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Law firm Temple Bright, led by corporate partner Jonathan Poole, has advised the founders of Unicomarine on the sale of the company to ecology specialists Thomson Ecology.
Unicomarine is an environmental consultancy specialising in marine and estuarine biological surveys.
Property and employment partners Justyn McIlhinney and James Howell also advised on the deal for Temple Bright, with Charles Russell in Guildford acting for the buyer. Chris Steel of Meda (UK) was instrumental in putting the deal together.
As part of the transaction, Martin Dyer and Nigel Grist will remain with the company.
Grist says: “Jonathan and his colleagues
Google Ventures has entered the holiday home rentals market by investing in HomeAway, parent company of HomeAway Holiday-Rentals and Owners Direct in the UK.
Google purchased shares from existing shareholders to invest in the company.
HomeAway operates sites in 11 European countries plus sites in the US and Brazil. The HomeAway sites provide a network for holiday home owners, property managers and travellers.
Currently representing over 540,000 paid holiday rental listings in more than 120 countries worldwide, HomeAway’s turnover grew by 45 per cent to USD120m in 2009.
With the help of Google, the company will focus
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The Aureos Africa Fund has completed a USD10m investment in HFC Bank Ghana, a commercial and retail bank based in Ghana.
The Aureos Africa Fund is managed by Aureos Capital, a private equity fund management company specialising in investing in small and medium sized businesses in emerging markets.
This investment is the 12th made by the fund.
Aureos says its investment in HFC will help ensure that the bank remains strongly capitalised as it continues the expansion of the bank’s branch network and of its lending to businesses and consumers.
As well as conventional commercial and retail banking
Dow Jones Investment Banker, a news, opinion, research and data visualisation product that aims to help bankers generate ideas and connect with clients, is now available in Asia Pacific.
The product is available for web delivery at DJIBanker.com, for integration into proprietary client portals and on the FactSet platform.
"Spurred by the region’s growing economies and booming public markets, Asia’s investment banking industry is healthier than ever," says Christine Brendle, managing director of Asia Pacific for Dow Jones. "Today’s bankers, however, face fierce competition for the best deals and clients. With columnists on the ground in the world’s leading banking
Sciens Capital Management has held a final close for the Sciens Aviation Special Opportunities Fund, having raised a total of USD213m, primarily from institutional investors.
The fund is managed by an affiliate of Apollo Aviation Group, a commercial aircraft investment and asset manager jointly owned by its founders William Hoffman and Robert Korn, and Sciens International Investments.
“We believe it is a compelling time to invest in this strategy and are pleased to have exceeded our initial target raise,” says John Rigas, Sciens’ chief executive.
The fund focuses on tear down arbitrage opportunities currently available in the secondary market at
Silver Lake, which makes private investments in technology and technology-enabled industries, has appointed Christian Lucas and Joe Osnoss as co-heads of the Silver Lake Partners’ business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Lucas and Osnoss will be responsible for sourcing, arranging and managing investments across Europe and expanding the firm’s relationships in the broader EMEA region.
Lucas joins Silver Lake from Morgan Stanley, where for the past seven years he has served as managing director and head of technology investment banking in Europe.
Osnoss is a managing director of Silver Lake and has been with the firm for more
Centerbridge Capital Partners has formed CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries by closing on concurrent acquisitions of Rock Bottom Restaurants and Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group.
The companies will operate as subsidiaries of CraftWorks and will retain their brands.
The combined business will be an operator and franchisor of brewery and craft beer-focused casual dining restaurants with nearly 200 owned and franchised locations across the US. CraftWorks’ primary restaurant concepts include Old Chicago, Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch.
CraftWorks is led by Frank Day and Allen Corey. Day, founder of Rock Bottom, serves as chairman of the board and brings over 45
Credit Suisse has launched the Asset Management Tactical Quarterly, a series of publications intended to provide views on the trends shaping today’s financial markets.
The Tactical Quarterly will offer insights into specific areas of the alternatives space, such as hedge funds, private equity, credit strategies and commodities, from Credit Suisse’s portfolio managers and business leaders within the asset management division.
The first edition examines equity markets’ dynamics, thematic trading insights for relative value and tactical hedge funds managers, and recent developments in credit and distressed investments.
High correlations and lack of directionality in global equity markets hampered stock pickers and
Yorkville Advisors, the US-based alternative investment manager, has entered into a ZAR50m standby equity distribution agreement on behalf of one of its funds with Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed 1Time Holdings, the parent company of a low-fare airline operating in South Africa.
The deal was advised out of London.
1Time entered into the agreement as a means of raising additional capital to develop and expand its business.
1Time operates scheduled domestic services. Its main base is OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and it has hubs at King Shaka International Airport, East London Airport and Cape Town International Airport, among others.
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