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Ian Bagshaw, co-head of Linklaters’ private equity sector group sees significant activity within the private equity European community in 2013 as the PE industry faces up to its evolving landscape five years on from the “crunch”…
Activity will be a mix of new money, restructurings and exits in part to support and build a track record for wider fundraisings.
As a general theme, a clear distinction will develop between the “haves” and “have not’s” within the European community in part dependent on the ability to raise “new funds”. The long expected shake up of the European industry will start to
Bertram Capital has made a growth investment in Paula’s Choice, a skin care and cosmetics company with distribution in 50 countries around the world.
Paula’s Choice is known for its content-driven ecommerce platform offering proprietary products, extensive skin care research, and exclusive reviews of more than 45,000 products from other brands.
Hailed by Oprah Winfrey as the "Cosmetics Cop", founder Paula Begoun has grown the company from a single book, Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, to an online resource for skin care and makeup products and advice. Begoun will continue to play an instrumental role as the
CI Capital portfolio company Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canadian-based logistics services company focused on Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada freight.
Torus was represented by Corporate Finance Associates. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“Acquiring Torus, a leading Canadian 3PL, continues our expansion through strategic acquisition. In 2011, Transplace acquired SCO Logistics to broaden our vertical experience in chemicals and joined forces with Celtic International bringing us door-to-door intermodal expertise. Geographic expansion was our goal, and that’s exactly what we have accomplished with this acquisition,” says Transplace chief
Young Innovations is to be acquired by an affiliate of Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm that focuses on middle market leveraged buyout investments in the healthcare and life science industries.
Young Innovations develops, manufactures and markets supplies and equipment used by dentists, dental hygienists and consumers.
Under the terms of the agreement, holders of outstanding shares of common stock of Young will receive USD39.50 per share, representing a 12.5 per cent premium to the 30-day average closing stock price.
The agreement was unanimously approved by Young’s board of directors.
Alfred E. Brennan, chairman and chief executive officer,
New York Life Capital Partners, a wholly-owned investment boutique of New York Life, has renamed itself GoldPoint Partners.
Thomas Haubenstricker, chief executive officer of the newly renamed GoldPoint, says: “We determined that the timing was right to create a distinct identity that differentiates the firm while maintaining a close link to the iconic New York Life brand. While our name has changed, it’s important to underscore our firm continues to operate under the same ownership, with the same talented team, the same strategy and the same level of support from New York Life. Furthermore, we remain as committed as ever
High Road Capital Partners has sold Accentus, marking the second exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I.
The sale generated a 3.1x gross cash-on-cash return and a 49 per cent gross IRR for High Road.
The firm’s first exit was Milwaukee Gear in February 2012.
Ontario-based Accentus is a provider of medical transcription, document imaging, and remote coding technology and services to hospitals and physician groups in Canada and the US. Accentus was acquired by Nuance Communications.
“In the three and a half years High Road owned Accentus, revenues and EBITDA increased by
Interdealer broker ICAP has made a series A investment in Model Two Zero, a company specialising in matching, reconciliation and data transformation software.
This investment follows an earlier investment by Euclid Opportunities, ICAP’s vehicle for funding next-generation financial technology.
Model Two Zero will use the funding to launch a next generation reconciliation service built upon the company’s matching and data-translation technologies. The hosted service uses algorithms to reduce the time and cost involved in setting up reconciliations, improving operational risk controls, efficiency and flexibility across the industry.
Mark Beeston, chief executive of portfolio services at ICAP, who has joined Model
An affiliate of private equity firm KSL Capital Partners is to acquire Intrawest ULC’s 9,092,500 common shares of Whistler Blackcomb Holdings, representing roughly 24 per cent of the corporation’s issued and outstanding common shares, for USD12.75 per common share.
Whistler Blackcomb understands that the Intrawest disposition is being made in conjunction with an Intrawest refinancing. The transaction is expected to be completed today.
KSL is a US private equity firm dedicated to investments in travel and leisure businesses.
As a result of the sale by Intrawest, Bill Jensen has tendered his resignation as a director and chief executive officer and
Iris Capital, a European venture capital group specialising in digital economy, has completed an investment in Lookout through the Orange & Publicis initiative.
Lookout specialises in smartphone security with 30 million users across 400 mobile networks in 170 countries. The company delivers protection from the growing threats facing mobile users today, including malware, phishing, privacy violations, data loss, and loss of the phone itself.
Iris Capital is joining other investors Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Index.
Orange has announced a global strategic partnership with Lookout. Starting in France, Slovakia, Spain and the UK, Orange customers (as well as
The partners of global law firm K&L Gates and Australian national firm Middletons have voted unanimously to combine firms effective 1 January 2013.
The addition of Middletons’ 300 lawyers and four offices – in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane – extends K&L Gates’ global reach to more than 2,000 lawyers in 46 offices across five continents.
The combined firm will employ the K&L Gates name.
Through the combination, K&L Gates greatly enhances its Asia Pacific regional coverage to 400 lawyers and 11 offices, including a recently announced office in Seoul, and becomes the first firm to combine with an Australian
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