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EUROPE - European Parliament report slams AIFM Directive
A new report released today has heaped heavy criticism on the AIFM Directive for being "hasty" and "weak". Ashley Wassall reports.
UK - Risk Capital Partners appoints senior partner
Luke Johnson's private equity firm Risk Capital Partners has hired Michael Simmonds as a senior investment partner.
UK - Akin Gump boosts corporate team in London
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired Greg Hammond as a London partner in the energy and international corporate transactions practices.
BELGIUM - Waterland Private Equity buys 25% of Arseus
Waterland Private Equity has acquired a 25% interest in Euronext-listed Belgian healthcare business Arseus, purchasing Omega Pharma's entire 24% shareholding and an additional 1% from Couckinvest, the second-largest shareholder in the healthcare company.
GERMANY - BayBG invests in WeWebU
BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft has completed an undisclosed investment in WeWebU Software in the framework of a silent partnership.
IRELAND - Bank of Ireland seed fund launches
Bank of Ireland has announced the launch of the Seed and Early Stage Equity fund, a new EUR 26m vehicle designed to invest in Irish start-up and early-stage companies.
NORWAY - Norvestor sells Intelecom to Carrot
Norvestor has wholly exited its investment in Intelecom Group, a provider of outsourced communication services for businesses, through a trade sale to sector rival Carrot Communications for an undisclosed sum.
EUROPE - CBCF shakes up senior management
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has promoted Richard Madden, managing director and head of the media sector team, to CEO of the UK business, replacing Stephen Auselbrook, who had co-led both the European and UK businesses but will now focus on his role...
UK - HgCapital backs £178m MBO of Goldshield Group
HgCapital has backed the £178m management buyout of listed generic drugs company Goldshield Group.
UK - Accel and Index sell Playfish for up to $400m
Index Ventures and Accel Partners have wholly exited social gaming portfolio company Playfish via a trade sale to Electronic Arts for a consideration of up to $400m, including a $100m earnout.
BELGIUM - Montagu closes ADB deal
Montagu Private Equity's acquisition of airfield lighting specialist ADB Airfield from Siemens, first reported by unquote" in September this year, has closed.
FRANCE - Fondinvest hires new partner
Fund-of-funds manager Fondinvest Capital has recruited Catherine Lewis La Torre as Partner.
ROMANIA - Lime Rock makes $25m Expert investment
Energy-focused investor Lime Rock Partners has invested $25m in Expert Petroleum, a Romanian oil and gas business.
POLAND - Advent makes PLN 405m offer for Wydawnictwa
Global buyout house Advent International has announced a public tender offer to acquire Polish educational publisher Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, in a deal that would value the company at around PLN 405m.
UK - YFM makes follw-up investment in Cornish Sea Salt
YFM Group, via its South West Ventures Fund, has further invested an undisclosed amount in salt company Cornish Sea Salt Co.
GERMANY - Golden Gate's acquisition of Infineon’s WLC business closes
Golden Gate Capital's EUR 243m acquisition of Infineon's wireline communications business, reported in unquote" in July, has officially closed.
UK - Nick Sanders joins Moulton's Better Capital
Reports suggest that turnaround veteran Nick Sanders is the latest to join Moulton's new turnaround start-up, Better Capital, as head of its portfolio operations.
BELGIUM - Vesalius leads EUR 5.3m Promethera funding
A venture syndicate led by Vesalius Biocapital has invested more than EUR 5m in biotechnology firm Promethera Biosciences in a series-A funding round.
UK - GI Partners backs Urban & Civic
Trans-Atlantic private equity house GI Partners has backed the establishment of UK real estate holding Urban & Civic.
GERMANY - Advent sells Herlitz to Pelikan for EUR 45m
Advent International has divested its 66% stake in stationary company Herlitz through a sale of the business to strategic buyer Pelikan International Corporation Berhad for EUR 45m.
UK - DN backs Target 250
Venture investor DN Capital has provided b2b technology lead generation business Target 250 with its first institutional round of funding.
SWEDEN - Accent backs Bergteamet
Accent Equity has invested an undisclosed sum in Swedish mining contractor Bergteamet.
SWEDEN - Altor secures largest chunk of pharmacy network after wave of sell-offs
Buyout house Altor Equity Partners now controls the dominant player in the newly de-monopolised Swedish pharmacy market, acquiring two of the eight clusters being sold by the government as part of a wave of sell-offs that have raised close to SEK 6bn.
FRANCE - LL Berg strengthens team
LL Berg has recruited Gaëlle Quillivic as a senior lawyer.