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Deloitte, the business advisory firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of eleven partners across its Corporate Finance practice.
Timothy Mahapatra, Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Deloitte, says: “I am delighted to announce the promotion of such a talented team of individuals to senior roles within the Corporate Finance practice at Deloitte. Market conditions have lead to a challenging few years, but the Corporate Finance practice has continued to grow and we continue to see many new opportunities for our business.
“These promotions demonstrate our continued commitment to invest in talent of the highest calibre to provide
Monroe Capital today announced the funding of a USD23 million unitranche facility to The O’Gara Group. Monroe Capital’s facility was used to refinance existing debt and provide ongoing working capital.
The O’Gara Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides a diverse portfolio of security, safety and defense products and services to global corporations, government organisations and individuals, including the U.S. military and intelligence community, the UK Ministry of Defence, Italian Ministry of Defence, law enforcement, state and municipal governments. Organised into three distinct divisions: Training and Services; Sensor Systems; and, Mobile Systems, The O’Gara Group’s activities are focused on delivering specialised
A consortium comprising F2i – Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture SGR SpA – and AXA Private Equity, has signed an agreement to purchase Italian gas distributor G6 Rete Gas SpA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GDF Suez Energia Italia SpA. The enterprise value of the deal is EUR772 million and is funded by a committed line of credit provided by Banca IMI and Unicredit.
Following its investment in Enel Rete Gas S.p.A. (September 2009) and its recent acquisition of E.On Rete srl (April 2011), this transaction expands the consortium’s footprint in reaffirming its position as the main independent operator in the
Research In Motion has acquired Scoreloop AG, a leading independent platform for mobile social gaming.
"As part of RIM, Scoreloop will be in the unique position to integrate deeply at the operating system level and leverage their entire ecosystem across the board,“ says Olaf Jacobi, Partner at Target Partners.
Roland Manger, Managing Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, says: "Scoreloop and RIM agreed to take mobile gaming to the next level together. The cross platform approach continues, but you’ll see that the BlackBerry solution will be unparalleled.”
Over the past few months, Scoreloop has had the chance to become intimately acquainted
HarbourVest Partners, LLC (HarbourVest) and HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVPE) have published an offer prospectus in respect of the public tender offer by HarbourVest Acquisition GmbH (HarbourVest Acquisition) for all bearer shares of Absolute Private Equity Ltd (Absolute) currently in circulation.
Absolute is an investment company located in Zug, Switzerland and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange ("SIX"). HarbourVest Acquisition is a special purpose vehicle which is to be held by HarbourVest-managed secondary funds, together with HVPE.
As previously announced on 26 April 2011, the Offer price is USD17.25 cash per Absolute share (the Offer Price) and is
Madison International Realty, a real estate private equity firm, has appointed Todd D Silverman as Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets. n his new position, Silverman will continue to develop and execute Madison’s successful fund-raising strategy and serve as liaison with the investor community.
Silverman joins Madison after a six-year tenure with Tishman Speyer, where he most recently held the position of Managing Director and Head of Global Business Development and Global Leasing, and Relationship Manager for Equity Capital Markets. He previously served as Director of New York Leasing and as an Associate for New York Acquisitions and Asset Management.
Silverfleet Capital, the European mid-market private equity firm that specialises in buy & build, has expanded its Paris team with the addition of two new members with the appointment of Alexandre Lefebvre and Cyril Bourdarot.
Lefebvre will become a partner of Silverfleet Capital and co-head the Paris office alongside Maïré Deslandes, who has been at Silverfleet Capital for 11 years and a Partner since 2007.
Lefebvre was until last year a managing partner at IXEN, the former buyout arm of the French bank Natixis, which he joined in 1999 from Arthur Andersen. Lefebvre has an MBA from the Rouen Business
Carlyle’s decision to sell Moncler in a secondary buyout is consistent with a pattern we have seen established in the Europe over the last 12-18 months, says Ed Griffiths, private equity partner at DLA Piper…
The continued prevalence of buyouts or trade sales highlights the unease felt within the Private Equity community over the exposure of IPOs to short term swings in sentiment regarding the macro economic outlook. However, our perception is that this view is not as entrenched in the US where certain institutional investors, particularly in key sectors such as technology, have demonstrated greater confidence in the public
San Francisco investment firm CMEA Capital has appointed Brett Cummings (pictured) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As CFO, he will assist the firm’s portfolio companies to help share knowledge and best practices across management teams.
John Haag, who previously handled the roles of COO and CFO, has been promoted to Chief Operating Partner, charged with managing the overall operations for CMEA. He will continue to work with the firm’s Managing Directors to set and execute the company’s strategy.
Cummings joined CMEA Capital in 2007 as Controller and was previously a senior associate at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). While at PwC, he
Henning Gebhardt (pictured), head of European equities at DWS Investments, looks at why investors are continuing to see Germany as the European growth engine…
The German economy continues to boom. Just a few weeks ago leading German economic research houses raised their forecasts for the German GDP growth to 2.8%. We forecast a growth of 3% year over year. In 2011, there is a high likelihood that Germany will again show the highest growth within the euro zone – as it did in 2010.
While strong exports contributed mostly to the growth in 2010, the recovery is now broadening further.
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