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Odyssey Investment Partners (Odyssey), a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm, is to acquire Magna Legal Services (Magna), a litigation support services provider, from CIVC Partners (CIVC). Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, have not been disclosed.
Magna provides litigation support services to over 13,000 law firms, corporations, insurance carriers, and government agencies.
The existing senior management team, including Chief Executive Officer Mark Williams, Founders Mark Calzaretta and Peter Hecht, as well as Jon Ackerman, Tony Vaglica, and Matt Chiappa will continue to lead the Company and have invested alongside Odyssey in
Victory Park Capital (VPC), a global alternative investment firm specialising in private credit, has provided a $100 million credit facility to Nelo, a consumer payments platform for online purchases in Mexico.
Nelo’s recently launched all-in-one app enables customers to pay in instalments at any online merchant, through a partnership with Mastercard. Nelo’s app is the first of its kind in Mexico and allows users to finance everyday necessities like utility bills, cellular plans, and other e-commerce purchases.
Victory Park Capital provides capital to emerging and established businesses in the U.S. and abroad. The firm’s differentiated offerings leverage an extensive network
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Avalara Inc, a provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, for $93.50 per share in an all-cash deal worth $8.4 billion.
Dechert LLP has appointed Matthias Kerbusch as a partner in the firm’s financial services group on Luxembourg.
Advisors are increasingly leaning on private funds and alternative investments amid volatile equity and bond markets, according to a bi-annual survey by Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Cordis Corp, a portfolio company of private equity firm Hellman and Friedman (H&F), is to acquire MA Med Alliance SA (Medalliance) in a transaction valued at up to $1.135 billion, according to a report by BioWorld.
HS Group, one of the largest providers of long term capital to alternative asset management firms, has formed a strategic partnership with sustainability focused asset manager, Mercator Partners.
Ebury, one of Europe’s largest fintechs and a global provider of transaction payment solutions, has established a branch in Luxembourg, registered under CSSF regulations to support managers in the alternative investments sector.
CVC Fund VIII and Nordic Capital have completed the acquisition and delisting from Nasdaq Stockholm of Cary Group, a European vehicle glass repair and replacement service provider.
Cary Group provides its services to customers in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Luxembourg and Austria.
Between 2018 and 2021, Cary Group invested significantly in initiatives to drive operational excellence and improve the sustainability of its operations, while also deploying an accelerated M&A strategy to expand outside Sweden with the ambition of becoming a leading provider in the Nordics.
CVC and Nordic Capital see a great opportunity across
Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has exited its investment in Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise and a Vista portfolio company since 2016, following the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the company by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 billion.
Vista’s June 2016 investment came after the team had carefully researched the broader Identity and Access Management space and spent time establishing a strong relationship with Ping Identity’s founder Andre Durand. Together, Vista and the Ping Identity team fortified Ping’s market leadership through product expansion,
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