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International law firm Eversheds has advised private equity firm Baird Capital Partners Europe on its acquisition of the instrumentation solutions business of e2v technologies plc for GBP15 million. The acquired business will be re-named SGX Sensortech Ltd (SGX).
SGX designs and manufactures sensors that provide environmental, health & safety research and analysis to customers in Europe and Asia including automotive companies Volvo and VW. Its products include high specification x-ray detection sensors used in a range of industries such as the pharmaceutical sector and academic research, pollutant gases sensors for the automotive industry and combustible and toxic gas sensors used
Quikr, an internet and mobile-based classified ads specialist, has attracted an investment of USD32 million led by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.
Existing investors Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners and eBay Inc. also participated in this round of fund raising, which is the fifth and the largest round of capital raised.
Quikr is India’s largest horizontal classifieds platform with 17 million unique individuals and small businesses using it across 83 cities every month. These individuals and businesses access Quikr to sell, buy, rent or find products and services in a variety of categories
For the first quarter of 2012, the IntraLinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI), which provides an early view of current deal flow activity and trends in the global market prior to public announcement, shows a 23 per cent increase in global merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity compared to Q1 2011.
All regions also showed a year-over-year positive trend for Q1 2012 over Q1 2011, with the strongest growth in Asia Pacific (58 per cent) and similarly positive trends in Latin America (42 per cent) and Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) (29 per cent). While North America also posted an increase, it was
China is shrugging off the financial woes of Europe and the US and China’s long-term growth and economic prospects are positive, says Daniel Murray (pictured), Head of Global Research, EFG Asset Management…
Flexible monetary policy, encouraging intra-demographic shifts and a planned leadership transition will all contribute towards a balanced, growing economy. These long-term positives in China offset short-term difficulties. China has combated its inflation issue by raising the reserve requirements of the Central Bank forcing domestic lenders to increase the level of reserves. This has reduced the growth rate to a current 8.1% for the first quarter this year from
Harris Williams & Co has advised on the sale of Silverchair Learning Systems, LLC (SLS), a healthcare IT (HCIT) provider delivering online learning and communication solutions to the senior care industry.
SLS, a subsidiary of Silverchair Holdings, Inc. (Silverchair), was sold to Vista Equity Partners (Vista). The transaction was led by Sam Hendler from the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group and Cheairs Porter from the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Group.
“Attracting capital from an investor of Vista’s caliber is a testament to what the SLS team has achieved and the ongoing opportunity for differentiated SaaS businesses
Mid-market private equity house Dunedin has sold WFEL, a leader in mobile tactical military bridging, to KMW, a German land defence systems provider. The sale has realised a multiple of 2.4x for Dunedin.
Under Dunedin’s ownership WFEL has seen significant growth in sales, predominantly exports, increasing by nearly 70% to £36.2 million in the year ended December 2011. Employee numbers have increased by around 15% to 228 over this period.
WFEL manufactures high specification, high functionality, complex mobile bridging systems for use in military and disaster relief scenarios. WFEL’s expertise – built on a century of UK engineering excellence and
Duane Morris is adding 16 Dewey & LeBoeuf lawyers to the firm, with extensive experience in areas such as corporate, insurance regulatory, energy, trial, antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, tax and employee benefits.
The lawyers will join Duane Morris in the New York, Boston, and Washington, DC offices. The combination builds on Duane Morris’ broad national insurance, energy and technology practices, offering clients an expanded array of services.
The new lawyers were led to Duane Morris by Elizabeth W. Powers, who served on her former firm’s Executive Committee, and Alice T Kane, former general counsel at New York Life and
Middle-market private equity firm BV Investment Partners has made an investment in Health Information Designs (HID).
HID is a leading provider of primarily healthcare-related information technology and data analytics services, which help healthcare organisations improve patient health and reduce operating costs. The company also offers insurance identification and verification services focused on reducing the uninsured motorist rate. The investment in HID was made in partnership with the Gibson family, who founded the business in 1979. The company is headquartered in Auburn, Alabama.
HID’s healthcare offering includes drug utilisation review, prescription drug monitoring, prior authorisation and surveillance utilisation review solutions. The company’s
Thomas A Beaudoin has joined Goodwin Procter’s Business Law Department in its Boston office as a member of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds Practice.
Beaudoin will focus on venture capital funds, private equity funds and institutional investors across the US, Europe and Israel.
"Tom’s outstanding reputation and deep client and industry relationships will help us continue to extend our client services in this important practice area," says Regina M Pisa, Chairman of Goodwin Procter. "Goodwin’s strong venture capital and private equity practices, combined with our internationally recognized fund formation practice, make Tom a natural fit for Goodwin."
"We’re delighted that Tom
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has appointed David Rolfe as Investment Partner for the South of England. He will be responsible for generating investment opportunities and managing NVM’s existing portfolio across the region.
Rolfe joins NVM from his role as PwC Director in Corporate Finance responsible for leading deal activity in the South East. David has 15 years experience with PwC, exclusively in the South, spending the last 12 years in a lead advisory role in Corporate Finance; advising both local private businesses and private equity houses on mid-market M & A transactions. Recent deals include the sale of Wallingford Software,
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