
He is dual qualified as a Solicitor (England and Wales) and an Attorney-At-Law (New York) and advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, seed investments in hedge fund businesses and technology start-ups, private equity investments in public equity, public to private
The total value of exits from private equity-backed portfolio companies throughout 2014 hit USD428bn, higher than any year previously and up from the USD330bn of exits in 2013. Christopher Elvin, Preqin’s Head of Private Equity Products, comments on the current deals and exits environment:
2014 represented 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). Furthermore, the total value of private equity backed buyout deals
Verne Global has secured USD98m of equity funding, led by Stefnir, an Icelandic asset management and private equity firm that is working with several of the largest Icelandic pension funds.
Existing investors – the Wellcome Trust, Novator Partners and General Catalyst – also participated in the round.
Verne Global will use the funds to further expand its wholesale and colocation service offerings, as well as to design and develop high-density, flexible resiliency data centre space. This investment round ensures that Verne Global can deliver the infrastructure capacity to serve the rapid growth in demand it is seeing from new and
Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has made a significant equity investment in Canada and Australia's leading provider of online continuing health education, mdBriefCase Group.
Founded in 2001, mdBriefCase provides continuing health and medical education programs for pharmacists, nurses, family physicians, specialists and patients. Providing free, multimedia interactive learning programs, mdBriefCase is a primary source of accredited continuing education for thousands of healthcare professionals. Its high quality programs are accredited by mdBriefCase's leading medical institutional and organisational partners. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with significant operations in Sydney, Australia, mdBriefCase has a team of over 40 employees.
John Trang, Principal at PCP, a
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