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DLA Piper has advised European Capital on the sale of Farrow & Ball, a specialist in high quality paint and wallpaper, to Ares Management for GBP275 million.
DLA Piper has advised European Capital on the sale of Farrow & Ball, a global leader in high quality paint and wallpaper, to Ares Management for GBP275 million.
European Capital, a subsidiary of American Capital Ltd, is an investment company for pan-European equity, mezzanine and senior debt investments and acquired Farrow & Ball in 2006.
The DLA Piper team was led by private equity partner Tim Wright who worked with partner
Carne Group has been chosen to provide support for the successfully listed River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company Limited, which is domiciled in Guernsey.
The Company will be admitted to the Premium Segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and commence trading on the 2 December 2014 on the London Stock Exchange.
The Company is making use of Carne’s Channel Islands management company, which was authorised as an AIFM by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) in October. The management company is a non-EU AIFM structure which can be used to distribute funds into the
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised leading European private equity group EQT on the SEK9.7 billion (around GBP820 million) tender offer for all of the shares in Sanitec by Geberit AG.
Switzerland-based Geberit is the European leader in the sanitary technology sector. It has a global presence through sales offices in 41 countries and generated a sales volume of CHF2.3 billion during 2013. Sanitec is the leading producer of bathroom ceramics in Europe with a portfolio of household name brands and sales during 2013 of EUR702 million. It has been a portfolio company of principal shareholder EQT
Taliance, a global analytics provider serving the alternative investments marketplace, has released a new version of its asset and data agnostic platform, GlobalAsset.
The new release enables users to view their investment platform as a whole and then drill down into asset level detail, while also providing a top level view of their cash flow and complete asset portfolios.
According to Carol Penhale, chief client experience officer, Taliance: "This represents our biggest step forward yet in turning GlobalAsset into the holistic platform of choice in the alternative investment market.
"It further streamlines our solutions offering and customers who have
International mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International has advised height safety services provider Total Access (UK) Limited on its sale to Arco Limited.
Staffordshire-based Total Access is one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of height safety and confined space training and equipment, with over 20 years experience. The company was the first UK company within its industry to be UKAS accredited to British Standards and is independently audited by UKAS.
Arco offers a world-class range of over 170,000 quality assured, branded and own brand products, including personal protective equipment, clothing, footwear, gloves, workplace safety and hygiene productsin both the
Osborne Clarke, has advised a group of investors consisting of Imperial Innovations, Invesco Perpetual and Woodford Investment Management on the GBP50m Venture Capital funding of Cell Medica Limited.
Partner Rob Wood, who led the Osborne Clarke team assisted by Senior Associate Caroline Drummond, says:
“This is a significant deal in the Life Science sector, as is likely to be one of the top five private company funding rounds in 2014”.
Earlier this year, Osborne Clarke advised Imperial Innovations, Invesco Perpetual and others on the GBP581m IPO of the biopharmaceutical company, Circassia.
Alcentra Limited has held the final closing of the Alcentra European Direct Lending Fund, LP (Fund) with investor commitments totalling EUR850,000,000.
The focus of the Fund is to provide debt financing to middle market companies in Europe. With the closing of the Fund, the firm’s committed capital for the strategy now exceeds EUR1,500,000,000.
“Direct lending is a large, attractive, long-term opportunity given the balance sheet constraints of European banks and the historical lack of non-bank lenders,” says Graeme Delaney-Smith, managing director and head of European direct lending for Alcentra. “Our size, experience and sourcing capabilities leave us well positioned,
Abacus Group, LLC, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has launched the Abacus Cloud Panel
This web-based portal enhances the visibility and management of AbacusFLEX Mail for chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs). The solution delivers on demand reporting and increased transparency, minimising infrastructure costs and enhancing control of deployment.
Abacus Cloud Panel is a hosted exchange control panel that allows business owners the freedom to provision resources directly from the web. It gives business owners the flexibility to create their own mailboxes, distribution groups and public folders
Livingstone’s Business Services sector team is pleased to announce the sale of First Choice Facilities Limited, to Tyco International, the major US-based Fire and Security services provider, for an undisclosed amount.
With over 20 years’ experience, FCF maintains a wide range of integrated fire and security solutions, including fire and intruder alarm systems, sprinkler and gas suppression systems, access control and CCTV. The company operates across the UK and has more than 100 employees, including over 60 mobile, multi-disciplined engineers, to customers in all major industry sectors. FCF’ s Head Office is located in Isleworth, West London.
James Doran, Managing
BDCA Venture has completed the sale of its entire position in three portfolio companies resulting in total cash proceeds of USD16.7 million and net realised gains of USD6.4 million during the fourth quarter of 2014.
TrueCar, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRUE) common shares were sold in open market transactions following the expiration of post-IPO lockup restrictions on 12 November 12, 2014 for net proceeds of USD6.5 million, resulting in a realis
On 18 November, 2014, Xtime, Inc, a private portfolio company, completed an all-cash merger transaction with Cox Automotive, Inc. At the closing of the merger, BDCA Venture received USD9.7 million in
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