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The Maples Group is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Irish legal services offering in Asia with the launch of a new Irish Asset Finance practice in Singapore.  The new Irish practice has been established to support aviation clients who increasingly require multi-jurisdictional and time zone sensitive legal advice on the ground in Asia. Notably, this is the Group’s fifth international location that offers Irish legal advice with experienced Irish lawyers based in its Cayman Islands, Ireland, London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices.   Led by James Kinsley, Singapore-based Finance Partner, the new practice will focus on Irish
Inflexion has sold its investment in Reed & Mackay, a premium corporate travel management and events business, to TripActions, a US headquartered business travel and spend management platform.  The deal follows a nearly five-year partnership which saw the business grow strongly and adapt to the pandemic trading situation. Inflexion invested in Reed & Mackay in 2016 and supported its UK and international growth both organically and through acquisitions in the UK, Germany, France, Australia and Chicago. The firm also opened new offices in New York, California, Toronto, Singapore, Amsterdam and most recently India, with the support of Inflexion’s country expert
Foresight Group (Foresight), an infrastructure and private equity investment manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), have invested in Machine Discovery, a University of Oxford spin-out commercialising new machine learning technology.  The investment  will be used to support the senior management team in taking Machine Discovery through its next stage of growth, assisted by Foresight Williams’ expertise in the sector. During the process, Oxford Technology introduced Bijan Kiani to the business.  Bijan was previously VP Product and Marketing at Synopsys, a NASDAQ listed Electronic Design Automation (“EDA”) company focusing on advanced technologies for chip design,
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Radiant Plumbing and Air Conditioning, (Radiant), a provider of maintenance plumbing, sewer and HVAC services to nearly 12,000 residential customers annually in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area. Since 1999, Brad and Sarah Casebier have owned and operated Radiant. Radiant’s employee-centric culture, coupled with a ‘five-star’ homeowner service experience, has resulted in multiple recognitions, including a multi-year win of Austin Chronicle’s ‘Best of Austin’ for both plumbing and HVAC as well as Austin Business Journal’s ‘Best Places to Work.’ “We’re thrilled to
Aurora Capital Partners (Aurora) is to acquire Grace Hill, a specialist in talent and customer management solutions for commercial and multifamily real estate covering policies, training, assessment and surveys, from investment funds managed by Stone Point Capital.  Grace Hill’s platform is designed to drive property performance and reduce operating risk by developing and retaining property management talent and customers. The injection of capital and insights will better position Grace Hill to scale effectively. Specifically, Aurora plans to facilitate an intentional acceleration of Grace Hill’s growth and overall market reach, strengthen its property performance solutions and build out its customer management
CVC Credit has provided senior debt facilities to support HIG Capital’s (HIG) acquisition of KPMG’s UK restructuring business, a provider of insolvency, financial restructuring and turnaround services in the UK and globally.  The business which has been renamed Interpath Advisory (Interpath), will use CVC Credit’s investment to fund its transition to an independent business and strengthen its existing capabilities as it continues to grow its advisory offering in the UK and beyond.   Interpath is a leading multidisciplinary practice of over 40 managing directors and more than 525 staff located across the full breadth of the UK. The group advises
Reward Gateway, a global HR technology and employee engagement company, is to be acquired by Abry Partners and Castik Capital.  The acquisition of Reward Gateway validates the company’s strategic vision, expansive growth strategy, and the value its products and services deliver to clients. Previously controlled by Great Hill Partners, the company has seen more than 180 per cent growth in revenue since 2015 and currently supports more than 1,900 customers with over five million employees globally. Reward Gateway offers a leading SaaS employee engagement platform that centralises employee reward and recognition, discounts, communications, surveys, wellbeing and flexible benefits. Its strategic
Acronis, the global specialist in cyber protection, has received more than USD250 million in a funding round from CVC Capital Partners VII and other investors.  Acronis will use the funds to further accelerate growth by expanding its unique portfolio of natively integrated cyber protection products. A significant portion of the investment will also be used to further enhance Acronis’ go-to-market initiatives by expanding its broad partner network – most notably managed service providers (MSPs) – to help them better serve the cyber protection needs of their clients. The investment values the company at more than USD2.5 billion.   “Acronis’ talented
Procensus, an opinion sharing community for institutional investors, has launched a premium service which extends access to the platform’s benchmarking data to corporates, capital markets bankers, alternative asset managers and regulatory authorities, providing them with enhanced market intelligence. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…  
CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs – has acquired a majority stake in Eidosmedia, an international player in Content Management System (CMS) solutions. Eidosmedia develops innovative content management solutions serving clients with high-value content and complex workflow management needs. Its software covers the end-to-end content lifecycle for very large media, financial research, academic and public research and corporate organizations. Established in 1999, with an engineering team based in Milan, Eidosmedia is today a leading global supplier with over 200 employees based across Europea, North America, and Asia Pacific, and generates EUR29 million

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