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NORWAY - Return backer Capricorn takes 7% stake in Metallkraft
Existing investor Capricorn has subscribed to a new share issue for Metallkraft AS, a Norwegian waste and disposal technology business, taking a 7% stake. Norwegian government-owned Investinor also participated in the round, and took a 7% stake, investing...
EUROPE - Q2 figures buck downward trend
Amid widespread talk in the press of "green shoots" in the wider economy, there have been signs of a positive shift in private equity investment activity, according to the unquote" Q2 2009 Private Equity Barometer, produced in association with Candover....
Global - BC Partners writes up value of 2005 fund by almost 25%
Private equity firm BC Partners has reportedly marked up its current fund by almost a quarter in the first half, restoring it to face value.
UK - Hawkpoint recruits RBS MB to its restructuring advisory team
Corporate financier Hawkpoint has hired Shaun Holmes, a former MD with RBS, as director in its restructuring advisory team.
GERMANY - Warburg Pincus takes 8.8% stake in Kontron
Warburg Pincus has acquired a stake of nearly 9% in embedded computer technology company Kontron AG for approximately EUR 38.6m.
UK - Climate Change Capital backs Climate Energy MBO
Cleantech investor Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has backed the management buyout of energy efficiency services company Climate Energy for an undisclosed sum.
ITALY - Bain Capital pulls out of talks with debt-laden Safilo
Bain Capital has withdrawn from takeover discussions with the debt-laden eyewear manufacturer Safilo.
EUROPE - Foresight appoints new sales director
VCT manager Foresight has hired Meredith Lee as sales director, based in the firm's Sevenoaks office.
FRANCE/GERMANY - Demeter holds second close on EUR 182m; backs IGIP
Demeter Partners has held a second close its EUR 200m fund Demeter 2 on EUR 182m. The fund was launched in November 2008, and takes over from its predecessor Demeter, which closed in October 2006 on EUR 105m and is now fully invested. Both funds backed...
GERMANY – Mangrove and Neuhaus sell Cellity to Nokia
Mangrove Capital Partners and Neuhaus Partners have agreed to sell software provider Cellity AG to Nokia.
UK - Lovells' Stephanie Keen relocates to Singapore
Law firm Lovells is relocating its London partner Stephanie Keen to Singapore, where she will launch a private equity practice for the firm in September.
UK - RSM Bentley Jennison appoints corporate finance partner in London
RSM Bentley Jennison has hired Stuart Marcy as corporate finance partner to lead the London and South East mergers and acquisitions team.
UK - Thomas Eggar appoints partner in asset finance litigation
Law firm Thomas Eggar LLP has hired Martin Roderick as partner and head of its asset finance litigation team.
UK - Morgan Stanley AIP invests £45m into Aldermore Bank
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (Morgan Stanley AIP) has invested £45m into Aldermore Bank (formerly Ruffler Bank), alongside AnaCap Financial Partners.
UK - HSBC backs £170m SBO of Viking Moorings from Inflexion
HSBC Private Equity has acquired oil services company Viking Moorings in a secondary buyout from Inflexion Private Equity, for a price tag of £170m.
HUNGARY - Permira's BorsodChem to get cash injection
Permira-backed Borsodchem, a Hungarian chemical business, may receive a loan from the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) amounting to €100m. The injection is contingent upon Permira agreeing a debt restructuring of the company with lenders and Budapest.
GERMANY – HTGF backs ReCoTech with EUR 500,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 in software start-up ReCoTech GmbH.
GERMANY/US – KKR-backed BMG acquires Crosstown assets
KKR and Bertelsmann's BMG Rights Management, a company specialising in licensing and administrating music rights, has acquired the music publishing assets of Crosstown Songs America.
ROMANIA - Advent backs Romanian pharma bolt-on
Advent International's Central & Eastern European team has done its third deal of the year with the bolt-on of Ozone Laboratories to its Romanian pharmaceuticals business LaborMed. Advent has provided additional equity to fund the deal, which includes...
FRANCE - Predica joins Duke Street as Proclif backer
Duke Street Capital has sold a stake in French private healthcare group Proclif to Predica, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, for EUR 70m. Following the deal, Duke Street's stake decreases from 80% to a majority 50.1% share of the business, with Predica...
GERMANY - Arques sells Tiscon to KCK Association
Industrial holding Arques has sold its 60% stake in investment company Tiscon AG to a consortium of investors led by Russia-based KCK Association.
SWITZERLAND/US – Exigen Capital hires three
Exigen Capital has appointed Daniel S Aegerter, Kai-Uwe Ricke and Marcel Rohner to its advisory board.
GERMANY - RHJ's Honsel in debt-for-equity swap
RHJ International's Honsel AG reduces debt by EUR 370m in debt-for-equity swap.
GERMANY – HTGF invests EUR 500,000 in SP Solution Pool
High-Tech Gründerfonds has supported medical technology company, SP Solution Pool GmbH, with EUR 500,000 in seed capital funding.