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Mid-market private equity provider LDC has strengthened its Bristol-based operation with the appointment of Simon Hemley as an investment director.
Hemley joins LDC after eight years at Gresham Private Equity.
During his private equity career, Hemley has led and managed numerous investments. His most recent achievements included the successful exits of 7city, a financial services training business, and LAS, an insurance claims management business, together with an investment in IND, a debt collection business.
As part of his new role at LDC, Hemley will be responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, supporting portfolio companies and expanding the private
Ian Henderson has been appointed the global head of EFG Fund Services, which is part of EFG Wealth Solutions, headed by Gerard Gardner.
EFG has been providing support services to funds in major international jurisdictions for over 25 years.
EFG Fund Services operates from offices in Jersey, Luxembourg, Miami, the Cayman Islands and Singapore.
The rationale for bringing these together is to improve coordination and to leverage the experience across the group, thereby enhancing its offering to clients. The latter include major banks, investment houses, property specialists, venture capital and private equity firms, as well as funds managed
2014 has seen a volatile macro environment, and investors and fund managers alike have predicted that the returns this year will not exceed the returns achieved in 2013. Preqin looks at the growth in hedge fund assets in H1 2014 and assesses where this capital has come from.
As we entered the year, hedge fund managers and investors were feeling positive about the prospects of growth in the industry, and Preqin predicted that if managers could successfully navigate the complex regulatory environment and generate acceptable returns then the assets under management of the sector would grow again. With performance of
European law firm Noerr has advised on the formation of a fashion e-commerce group GFG.
Investment AB Kinnevik, Rocket Internet and a large circle of other investors have agreed to combine five fashion e-commerce businesses, namely Dafiti (Latin America), Jabong (India), Lamoda (Russia & CIS), Namshi (Middle East) and Zalora (South East Asia & Australia) to create a new global group.
The Noerr team, led by Christian Pleister, Tobias Koppmann and Sascha Leske legally advised on the transaction. Noerr negotiated the various transformation measures with approximately 100 parties including investors and groups such as Access Industries, Tengelmann, Summit Partners
Nordic Capital Fund VI is to sell its majority shareholding in Nefab Packaging to the Nordgren/Pihl family, the original founders and currently co-owners of Nefab.
Since 2007, the company has grown its revenue and expanded its international presence. The strategy will remain the same under new ownership.
The Nordgren/Pihl family founded Nefab in 1949, and until 2007 was the majority owner of the company. Between 1996 and 2007, the company was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. In 2007 the family and Nordic Capital joined forces to jointly acquire Nefab in a public-to-private transaction which delisted the company from
Private equity firm Actis is committing USD250 million to establish a Mexican energy platform, Zuma Energía, which will target over 500 MW of installed capacity in the country.
Zuma Energía has completed its first acquisition and closed the financing of PE Ingenio, SAPI de CV, a 50 MW wind farm located in the state of Oaxaca. The project will be constructed by Acciona Energía who will also supply its 33 wind turbines. The project will receive debt finance from Bancomext and will have Comexhidro as a local partner with a five per cent interest.
Once in operation the wind
Private equity real estate firm Ten Capital Management has appointed Ed Oprindick and Paul DiSandro to lead the firm’s acquisitions and dispositions team.
Prior to joining TCM, Oprindick and DiSandro held senior positions at Hunt Investment Management. While at Hunt and its predecessor companies dating back to GMAC Commercial Mortgage, Oprindick and DiSandro collectively managed USD4 billion in direct real estate investments for large institutional clients.
In addition to portfolio management, Oprindick and DiSandro have been involved in the acquisition of over USD3.3 billion of commercial and multifamily properties throughout the US, inclusive of 17,000 multifamily units and 6.8
CMS Hasche Sigle has advised the Canadian power producer Northland Power on the acquisition of an 85 per cent majority in the offshore wind parks Nordsee One, Nordsee Two and "Nordsee Three" from the German utility RWE's daughter company RWEI Innogy.
The offshore wind farm "Nordsee One" is located approximately 40 kilometers north of the German island of Juist in the German Exclusive Economic Zone. From 2016 onwards, 54 turbines with a combined capacity of approximately 332 MW will be erected there. The turbines are expected to generate 1,300 gigawatt hours per year and will, from 2017 onwards, supply approximately
Ogier in Jersey assisted Kentz Corporation, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, in its acquisition by SNC-Lavalin Group for an overall purchase price of approximately GBP1.2 billion.
Kentz Corporation is a global engineering specialist solutions provider, with 15,500 employees operating in 36 countries worldwide. It has provided engineering, construction and technical support services to clients in the energy and resources sectors for more than 90 years.
SNC-Lavalin is an engineering and construction group and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. The acquisition of Kentz enhances SNC-Lavalin's oil and gas capabilities, with end-to-end expertise for
Swander Pace Capital (SPC) has sold over-the-counter (OTC) products portfolio company Insight Pharmaceuticals to Prestige Brands Holdings for USD750 million.
The sale of Insight represents the firm’s second platform investment in the OTC industry.
“Today’s sale is the culmination of a successful five-year partnership to build a world-class OTC company,” says Mo Stout, managing director at SPC. “During our ownership, Insight grew sales from approximately USD80 million to more than USD200 million. We want to thank the management team at Insight for all of their hard work in creating significant value for the company’s stakeholders.”
“We are extremely proud
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