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UK - Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital appoints Ryan Bevington
Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital has appointed Ryan Bevington as a senior investment manager to its Northern team. Bevington will focus on new investment opportunities involving smaller UK companies requiring up to £4m of equity finance, including...
UK - Abderdeen Asset Managers Private Equity backs MBO of EDSR
Aberdeen Asset Managers Private Equity has backed the management buyout of EDSR, a provider of specialist services to the land decontamination sector. EDSR has a turnover of £12m and employs 30 staff.
UK - Inflexion portfolio company Parasol appoints new chairman
Inflexion has appointed Ray Pierce as chairman of its employment services company Parasol Group. Pierce has been well known to Inflexion for a number of years most recently in his capacity as Chairman of Crown Sports which Inflexion sold in May 2006....
DENMARK - EQT acquires Dako in DKK 7.25bn deal
The EQT V fund has agreed to acquire cancer diagnostics company Dako Denmark A/S for an enterprise value of DKK 7,250m. Headquartered in Glostrup, Dako’s current main shareholders include descendants of the company’s founder Niels Harboe, Novo Nordisk...
GERMANY/FRANCE - Germany and France to become top destinations for PE funds
According to a study published on Monday by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Germany and France are shaping up as the top destination for private equity funds over the next five years. Out of 98 mainly European fund managers based outside Germany, 39% indicated...
BELGIUM - Benelux Venture Summit to be held on 8 March
The Benelux Venture Summit, to be held on 8 March at KBC Bank in Brussels, will see 25 fast growing companies from the Benelux ICT and Life Sciences scene showcasing their talents. 150 pan-European VCs, corporate investors and intermediaries will also...
SPAIN - Nazca to sell its tapas restaurant chain
Spanish press reports suggest that private equity firm Nazca is to sell Lizarran Tapas Selectas, its tapas restaurant business, to sector player Comess Group.
UK - Octopus generates 98% IRR on exit from clinical trials recruitment company
Octopus Investments has sold clinical trials recruitment business James Harvard International, and James Harvard Japan to Hays Plc. Hays has paid £24m initial cash consideration, with a further earn-out estimated to be £19m over three years. This exit...
UK - Gresham strengthens its team with two appointments
Gresham has further strengthened its investment team by recruiting Iain Wolstenholme as investment director and Peter Lahoud as research and origination manager. Wolstenholme joins Gresham from Ernst & Young. His experience includes a wide variety of...
UK - Bowmark's School Travel Group makes fourth acquisition
Bowmark Capital has completed its fourth acquisition in the school travel sector. The School Travel Group (STG), the platform business that Bowmark established in 2004, has acquired Kuoni Travel’s School and Student Tours business.
UK - Endless makes new appointment
Endless has recruited James Woolley as investment manager. He joins Endless from the corporate finance and restructuring department of Ernst & Young.
ITALY - Z-Cube invests in pharma business
As a lead investor, Z-Cube has invested EUR 3.2m in pharma business PharmEste alongside Quantica SGR, Zernike Meta Venture and State Street Global Investment SGR (SSGI).
GERMANY - White & Case strengthens Frankfurt team
White & Case has appointed Dr Benedikt Gillessen as partner to join its Capital Markets team in Frankfurt from March 2007. Gillessen joins from Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer where during his eight year tenure he focused on equity capital markets and especially...
UK - DLJ Merchant Banking Partners makes new appointments
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (DLJMBP), the private equity affiliate of Credit Suisse, has appointed Allen M Yurko as an industrial partner. Based in London, he will work with Colin Taylor, managing director and head of DLJMBP Europe.
FRANCE - Eurazeo sells portfolio valued at $214m to AIGGIG
In line with its previously announced strategy of selling its 3rd party commitments in favour of larger direct investments, Eurazeo has sold a portfolio of interests in 28 private equity funds, to AIG Global Investment Group.
NL - Bencis Capital Partners appoints new partner
Menno van der Meer has joined Bencis Capital Partners as a partner as of 1 February. He will operate from the firm's Amsterdam office.
UK - Dunedin completes two full exits
Dunedin has fully realised its investment in two portfolio companies generating returns of 4.3x from asset-based lender Davenham and 3.6x from business travel group Portman.
UK - Vision Capital acquires six businesses from Bridgepoint
Vision Capital has acquired a portfolio of six businesses from Bridgepoint for an undisclosed sum. The investments include Portman, a UK-business travel agency; Pirtek, a franchisor for hydraulic hose repairs, and Mastock Arable, a UK agricultural, chemical...
UK - TPG circles Apax and Permira-held New Look
New Look, the fashion retailer backed by Apax and Permira, has received offers of interest from other buyout firms including TPG. A formal sales process is yet to begin but it is understood that a secondary buyout is more likely than an IPO.
UK - Investcorp to recoup £150m on 10-year Welcome Break investment
Investcorp is to receive a payout of £150m from its portfolio company Welcome Break. The realisation follows a £300m recapitalisation that values the motorway service company at approximately £500m.
GERMANY - Springer Science to float
It is rumoured that Cinven and Candover are looking to float Springer Science & Business Media with a valuation of more than EUR 2bn. Investment banks Goldman Sachs, ABN AMRO and UBS are said to have been appointed to prepare the company for a stock market...
UK - Chrysalis VCT backs Rhino Rugby
Chrysalis VCT has taken a 6.25% stake in Rhino Rugby, the official supplier of training equipment to the English and Welsh Rugby Unions.
UK - 3i turns its attentions to Foxtons
3i is reported to be interested in acquiring estate agency chain Foxtons. Privately-owned Foxtons has appointed Credit Suisse to run a dual-track process to decide the asset's future.
FINLAND - CapMan acquires Walki Wisa from UPM
CapMan has agreed to buy Walki Wisa Group, a producer of wrappings and composite materials, from UPM-Kymmene.