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Law firm Seyfarth Shaw has hired A. Donald Lepore in its corporate department as a partner in New York.
Lepore joins from RNK Capital, a private investment firm specialising in the environmental, clean technology and renewable energy sectors, where he served as general counsel for the past four years.
At RNK Capital, Lepore oversaw a variety of complex transactions and investments and was also responsible for investment fund formation, regulation and compliance. His practice focuses on public and private mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and financing transactions, as well as private investment fund formation and regulation.
Lepore’s move marks
Rusnano Capital, the Russian government-owned nanotechnology investment company, and international technology investment group I2BF Global Ventures have launched the I2BFRNC Strategic Resources Fund to invest in later stage nanotechnology companies.
The seven year fund launches with a USD53m commitment from its LPs with a target fund size of USD150m. Its remit will be to invest in international nanotechnology that has applications of value within the Russian Federation, with a focus on the resource sector as well as water and agriculture.
“We are delighted to partner with Rusnano Capital on our first late stage venture fund expanding on I2BF’s existing investment
Athens-based IT consulting and services provider Real Consulting has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in HP Mid-market Solutions from the Hewlett-Packard Group.
The parties have not disclosed the purchase price.
The target company has since been renamed RC Mid-market Solutions.
A team led by corporate lawyer and lead partner Richard Mitterhuber advised Hewlett-Packard on all legal aspects of the transaction.
Headquartered in Koblenz, RC Mid-market Solutions employs approximately 200 people. With five sites across Germany, the company specialises in dealer management systems and ERP system integration in the European automotive sector. The company has over 2,000 customers and
RiverRock European Capital Partners has held the final closing of its European Opportunities Fund (EOF).
The close is built upon new commitments from major European institutional investors, family offices, the German Ministry of Economics and Technology and LfAFörderbank Bayern.
These investors will join existing investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF).
The final close brings the EOF to approximately EUR169m (USD207m) in capital commitments.
The EOF is a five-year fund targeting direct lending to strong, small to mid-sized European companies that require growth or working capital in order to develop their businesses. The EOF typically deploys between five and
New York Life Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of New York Life Investments, has named senior managing principal Steven M. Benevento as chief investment officer.
Currently, Benevento is involved in all of the firm’s investment activities, and will continue in that role while also assuming the responsibilities of chief investment officer.
In this newly created position, Benevento will oversee the firm’s investment process, and will continue to report to Thomas Haubenstricker, chief executive officer.
“For more than 20 years, NYLCAP has been committed to a ‘core partner’ strategy that creates a focused portfolio of key relationships with top-performing private
ChineseInvestors.com’s S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission became effective this past week, securing a USD1.5m financing commitment from Kodiak Capital Group, a Delaware limited liability company.
ChineseInvestors.com’s S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission became effective this past week, securing a USD1.5m financing commitment from Kodiak Capital Group, a Delaware limited liability company.
The company’s chief executive Warren Wang says "I am very pleased to have this facility in place as it offers the company (ChineseInvestors.com and Chinesefn.com) access to additional funds that may be required in the future for various initiatives as well as operating capital.
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire hedge fund administrator Goldman Sachs Administration Services (GSAS) from The Goldman Sachs Group, in a cash transaction with a total purchase price of USD550 million.
The deal, which pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions is expected to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012, will see State Street overtake Citco as the world’s biggest hedge fund administrator.
State Street expects the transaction to be accretive in the first full year of operation on a cash basis. Through dedicated teams globally, State Street provides a comprehensive suite of middle office,
Access Group, a business software provider backed by Lyceum Capital, has acquired Delta Software in a GBP5.4m deal.
The acquisition is Access’ fifth since Lyceum Capital backed a GBP50m buyout of the group in March last year to support its long-term growth strategy.
Since then, the company has consolidated its re-seller channel with the acquisition of its four largest partners – ATL, Elite, Hoge and DHC Finance – to create a direct-to-customer model.
Established over 20 years ago, Access provides a range of enterprise resource planning software and services, with a particular focus on financial, human capital and
Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Michael Beetz as an associate principal.
Beetz, a German national, joins Palamon from Coller Capital where he was a senior associate in its London based investment team.
Prior to this he was an associate at UBS Investment Bank in its London office advising on buyouts, M&A and IPO transactions.
Holger Kleingarn, partner at Palamon, says: “We are delighted to welcome Michael to the firm. His appointment reflects Palamon’s continuing commitment to developing our investment capability and he will join the team as we continue to strengthen our presence both in Germany
Tikehau Investment Management and Macquarie Corporate and Asset Finance’s lending group have agreed to cooperate in providing unitranche, mezzanine, and private bonds to mid-market companies in France.
The Tikehau/Macquarie French credit programme is designed to deliver reliable lending product to borrowers with greater speed, simplicity and certainty of execution.
Tikehau and Macquarie plan to make investments of up to EUR200m in size available to borrowers across a wide range of industry sectors. Borrowers will benefit from bespoke documentation, greater certainty of execution, and straightforward decision making throughout the life of the loan.
“We are pleased to announce this agreement which
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