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Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (GAF), part of Investec Specialist Bank, has provided LDC with a debt financing package to support the management buy-out of Ocean Outdoor (Ocean) from Smedvig Capital.
Ocean operates 28 sites across the UK and is a leading operator of digital ‘out of home’ advertising sites specialising in iconic digital advertising sites including the IMAX, a number of Westfield shopping centre sites and Two Towers West on the Hammersmith flyover.
LDC and Ocean aim to expand their portfolio of sites and to continue developing their existing portfolio of high quality sites.
Stephen White, Investec
Ogier has opened a boutique law firm in Luxembourg as it continues to expand its worldwide network.
This development is in keeping with Ogier’s strategy to provide the most innovative and comprehensive multi-jurisdictional services, through a significant presence in each of the world’s key financial markets and across all time zones.
Ogier’s Luxembourg legal practice is headed up by François Pfister who has extensive legal experience in Luxembourg with particular emphasis on investment funds, international taxation, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. François was previously a senior partner of OPF Partners. Daniel Richards, an Ogier Group partner took a lead
While the lowest interest rates in 38 years may be providing welcome relief to the over-indebted consumer, many cash flush investors find themselves having to settle for lower income returns. According to Sean Segar (pictured), Head of Product: Nedgroup Investments Cash Solutions, in an investment environment where capital growth is likely to slow after several boom years, investors need to take yield more seriously than ever…
Losing out on 1% when interest rates were 12% was not as big a deal as forfeiting 1% of yield with call at 5% – which effectively means giving up 20% of the potential
DC Advisory Partners has appointed Jack Dessay as an Executive Director in its Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) team. Bringing with him twelve years of sector experience, Dessay will join a dedicated European TMT team of twenty bankers.
Dessay’s broad advisory experience includes M&A, debt & equity raising, structured finance and restructuring advice. He joins from Deutsche Bank where he has worked for the last six years covering the TMT sector in EMEA. He spent the previous six years with Citigroup working in the TMT teams of both their London and New York offices.
Richard Madden, UK Chief Executive of
China iEducation Group, 40 per cent owned by investment group China Private Equity Investments, has signed a key strategic co-operation agreement with the State-run Hunan Centre of Educational Technology (HCET) in China’s Hunan Province.
The deal brings annual licence fees and a brand-building relationship. It also means China iEducation has become one of the largest suppliers of online educational content and software for HCET’s RMB10 billion (about GBP1 billion) Modern Distance Education Project for Rural Elementary and Secondary Schools.
More than 26,000 primary and middle schools, often in remote rural areas, will gain access to the China iEducation educational networking
Pan-African equity specialist Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has invested in Nairobi Java House, a leading Kenyan café and casual dining restaurant operator.
The deal marks the first private equity deal in the restaurant sector in East Africa, and ECP’s second investment in the East Africa region from its latest fund, ECP Africa Fund III. In conjunction with this investment, ECP has announced it will be opening a new office in Nairobi, Kenya.
Nairobi Java House launched operations in 1999 and has since expanded across Nairobi, serving African-grown coffee alongside a full menu of international cuisine. Nairobi’s affluent and middle
A delegation of Guernsey practitioners is heading across the Atlantic to promote the Island as a major centre for investment funds business.
Peter Niven (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, is leading the team to New York and then Boston in the first week of June.
There will be a particular focus on promoting Guernsey’s experience and expertise in catering for private equity funds business.
Niven says: “During the last decade Guernsey has built a strong reputation as a leading jurisdiction for domiciling and servicing private equity funds. In that time
August Equity has completed a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) in Aspirations Care Group (Aspirations), a community care services provider specialising in supporting individuals with complex and challenging behaviour.
Aspirations is headquartered in Gloucester and provides high quality and specialist supported living and community support for children and adults who have mental health problems and/or profound learning disabilities, autism and those who can display complex and challenging behaviours. It currently provides services nationally to over 700 people and employs over 1,000 staff.
August Equity is backing a strong team led by CEO, Christine Cameron. Christine has 20 years’ experience in the
Scott A Schoen (pictured) has stepped down as Vice Chairman of private equity firm Thomas H Lee Partners. He will remain a Senior Advisor to the firm.
Schoen joined THL in 1986, served as Co-President of the firm from 2003 through 2009, and as Vice Chairman since then. He will continue to serve as a board member of Acosta, Inc. and Nielsen Holdings NV, both current portfolio companies of THL.
Schoen says: “It has been a privilege to work with my colleagues at THL, our portfolio companies and our limited partners over the last 26 years. I am proud of
Macquarie Group Ltd (Macquarie) is acquiring a 42.5% stake in sugar and ethanol advisory, supply chain management and trading firm C Czarnikow Ltd from Wilmar International Ltd, which will cease to be a shareholder.
Bringing significant expertise in agricultural risk management, Macquarie will work alongside co-shareholders, Associated British Sugar and Czarnikow management, to support the company’s growth and future development.
This revised structure has no impact on Czarnikow Group Ltd’s day-to-day operations.
Robin Cave, CEO of Czarnikow Group Ltd, says: “We have achieved a balanced shareholding structure with the necessary expertise and flexibility to help us achieve future
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