Julian Longhurst

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Argos Soditic closes latest fund on €400m hard-cap

European mid-market specialist Argos Soditic closed its sixth fund at a €400m hard-cap during December. The fund had been launched around six months previously with an upper target of...

unquote | 06 Jan 2011 | secure

Darwin sells Maxinutrition in maiden exit

Darwin Private Equity, founded in 2007 by former executives from Permira and CVC, has made its first exit with the £162m sale of sports nutrition company Maxinutrition to GlaxoSmithKline...

UK unquote | 20 Dec 2010 | secure

The fundraising conundrum

Fundraising market continues to confound

Fundraising conditions are at their toughest for nearly a decade and the market is awash with rumours of stalled fundraising programmes. But there are also regular reports of highly successful...

unquote | 16 Dec 2010 | secure

DIC and Bridgepoint lose out in Alliance Medical debt restructure

Senior and subordinated lenders that backed the 2006 tertiary buyout of Alliance Medical by DIC and previous majority shareholder Bridgepoint Capital have reached an agreement over a...

UK unquote | 14 Dec 2010 | secure

Darwin Private Equity makes first exit with Maxinutrition

Darwin Private Equity, founded in 2007 by former executives from Permira and CVC, has made its first exit with the £162m sale of sports nutrition company Maxinutrition to GlaxoSmithKline...

UK unquote | 13 Dec 2010 | secure

HgCapital acquires ATC Group

HgCapital has acquired a majority stake in ATC Group, the Dutch provider of corporate services to industrial and financial multinationals.

Benelux unquote | 13 Dec 2010 | secure

Investors lose stakes in Alliance Medical debt restructure

Senior and subordinated lenders that backed the 2006 tertiary buyout of Alliance Medical by DIC and previous majority shareholder Bridgepoint Capital have reached an agreement over a...

UK unquote | 13 Dec 2010 | secure

Maven backs MBO of Attraction World

Maven Capital Partners has acquired the Birmingham-based ticketing solutions provider Attraction World in a £6.9m MBO.

UK unquote | 10 Dec 2010 | secure

Mid Europa doubles its money on Aster sale

Mid Europa Partners has agreed to sell media and communication services business Aster to UPC Polska, an affiliate of Liberty Global Inc.

CEE unquote | 06 Dec 2010 | secure

Cavendish changes ownership structure and appoints new COO

Cavendish Corporate Finance, the specialist sell-side adviser to mid-cap companies in the UK, has announced the retirement of it's co-founder and the appointment of a new COO.

UK unquote | 25 Nov 2010 | secure

PM & Partners backs buyout of Relevi SpA

PM & Partners has completed a second acquisition from its second fund with the buyout of Relevi, a European manufacturer of white-label air fresheners and household cleaners.

Southern Europe unquote | 19 Nov 2010 | secure

Isle of Man unveils new fund proposition

Isle of Man pitches for business in the new PE environment

It may seem counter-intuitive, in a particularly bleak fundraising environment, to be heavily promoting the latest iteration of a specialist tax-efficient fund structure, but that is...

unquote | 18 Nov 2010 | secure

Christopher Anderson

Carey Olsen appoints new corporate partner

Carey Olsen, the Channel Islands law firm, has appointed Christopher Anderson as a partner in its Guernsey corporate and finance team.

UK unquote | 17 Nov 2010 | secure

Livingstone Partners makes three new appointments

Livingstone Partners has responded to increasing dealflow levels by adding three new corporate financiers to its London-based team.

UK unquote | 17 Nov 2010 | secure

LDC secures partial exit from Virgin Racing

LDC has reached an agreement with Marussia that will see the Russian supercar manufacturer take a shareholding in F1 team Virgin Racing.

UK unquote | 11 Nov 2010 | secure

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