UK / Ireland
Palamon appoints Körber to board of advisers
Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Hans-Joachim Körber to its board of advisers.
Teachers’ makes new hire to lead London office
Jo Taylor has been hired to head up the London office of Teachers' Private Capital, the private equity arm of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Altima and Finance Wales back Acuitas with €1m+
Welsh medical company Acuitas Medical Limited has secured a funding round of just more than €1m from private and institutional investors including Altima Partners and Finance Wales. According to Acuitas, the funding round was oversubscribed.
Primary Capital rescues Hawkin's Bazaar
Primary Capital has backed the management of Hawkin’s Bazaar to bring the firm out of administration.
PGE hires senior investment manager
Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE) has appointed Jane Reoch as senior investment manager at its London office.
Deal volumes hit 15-year low
Deal volumes in Q4 2011 hit their lowest levels since 1996, in a difficult final quarter for the private equity industry, according to the unquote” Private Equity Barometer, in association with Arle Capital Partners.
FSI Régions backs MBI of EBH from RJD
FSI Régions, previously known as Avenir Entreprise, has backed an MBI of European Boating Holidays (EBH) from RJD Partners.
Sun European Partners buys Bonmarché Stores
Sun European Partners has acquired UK clothing retailer Bonmarché Stores.
ISIS backs £46m Autologic MBO
ISIS Equity Partners has invested in the £46m MBO of UK-based automotive diagnostic software business Autologic.
Fitness First to restructure debt
BC Partners portfolio company Fitness First, one of the world’s largest gym groups, has begun talks with its lending banks to restructure its unsustainable high-interest loans, according to reports.
Alan Dale joins Grant Thornton
Alan Dale has been appointed as a partner and head of Grant Thornton’s operational deal services (ODS) team.
unquote” UK Watch Q4 2011
The latest unquote" UK Watch, produced in association with Corbett Keeling, reveals Britain has a thriving smaller buyout segment, but at the cost of waning larger deals.
Debt providers: “One-stop shops” gaining ground
Faced with a tough bank lending environment, PE houses are increasingly turning to “one-stop shops” to leverage their deals. Indeed, alternative debt providers are looking forward to a busy 2012, as Greg Gille finds out.
Graphite backs MBO of National Fostering Agency
Graphite Capital has acquired childcare service National Fostering Agency (NFA) from Sovereign Capital in a deal reported to be worth around £130m.
Could mega fundraisings cause Nordic dry powder problem?
International investors have driven Nordic fundraising to unprecedented levels, but will deal flow keep up with the dry powder? Sonnie Ehrendal investigates.
TowerBrook buys Volution off AAC Capital
TowerBrook Capital Partners has acquired UK-based ventilation products specialist Volution Group from AAC Capital - a deal reported to be worth around £160m.
Sovereign Capital-backed IMS merges with HedgeOp
Sovereign Capital's The IMS Consulting Group has merged with software provider HedgeOp.
Miliband calls for tougher takeover code
Labour leader Ed Miliband has pressed for stricter takeover rules in the UK, threatening the flexibility of investment strategies.
Jeppe Zink to lead Northzone's new London office
Scandinavian technology investment firm Northzone has appointed Jeppe Zink as a general partner to spearhead the operation of the firm's new London office.
H.I.G announces managing director in London
H.I.G. Capital has appointed Henry Gregson as a managing director in its London office.
LDC hires Jon Herbert from Lloyds
Jon Herbert, Lloyds Banking Group’s head of acquisition finance, has joined LDC as a director.
Cinven snaps up ICG's CPA Global in SBO
Cinven has agreed to acquire intellectual property specialists CPA Global from Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and Electra Private Equity in a secondary buyout thought to be worth around $1bn.
Dechert opens in Frankfurt; poaches Mayer Brown partner
Private equity specialist Dr. Benedikt Weiser will join Dechert next month from Mayer Brown, where he was head of the firm’s German Private Investment Funds group.
ievo secures £150,000 early-stage investment from Northstar ventures
Finance for Business North East Accelerator Fund has invested £150,000 in security company iEvo.