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Hogan Lovells loses nine to Morrison & Foerster
Law firm Morrison & Foerster has poached all of Hogan Lovells' Berlin-based partners to open its first German branch.
Riverstone to list new £550m energy fund on LSE
Riverstone is planning to list its new energy fund Riverstone Energy Limited (REL) on the London Stock Exchange, with a view to raise up to £550m.
Catapult and Opus unite
Catapult Venture Managers and Opus Ventures have combined operations to become Catapult Ventures Group (CVG).
Sovereign looking to sell City & County
Sovereign Capital has hired Panmure Gordon to handle the sales process of care home company City & County.
Nextstage in €15m round for Cap Cinema
Nextstage has taken part in a €15m funding round for French multiplex operator Cap Cinema.
Inveready leads round for Mobincube
Spanish VC Inveready has led a €700,000 seed funding round for Mobincube, a Valencia-based mobile software developer, alongside the Bankinter Innovation Foundation and The Crowd Angel.
ECI: UK growth businesses enjoy easier access to finance
UK growth companies are finding it easier to obtain finance for growth and many are turning to equity over debt, according to a survey conducted by ECI.
Kingsbridge sells insolvent Kunert
Kingsbridge Capital has sold part of stocking retailer Kunert to turnaround investor Erhard Grossnigg.
EQT bids for Scout24
Nordic private equity house EQT has placed an offer to wholly acquire Deutsche Telekom's internet portal Scout24, according to local reports.
French VCs invest €12m in Fermentalg
BPI France, Viveris Management and IRDI have taken part in a €12m fundraising round for biotechnology company Fermentalg, alongside existing investors.
Altor receives SEK 500m tax bill
Partners at Altor will receive an additional tax bill of SEK 500m for the 2008 income year, according to local media reports.
German election: Merkel wins third term
German election
HitecVision's Oyster Petroleum in bolt-on
HitecVision-backed Oyster Petroleum has agreed to acquire a package of licence interests in an area of the West of Shetlands basin from Ithaca Energy.
DBAG invests €5m in DNS:Net
Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) has invested an initial €5m in German telecommunications and IT services provider DNS:Net.
Capman completes Nice exit
Capman has wholly divested Nice Entertainment Group, a pan-Nordic content production company, to Swedish broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) for an enterprise value of €84.4m.
Hauck & Aufhäuser hires new head of Luxembourg office
Hauck & Aufhäuser has appointed Marc Kriegsmann as the new managing director for Hauck & Aufhäuser Alternative Investment Services.
Scope invests SEK 30m in Klättermusen
Swedish private equity firm Scope has acquired a majority stake in Åre-based outdoor sports equipment and apparel company Klättermusen for SEK 30m.
IPO values Foxtons at £649m
The public listing of BC Partners-backed Foxtons has valued the company at £649m.
HSBC’s Bowser joins Endless
Wayne Bowser, Endless
Triton-backed Befesa invests €30m in new facility
Recycling and industrial waste disposal company Befesa, backed by Triton, is developing a €30m smelting plant in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Credo offloads Fora Form for NOK 67m
Credo Capital Partners has sold Norwegian furniture manufacturer Fora Form to Swedish interior design firm Lammhults Design Group for NOK 67m.
Pontis sells Lixto to McKinsey
Pontis Capital has sold software company Lixto to management consulting firm McKinsey in a trade sale after a holding period of seven years.
Numericable plans IPO
Cinven- and Carlyle-backed Numericable has laid out plans for an IPO on the NYSE Euronext Paris.
Noerr hires Skadden's Koppmann to expand PE team
Tobias Kappmann, Noerr