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Top KWM corporate partner Tim Wright leaves for DLA Piper
Tim Wright, DLA Piper
Social-impact investing: just a PR tool?
Social-impact investing
Gresham's Hatcher joins Palatine
Dan Hatcher, Palatine Private Equity
JC Flowers' OneSavings to launch IPO
Bank aiming for ТЃ500m valuation
PAI's R&R aims to raise £315m on high-yield market
Proceeds will refinance existing senior secured notes
White & Case appoints banking partner
Colin Harley, White & Case
Former Cambridge Associates MD joins Commonfund
Schmitter will focus on global private capital manager research and due diligence
BGF pumps £3m into Dudson
Company is more than 200 years old
2014: the year of the VCT
From left, Tim Levett of NVM, Andrew Garside of Isis and Mark Wignall from Mobeus
Unlocking the UK's Patent Box
UK Patent Box
Certivox raises $8m series-B
Japan's NTT Docomo also backs company in first European investment
Atomico et al. invest $7m in Evrythng
Cisco invests alongside VCs
UK Watch: Q1 deal volume drops off
But increased exit activity is buoying the market
Bowmark Capital promotes four
Senior partner Mark Salter joins management committee
Saga announces plans to raise £550m in IPO
Proceeds will be used to pay down net debt
Alchemy's Parkdean completes £180m refinancing
Alchemy bought holiday operator in 2006
Tikehau hires former Blackstone exec Anderson for private debt division
Debra Anderson, Tikehau
Mercia, Finance Wales in $1m series-A round for Thalia
Firm also receives grant from Welsh government
MMC leads $10m round for Brightpearl
Existing investors also took part in round
LDC chief Darryl Eales steps down
Darryl Eales, LDC
Galen-backed Quotient raises $40m in IPO
Offering comprises 5 million units at $8 each
Panoramic et al. invest in Concorde
VCs provide business with $2.5m
Arle raises ad-hoc funding for Innovia buyout
GP buys asset from Candover Fund, which it has managed since 2009
British Business Bank doubles potential commitments to ECFs
Programme extended until 2014