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Stout, a global investment bank and advisory firm backed by Audax Private Equity (Audax), has acquired The Claro Group (Claro), a US-based, privately owned financial, economic, and management consulting firm.
Since 2005, Claro has helped executives and management teams analyse, control, and resolve difficult business challenges related to high-stakes litigation, insurance claims, corporate recovery, and other economic and financial matters.
Claro’s team of 92 professionals have now joined Stout, led by its Chairman John Cadarette, who has been named as co-president of Stout’s Disputes, Claims, & Investigations group. Joining Stout will be 21 managing directors located in Chicago, Houston, Los
Abris Capital Partners (Abris), an ESG transformation specialist private equity investor, has supported Alsendo, a Central European technology shipping solutions business, in acquiring a majority stake in Innoship, a Romanian SaaS delivery management platform.
Alsendo will team up with all four founders of Innoship, who are staying on board following the acquisition.
Innoship is a pure SaaS delivery management specialist founded in Romania in 2019, offering advanced technology solutions that optimize last-mile management through data intelligence for over 200 medium and large retailers in Europe. The company will help drive Alsendo’s transition from reselling into a technology-driven, SaaS-focused business model.
Guidepost Growth Equity has appointed Nate Machado as Operating Partner, and Taylor Doherty and Reginald Seawright as Vice Presidents. Additionally, Steve Brown has been promoted to Vice President.
Macado will lead the Value Creation Group which works closely with Guidepost entrepreneurs to provide functional, industry and stage relevant operational expertise and capabilities that portfolio companies can leverage to drive continued growth.
Previously, he was a Senior Operations Executive at Abry Partners, where he focused on enhancing portfolio company performance through operational improvement and due diligence. His former board involvement includes SiteLock, StackPath, illumifin, and Alvaria. Additionally, Nate was a consultant
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, financial technology and business services companies, has added Ron Austin to the firm’s Advisory Council.
Austin will assist LMP in all phases of its insurance investments, as well as introduce operational improvements to existing insurance related portfolio companies.
Austin was most recently an Executive Vice President in the Amwins Group, a leading global independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products. Prior to this, he served as President of former LMP portfolio company, Worldwide Facilities, a wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent, and program underwriter.
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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.
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