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TLG Capital has closed its first deal in Liberia with an acquisition of a 40 per cent share in the Snapper Hill Clinic.
This represents TLG’s third healthcare related deal since inception in 2009 and its sixth deal overall as TLG Capital expands its platform in frontier markets.
Founded in 1980 by Dr Sirleaf, the Snapper Hill Clinic currently offers general healthcare services and consultations to people of all ages. It was the only private clinic to continue to operate during Liberia’s civil wars and continues to serve the Monrovian population in an environment where health provisions are scarce.
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The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, an investment institution owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, has appointed James Kester as chief investment officer in is private equities department.
Kester will be responsible, together with members of the department’s senior management team, for developing ADIA’s strategy in the private equity space and overseeing the activities of the private equity programme.
Based in Abu Dhabi, Kester will report to Hareb Al Darmaki, executive director of the private equities department.
Kester joins ADIA from Zurich Alternative Asset Management in the US, where he served as head of private equity and a member of
Endeavor has merged with Capital Trust of Boston and its founding partners Kurt Stenhouse and Chris Anderson.
The newly created company, Endeavor Capital, is now Greater Boston’s largest provider of alternative real estate financing and anticipates closed transactions to quickly exceed USD100m.
“We are excited about bringing together the strengths of our companies after several years of participating together in funding numerous special situation loan transactions under extraordinary economic conditions,” says Anthony Borghi, president of Endeavor. “The synthesised loan underwriting infrastructure that Kurt and Chris have developed with their employees over the past 15 years is unparalleled and I look
The corporate team at Carey Olsen has advised Caparo Energy on its listing on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s alternative investment market.
This is the second Indian wind farm company taken to AIM by Carey Olsen in the past year.
Caparo Energy is an independent power producer in India focusing on the establishment of wind farms with an intention to acquire a portfolio of wind farms with a target total annual installed capacity of up to 5,000 MW by 2017.
Carey Olsen advised on Guernsey legal and regulatory aspects of the establishment of the Guernsey holding company and its
Evolution One Fund, a ZAR700m clean technology private equity fund, has invested ZAR51.8m (GBP4.6m) into South African waste management company EnviroServ Waste Management.
The fund’s investment supports the enhancement of black economic empowerment in respect of EnviroServ’s ownership structure.
Wayne Keast, managing partner of Evolution One Fund, says: “The structure of our investment instrument provides the fund’s investors with visibility over investment returns and, together with our alignment and collaboration with one of the largest waste companies in Africa, makes this an attractive investment for the fund.”
Established in 1979, EnviroServ is now the largest waste management company
Brand Group, the parent holding company of Brand Bank, has entered into agreements that contemplate the investment of up to USD200m in capital.
As part of the first phase of investment, agreements have been signed with affiliates of The Carlyle Group, The Stephens Group, the Cousins family’s Nonami and various individual Atlanta investors.
The proceeds will be used to strengthen Brand Bank’s balance sheet and provide capital for general corporate purposes.
As part of the transaction, John E. McKinley, III, will become a Brand Group investor and executive chairman of Brand Group and Brand Bank. McKinley was principal operating
Best-in-class private equity firms will thrive due to ample buying opportunities available in the European marketplace, and will play an increasingly pivotal role in the technology, media, and telecommunications landscape, according to a report from Pyramid Research.
The report, called Meet the Parents: Private Equity to Play a Prominent Role in European M&A, highlights the trends in the telecom segment that are driving the rethink at the operator level and the factors that are likely to drive a resulting increase in financial sponsor activity.
The report also profiles firms from the PE space and outline the role and resources (both
Darwin Private Equity has completed its third investment of 2010 with the acquisition of a majority stake in Euroffice.
Euroffice is a UK online office supplies company serving the SME market.
In 2009 Euroffice began its international expansion with a launch into the Italian market. The company now employs 49 people in London and Milan.
Darwin is backing the existing management team, led by chief executive Simon Drakeford. Euroffice’s founder George Karibian will remain with the business as non-executive chairman.
Karibian says: “Euroffice has succeeded in achieving significant scale and sustained growth in a market that has suffered during
Private equity firm Permira has appointed David Ho, former president of Nokia in China, as senior adviser.
Ho will help Permira expand its presence in Greater China and will advise the funds on investment opportunities in the region.
Ho will be based in Beijing.
Since 2008, Ho has been chairman of Kiina Group, an investment company backing internet and communications technology start-ups in Greater China.
Previously he spent 27 years in the telecoms industry, holding a number of senior positions at Nokia, including chairman of Nokia Siemens Networks, where he was responsible for the entire business and operations in the
Provident Healthcare Ventures has launched its inaugural Principals Fund I with USD25m of committed capital.
All capital invested in the fund will be provided by the principals of Provident.
The fund includes both an incubator for early stage start-up funding, as well as more traditional seed funding for larger investments and more mature operating companies.
Investments will range from USD250,000 to USD3m, and focus on a number of growing healthcare services sectors, including homecare, hospice, specialty/institutional pharmacy, infusion therapy, and disease and therapy management.
"Provident Healthcare Ventures is a natural extension of what we’ve done for more than a decade,"
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