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Limerston Capital has acquired Concept Life Sciences, a leading integrated drug discovery, development and manufacturing organisation, in a carve-out from Spectris plc, through its new fund Limerston Capital Partners II, LP.
The acquisition is Limerston’s fourth platform deal in the life sciences space. The firm targets UK businesses with EBITDA of between £5 million and £15 million.
Concept Life Sciences is an established contract research organisation (CRO), primarily serving the global research and development market, with clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space ranging from blue chip to virtual biotech.
Its team of around 300 accomplished scientists and over
DW Healthcare Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has closed the DW Healthcare Partners Small Cap, a fund focused on lower middle market healthcare investments, with $210 million in total capital commitments.
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, is to acquire Dastex Reinraumzubehör GmbH & Co, an independently owned cleanroom garment & consumables distributor in Europe, and Vita Verita, a leading player in the Swedish market, as a first add-on to the platform.
EY has made two additions to the EY Global Private Equity leadership team – Konstanze Nardi has been appointed as the EY Global Private Equity Exit Readiness Leader and Will Rhode as EY Global Private Equity ESG Leader.
The two senior appointments follow an investment of around $1 billion phased over four years to expand private equity (PE) capabilities in the areas of value creation and portfolio transformation; deal leadership; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) services.
Based in London, Nardi takes up her role with immediate effect. During her 20-year career at EY, she has worked in the US,
A shift in economic conditions which are more conducive to new fund formations will also help support growth in the industry. Butler notes the jurisdiction is already starting to see new fund launches taking place during the first quarter of 2023.
Technology has fundamentally shifted the landscape of the investment industry and, as players in the Cayman Islands embrace this progress, the adoption of these innovations is bringing with it a plethora of benefits.
Rising interest rates, high inflation and concerns over a global recession, saw global mergers & acquisitions dealmaking fall to its lowest level in more than ten years in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by Reuters, citing data from Dealogic.
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Duck Creek Technologies a provider of property and casualty and general insurance software solutions, for $19.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.6 billion.
Apollo Global Management is considering a bid of up to $2.78 billion to acquire Arconic, a manufacturer of lightweight metal sheeting products for the aerospace, automotive, transport, packaging, and construction sectors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
HIG Capital has acquired Synecore Limited and Meesons Futures Limited, which will now be combined with HIG’s existing portfolio companies, CPS and Classic Lifts, to form the Andwis Group, a new property focused technical services provider.
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