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Squire Patton Boggs has hired private equity and corporate lawyers Norman Wasse as a Partner and Dr Marion von Grönheim as senior associate in its global corporate practice group, based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Goldman Sachs has raised $14bn for its largest ever flagship private equity secondaries fund, and over $1bn for its first fund focussed on infrastructure sector secondary deals, according to a report by the Financial Times.
US private equity major Apollo Global Management is targeting a fundraise of around $2.5bn for a new private credit vehicle that will look to provide loans to large corporate borrowers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Golub Capital has acted as administrative agent, left lead arranger and joint bookrunner on a $3.4bn unitranche facility for Hyland Software (Hyland), a provider of enterprise content management software and a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo since 2007.
EJF Capital, a global alternative asset management firm, has held the successful closing of the EJF Ventures Fund LP with approximately $104m in capital commitments. The fund received support from both new and existing EJF investors.
IK Partners’ IK Small Cap III Fund has acquired a co-controlling stake in Metrology & Monitoring Solutions Group, a French metrology expert specialising in wireless temperature monitoring solutions for the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Food industries.
Socium Fund Services, a Suntera Global company, has launched a new Loan Agency and Loan Administration service offering, further enhancing its range of fund administration solutions aimed at private credit funds.
Pacific Current Group has agreed a deal to acquire a minority 24.9% equity stake in Los Angeles-based private credit and structured equity investment management firm Avante Capital Partners for up to $40m.
Private credit is set for a boom on the back of low defaults, limited refinancing activity and the absence of a recession, providing the potential for unprecedented debt returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.
SLR Capital Partners, a private credit platform specialising in direct lending to US middle market companies, has appointed Chris York as a Partner, with a focus on both product and business development.
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