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EUROPE - WINNERS ANNOUNCED for Nordic unquote" Private Equity Awards
Nordic unquoteт is delighted to announce the winners of its second awards for Nordic Private Equity, held last night at the Grand Hotel, Stockholm. The event immediately followed on from a day-long Congress dedicated to discussing developments in the...
FRANCE - Argos Soditic backs BIMBO of Marie-Laure PLV
As part of a buy-in management buyout, Argos Soditic has acquired 53% of Marie-Laure PLV, a producer of promotional and maketing materials for retailers.
FRANCE - ACE Management invests extra EUR 2m in data storage specialist
ACE Management has injected EUR 2m as a sole investor in the second round of funding for Hi-Stor.
FRANCE - MBO Partenaires promotes team-members and hires two
French small-cap buyout house MBO Partenaires has appointed Cécile Nguyen, Laurent Tesson and Florian de Gouvion Saint Cyr as partners, and Julien Wormser as Director, while Edouard Malandrin and Géraldine Coulange also join the team.
FRANCE - Linux data storage specialist receives additional EUR 4.2m
In its second round of funding, Toulouse-born Seanodes has received financial backing from its existing investors Elaia Partners and IRDI, as well as 123Venture and Galia Gestion.
FRANCE - Cinven looks to cash in French cable
Cinven is said to have mandated Morgan Stanley and Rothschild to sell half of its stake in French cable monopoly Numericable, in a deal which could raise EUR 2bn for the buyout house.
FRANCE - US private equity firm wins exclusivity for Safran's communications unit
The French defence and electronics group has granted The Gores Group a period of exclusisivity for the acquisition of Sagem Communications, following the receipt of a firm EUR 383m offer.
UK/EUROPE - Bank of Scotland merges UK and European leverage finance teams
Bank of Scotland Corporate has merged its UK structured finance and acquisition finance teams with its European leveraged finance business to create a single leveraged finance business that will operate on a pan-European basis.