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Sentinel Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, has held the simultaneous closings of Sentinel Capital Partners VII, LP at $4.3 billion and Sentinel Junior Capital II, LP at $835 million. These twin closings cap a $5.2 billion fundraising.
Through Sentinel’s seventh equity fund, the firm will continue the same investment strategy it has employed and refined in previous funds, partnering with talented management teams to acquire mid-market companies with up to $65 million of EBITDA that possess solid business fundamentals in select industries where Sentinel has extensive experience. In addition to platform acquisitions, Sentinel will continue to pursue tuck-in
CenterOak Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of Wetzel’s Pretzels to MTY Franchising USA, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of MTY Food Group Inc, for a cash purchase price of $207 million.
Morrison & Co is to to sell five New Zealand infrastructure assets to Amber Infrastructure Group for approximately NZ$200 million (£105 million). Under the agreement, the five assets from Morrison & Co’s Public Infrastructure Partners portfolio will be 100% owned by the Amber-advised, London-listed investment company, International Public Partnerships Limited.
Tiger Infrastructure Partners a private equity firm focused on middle market growth infrastructure investments, has acquired International Aerospace Coatings (IAC), an aviation services provider headquartered in Shannon, Ireland and Irvine, California.
MidOcean Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has exited its position in Nutrabolt, an active health and wellness company.
Paul R Hogan, an M&A and private equity attorney based in Chicago, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner. Hogan was previously with Eversheds Sutherland and, prior to that, he served as secretary and general counsel of a publicly traded holding company.
Hogan joins the firm shortly after the arrival of a team of nine energy-focused partners, also from Eversheds, who are located in Atlanta, Houston, New York and Washington, DC.
Hogan focuses on corporate matters and strategic transactions, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, and equity and debt financings. He advises clients on all
FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in healthcare and tech-enabled services businesses, has promoted Jonathon (Jon) Bunt and Karen Winterhof to Partner.
With private equity new fund commitments slowing, investors are priortising key strategies and sectors into 2023, according to the H2 Rede Liquidity Index (RLI).
Software focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo has closed three new buyout funds with a combined $32.4 billion in capital commitments, one of the biggest private equity fundraisings so far this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
DWS, the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank AG, is exploring the possible sale of its private equity secondaries business as part of a wider company plan to withdraw from areas of operation where it currently lacks scale, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites unnamed sources as revealing that DWS has already been in contact with several parties interested in potentially acquiring the unit.
Chief Executive Officer Stefan Hoops, who has been conducting a broad review of DWS’ operations since his appointment six months ago, reportedly believes that the PE secondaries business requires substantial investment, and that
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