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ITALY - Investindustrial acquires 65% of Stroili Oro
Investindustrial has led the acquisition of 65% of Stroili Oro, Italy’s leading jewellery retail chain. L-Capital (LVMH Group) and Ergon Capital, former shareholders of Stroili Oro, will retain a 35% shareholding. Following the acquisition, a minority...
SWEDEN - Carlyle and Providence to acquire Swedish cable operation
Liberty Global has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its Swedish cable business, UPC Sverige AB to a consortium comprising The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) and Providence Equity Partners.
GERMANY - Commerzbank closes syndication for HT Troplast recap
Commerzbank Corporates and Markets has closed syndication of the EUR 100m senior secured debt facilities for HT Troplast GmbH. New lenders funded into the transaction on 31 March. Headquartered in Troisdorf, HT Troplast is a producer of PVC-based profiles...
UK - Shore Capital completes VCT fundraising
Shore Capital Group Plc, the investment bank focused on equity capital markets and alternative asset class funds, has announced that it has raised ТЃ39m for its Puma VCT III and IV.
UK - Sovereign Capital announces three promotions
Sovereign Capital has made three promotions in its team: Dominic Dalli and Simon Hitchcock have been made directors and Jose Rodriguez has been promoted to investment manager.
UK - RJD Partners appoints new investment director
RJD Partners Ltd has appointed Tim Thomas to the role of investment director.
UK - CVC makes senior appointment
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of David Wood.
UK - Barclays Ventures supports 99p stores expansion
99p Stores Ltd, a leading UK single price point value retailer, has announced that it plans to open up to 45 new stores throughout the UK in the next 20 months, doubling its present number of outlets. Barclays Ventures, together with other shareholders...
UK - Hg completes acquisition of Paragon Healthcare Group
HgCapital has acquired Paragon Healthcare Group from Duke Street Capital in a ТЃ322m buyout.
FRANCE - Siparex and Avenir Entreprises back IT provider
Avenir Entreprises Gestion and Siparex, through its Rhônes-Alpes PME Gestion fund, have backed a first round of funding in CISA Informatique. The investors have injected EUR 770,000 each in the newco, Amilcar Developpement.
FRANCE - Eurazeo increases Danone stake
Eurazeo has increased its stake in Danone from 3.68% to 5.10%. The private equity house acquired the shares for EUR 375m and gained 8.59% of voting rights. Eurazeo has been a shareholder in the Euronext-listed food group for over 20 years. Last year,...
FRANCE - Alpha's fifth fund acquires Mecatherm
Alpha Private Equity Fund 5 has announced its first investment since it closed on EUR 750m in February 2006. The fund has acquired Mecatherm from Astorg Partners, 21 Centrale Partners and Cogepa, alongside its management team. APEF 5 will hold a majority...
UK - Matrix backs MBO of VSI Ltd
VSI Ltd, a group specialising in developing and marketing 3D software, has been sold by its founder shareholders to the management team in a ТЃ6m MBO. Matrix Private Equity Partners invested ТЃ1.9m with the remaining funds comprising cash and roll-over...
UK - Clifford Chance to launch private equity fund?
Trade magazine The Lawyer has reported that Clifford Chance intends to launch an in-house fund-of-funds to invest alongside its private equity clients.
SPAIN - Talde announces record profits
Spanish private equity group Talde Promoción y Desarrollo, S.C.R., S.A. obtained record profits in 2005 of EUR 6.9m, more than triple the EUR 2.1m registered the previous year. At its meeting yesterday, the company’s Board of Directors agreed to propose...
SWEDEN - CapMan invests in Swedish fashion retail chain MQ
CapMan funds will acquire the majority holding in Swedish fashion retail chain MQ.
UK - LDC backs St Tropez
St Tropez, the self tanning brand, has received funding from LDC in order to capitalise on the huge global demand for self tanning products.
GERMANY - Maybach family to return as co-owner of MTU
The EQT IV Fund has invited the Maybach family to reinvest in MTU Friedrichshafen, which was founded by Karl and Wilhelm Maybach in 1909. No financial details of the transaction have been disclosed. EQT has also announced that it has appointed four industrial...
GERMANY - KPMG advises ECM on Sport Group divestiture
KPMG has advised ECM Equity Capital Management on the sale of Sport Group to Industri Kapital. Headquartered in Germany, Sport Group has over 550 employees. The group has three main product groups: artificial turf, tracks and playgrounds. In 2005, it...
GERMANY - White & Case expands private equity and tax team
Law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Düsseldorf offices with the appointments of Hans-Jörg Wittmann and Christoph Kuzaj. Both lawyers are joining the firm following more than three years with Simmons & Simmons.
UK - Simon Jobson joins Close Brothers Growth Capital as investment executive
Close Brothers Growth Capital, the provider of combined equity and debt funding, has announced the appointment of Simon Jobson as investment executive.
GERMANY / UK - Wellington Partners back Zopa in further round
Wellington Partners has provided $15m to UK-based Zopa Ltd in a second round of financing. The group was initially part of a first round financial consortium including Benchmark Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
FINLAND - VC-backed Inion receives US patent grant
Inion, a Finnish company focused on medical implants, has announced the granting of a US patent covering the combination of Inion Optima™ biodegradable polymers with bone morphogenetic proteins and pyrollidones.
GERMANY - Blackstone Group to slim down German presence
According to a report in Financial Times Deutschland on Friday, the Blackstone Group is planning to reduce its presence on the ground in Germany. Future transactions will be led out of the company's London offices, says the report.