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FINLAND - CapMan appoints new advisers
CapMan has announced that Erik Prydz Mathisen, Terje Thon, Barbara Thoralfsen and Rune Thoralfsen from Norway and Jari Pasanen from Finland have been invited to join CapMan as industrial advisers as of November 2006. The new industrial advisers will complement...
AUSTRIA – Bidders for BAWAG drop to four
The number of bidders for Austria’s fourth largest bank in terms of volume of assets has dropped to four after the latest round in the auction process, according to press reports. It is understood that the remaining parties include German bank BayernLB...
FRANCE - EdRIP appoints life science partner and recruits three staff
Paris-based Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has recruited three additional staff and secured a new venture partnership. Olivier Litzka has been appointed as co-director of the life science team, while Laurent Toutois and Sophie Nordmann...
UK - Weil Gotshal & Manges to realign London private equity practice
Weil Gotshal & Manges is reportedly realigning its London private equity practice around a core group of premium clients in order to bolster its profitability and avoid 'diluting' its service. The refocusing is understood to be driven in part by the London...
BELGIUM - Gilde acquires Belgium Johma and Hamal salad business
Gilde has backed the management buyout of Uniq Belgium, a producer and marketer of private label and branded spreadable salads, from UK-based Uniq PLC. The transaction signifies the first investment from the recently raised Gilde Equity Management Benelux...
UK - Close Growth Capital appoints Justin Slabbert as associate
Close Growth Capital (CGC) has appointed Justin Slabbert as an associate. Slabbert joins CGC from Bearing Power, a multi-national industrial distribution company where he was director for business development. He previously worked in the private equity...
NORWAY - Norvestor buys 70% of BecoTek
Norvestor IV LP has agreed to acquire a 70% interest in BecoTek. BecoTek is an integrated manufacturer and supplier of brass cages to the ball and roller bearing industry worldwide. Headquartered in Åmot, the company recorded a turnover of NOK 194m in...
FRANCE - Eurazeo interest boosts Eutelsat share price
Satellite communications business Eutelsat's share price is soaring following an admission by the company's CEO that he had been approached by potential investors. Independently, Eurazeo issued a press release in which the buyout house expressed its interest...
SWEDEN - 3i and SEB Företagsinvest sell vaccine distributor
3i, SEB Företagsinvest and other shareholders are divesting their stakes in vaccine distributor SBL Vaccines in a sale to NASDAQ-listed Dutch biotechnology company Crucell for EUR 39.4m, excluding deferred payments and future royalties. The transaction...
SWEDEN - Argan Capital buys service provider unit from Manpower
Argan Capital has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the facility management and contact centre businesses within Manpower Business Solutions from Manpower. The companies employ approximately 1,800 staff and generate revenues of around EUR 170m....
UK - ISIS joins Crew Clothing Co.
ISIS Equity Partners has acquired a 25% stake in Crew Clothing Co., the English brand for customers who enjoy an active and outdoor lifestyle, in a £7.75m fundraising. Crew was founded as a single retail site in Salcombe in 1993. The brand has since...
SPAIN - Catalana d'Iniciatives has a new Madrid director
Private equity firm Catalana d'Iniciatives has promoted Nicholas Ruiz to director of its Madrid office. Previously an investment director, Ruiz has worked in a number of operations at the firm's offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
UK - Dubai International Capital interested in Liverpool FC
The board of Liverpool Football Club will meet this week to discuss the investment proposals of American billionaire George Gillett, who owns the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club.
GERMANY – nugg.ad receives growth capital
Bmp AG and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH have invested in Berlin-based media company nugg.ad. The financial investors each take a 17.5% stake, with nugg.ad founders holding the balance.
GERMANY – Waterland acquires second gaming arcade operator within a month
Waterland Private Equity has acquired Highway Automaten GmbH through its third fund Waterland Private Equity Fund III BV that closed on EUR 400m in April this year. The financial investor had previously acquired Löwen Play, the second largest amusement...
FRANCE - Royal Dutch Shell considers French disposals
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is said to be considering selling its French refineries.
UK - Pi Capital in £3m development capital deal with Medispa
Pi Capital has completed a £3m development capital fund raising for MediSpa, to support its roll-out growth plan to set up a national network of cosmetic clinics. Founded in 2004, MediSpa offers a range of cosmetic services under one roof, including...
UK - CDC appoints general counsel and chief compliance officer
CDC Group Plc, the UK government-backed emerging market private equity fund-of-funds investor, has appointed Mark Kenderdine-Davies as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
FRANCE - Seloger.com announes IPO
Online housing agency Seloger has announced it will launch an IPO on Euronext's compartment B.
UK - Hotbed appoints new investment director
Hotbed has appointed Johnny Markham as investment director in its commercial property division. Markham has experience in investment, property development and corporate property solutions, having worked for a number of high-profile clients such as British...
GERMANY – Deutsche Beteiligungs AG takes control of Homag
Schopfloch-based Homag Group AG, a manufacturer of woodworking machinery for the furniture and construction supplies industries, has been acquired by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. The financial investor had already held a 21.4% stake and acquired an additional...
GERMANY – T-Mobile Venture Fund backs 4G Systems
The German manufacturer of HSDPA mobile terminals has completed a financing round led by T-Mobile Venture Fund. Existing investors Brockhaus Private Equity and Adinvest also participated.
BELGIUM - GIMV appoints new Investment Directors
GIMV has announced that it has appointed Bart Diels and Alain Keppens as Investment Directors with immediate effect. Both Diels and Keppens have worked for GIMV as Investment Managers for more than 10 and 15 years within GIMV ICT and GIMV Corporate Investment...
SWEDEN - Cinven to acquire Phadia for EUR 1.3bn
PPM Capital and Triton have signed an agreement to sell Phadia, a global market leader in in-vitro allergy diagnostics, to Cinven, for EUR 1.3bn. The sale remains subject to regulatory approvals. PPM and Triton were advised by UBS Investment Bank, Morgan...