Goodwin
Goodwin hires Saunders from Mayer Brown as finance partner
Edward Saunders re-joins Goodwin in London, having previously worked there from 2017 to 2019
Goodwin hires Shearman’s Carli for Munich PE team
Leveraged finance partner Winfried Carli had been with Shearman & Sterling for more than 20 years
TA Associates closes TA XIV fund on $12.5bn
Firm also closes its second-generation re-investment fund, TA Select Opportunities Fund II, on $1.5bn
Levine Leichtman backs Prime Global
This is the fifth investment made by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe II, which closed on €463m in 2020
Goodwin hires partner O'Dea
O'Dea's appointment follows expansion of the firm's practice in London in 2020
Goodwin hires Ghillemyn
Harry Ghillemyn began his career at Linklaters as a trainee, later being promoted to associate
Goodwin appoints Kayser as partner
Joachim Kayser joins the law firm's private investment funds team in Frankfurt from Dechert
Mayfair acquires Seraphine from Bridgepoint for £50m
Seraphine generated £28.1m in sales for the year to 31 March 2020 and £4.7m EBITDA
LDC sells NBS to TA-, Stirling-backed Byggfakta
Bank of America was given the mandate to run the sale process for the company in September 2020
Goodwin hires team of five partners
Lawyers were originally part of a team hired from Kirkland & Ellis's London office in April 2016
EMZ 9 closes on €1.04bn
EMZ recently opened its first international office in Munich, headed by partner Klaus Maurer
BD-Capital makes debut investment in Symprove
BD-Capital announced its debut fund in July 2019 with a target of €400m
Parquest Capital sells Homeperf
GP, alongside minority shareholders BNP Paribas, Arkéa and Vivalto, reinvest in the business
CMS's Grimwood joins Goodwin
Goodwin Procter employs around 60 corporate, fund formation and PE-focused tax lawyers in London
IK takes minority stake in EDH
Existing investors Quilvest Capital Partners and Amin Khiari retain stakes in the group
Model LPA – useful protection or unnecessary guide?
Fund formation specialists weigh in on ILPA's recently launched Model Limited Partnership Agreement
Reed Smith appoints Baker as partner
Colin Baker was previously Counsel at Goodwin Procter and an associate at SJ Berwin
Bain’s Italmatch invests in FRX Polymers
Italmatch expects to further strengthen its position in the flame retardant additives segment
Graphite backs management buyout of Hanson Wade
Deal reportedly values the UK-based pharma and biotech events producer at £96m
Germany resists pan-European tech buyout decline
Drop in tech buyouts follows a pan-European trend, as every region besides southern Europe saw a decline
French PE readies for wide-ranging economic reforms
PACTE plan currently working its way through parliament could boost ESG and take-privates, in addition to increasing public funding for venture
Kreos Capital holds €700m close for sixth growth debt fund
Fund is larger than its predecessor, Kreos Capital V, which closed on its €400m hard-cap in 2016
Goodwin hires Latham & Watkins' Klenk
Goodwin hires private equity and M&A lawyer Gregor Klenk as a partner in its Frankfurt office
Video: Goodwin's Ed Hall on Nordic macro trends
Goodwin partner Ed Hall recaps a macro-focused panel at the latest Nordic Private Equity Forum