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Law firm Morgan Lewis has advised London-based Blue Water Energy (BWE), an energy focused private equity firm, on its investment in Dubai-based Unique Maritime Group (UMG).
BWE was founded in 2011 and closed its Fund I in 2013 with USD861 million in commitments.
Fund I’s investment strategy is focused exclusively on the energy industry with core sub-sector focus areas including oilfield services, manufacturing, storage and logistics, and reserve development.
UMG is an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, with local presence in the Middle East, US, UK, South Africa, Nigeria, India and Singapore. It employs over 500
Private equity firm Lariat Partners has held the final closing on Lariat Partners Fund I at USD118 million.
The firm has closed three of an anticipated five Fund I platform companies since November 2013, including its most recent deal in March: the USD100 million acquisition of Newpark Environmental Services through a newly formed entity called ecoserv.
With its uncommon “hybrid” fund approach (only five anticipated platform investments instead of the typical 10 to 12 platforms), Lariat Partners is able to acquire considerably larger deals than its fund size would indicate. Lariat is targeting platform investments with EBITDA of USD2
Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity firm, has appointed Shami Nissan as a director in the responsible investment team.
Nissan is based in the London office and takes up her post with immediate effect.
Nissan joins Actis with over 13 years’ experience in responsible investment, primarily serving the private equity and financial services sectors. Her most recent post was as a member of PwC’s sustainability and climate change team.
Prior to this, Nissan led the London business of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, providing sustainability research and analytics to institutional investors and asset managers. Nissan has also worked with
Alternative investment management firm Tennenbaum Capital Partners has opened an office in San Francisco, expanding the firm’s platform and adding expertise in the energy technology sector.
The San Francisco office will be led by head of energy technology Todd Jaquez-Fissori, managing director of Tennenbaum Capital Partners and TCP Capital Corp.
"Our entry into Northern California, just one year after the firm's first geographic expansion to New York City, continues an exciting growth phase for our business and further enhances the scale and depth of our origination and servicing platforms," says Rajneesh Vig, managing partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners and
Zoyi Capital has invested in Taiwan Farm Industry (TFI), a processed meat producer in Taiwan.
TFI has a strong presence in both the retail and wholesale Taiwanese markets and has developed long-term relationships with a group of distributors that exclusively sell TFI’s meat products to wholesale customers.
Zoyi Capital, which has a long term relationship with honorary chairman Chris Chang, has identified a growth strategy for TFI, supported by planned new production expansion to address current unmet demand due to capacity limitation.
“New capital will be used to build a new factory which will double TFI’s current capacity,
Executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Victoria Hyde as a principal in the financial services and private equity practices in Mexico City.
During her eight years in executive search, Hyde has cultivated an expertise in alternative investments, including fund of funds, venture capital, and both portfolio companies and investors for private equity funds.
She has worked in Asia, Europe and Latin America building teams from the ground up.
Nestor D’Angelo, managing partner for Latin America, says: “In one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Victoria is able to tap into her global knowledge and broad talent
BNY Mellon has received formal approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide trustee and depositary services to alternative investment funds (AIFs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD).
Following the approval by the FCA of its Variation of Permissions (VoP) application – which was submitted to the regulator earlier this year – BNY Mellon is now authorised as an AIFMD depositary in six European markets: the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
July 22 marks the deadline for European Union alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) looking to market their EU AIFs via the
Beamz Interactive has raised USD1 million of private funding from selected accredited investors at a price of USD0.05 per unit.
Each unit consists of one share of restricted common stock and one three-year warrant with an exercise price of USD0.05.
The offering was led by management, who invested USD400,000 of the total financing amount. The net proceeds of the financing will be used primarily for sales and marketing purposes.
"We are very pleased with the completion of this financing," says Charlie Mollo, chief executive officer of Beamz Interactive. "It allows us to focus on key sales and marketing initiatives to
Elliptic, the digital asset services company, has completed a USD2m funding round led by venture capital firm Octopus Investments.
This funding comes just six months after the launch of Elliptic Vault, the world’s first insured Bitcoin storage service.
The seed-funding round, which sees Octopus invest alongside a number of experienced angel investors, is the first major venture capital investment in a Bitcoin company in the UK.
Launched in January 2014, Elliptic will offer a suite of enterprise services that bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets. Their first such product, Elliptic Vault, was the world’s first insured Bitcoin storage service.
Tower Arch Capital has closed its debut private equity fund at an expanded hard cap of USD272 million.
The fund was substantially oversubscribed relative to its target of USD175 million.
Initially backed by CEOs and management team members from prior investments, Tower Arch's investor base also comprises a mix of premier institutions, including foundations, private pension plans, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family offices. The firm focuses on control investments in founder and family-owned businesses in the lower-middle market.
"We are thrilled with the reception we received during our fundraising efforts," says David Topham, a partner at
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