HIG Capital
HIG to take over Estro
Firm will relaunch 250 centres under Small Steps brand
Private equity recruiting: changing focus
PE firms are seeking to bolster data analysis rather than investor relations
HIG acquires remainder of Groupe Looping
Alcentra and BPI France arrange unitranche financing
HIG Capital strengthens footprint in southern Europe
Move highlights importance of local presence in Italy
HIG Capital loses Nürburgring race
€100m offer by Capricorn wins out
HIG Capital aiming for Nürburgring acquisition
Deal expected to be valued at €60-70m
HIG hires two
HIG Capital has appointed Johannes Huttunen from Silverfleet Capital as senior associate and Johan Pernvi from Ratos as director.
HIG Capital appoints MD of new Italian office
Raffaele Legnani, HIG Capital
HIG provides unitranche to support Steelite MBO
HIG WhiteHorse, the credit arm of HIG Capital, has supplied tableware business Steelite with a £29m unitranche facility to allow management to secure full ownership.
Barnechea leaves Riverside for HIG
Juan Barnechea, HIG Capital
HIG sells Aircom
HIG Capital has sold Aircom to Teoco, a US-based provider of analytics and optimisation solutions for communication services providers.
HIG Capital's Andrew Steel leaves
Andrew Steel has left HIG Capital, unquote” has learned.
Academic endeavours: online education set to explode
Online education
ECI secures £28.4m refinancing for Kelvin Hughes
HIG WhiteHorse, the credit arm of HIG Capital, has provided ECI Partners-backed Kelvin Hughes with a £28.4m unitranche debt refinancing package.
HIG buys real estate assets from Spain’s “bad banks”
HIG Capital has acquired a package of real estate assets from Sareb, the state-run company that manages assets transferred from Spain’s bailed-out banks.
Bayside Capital buys Bantierra loan portfolio
Bayside Capital, the credit arm of HIG Capital, has acquired a portfolio of failed loans from Bantierra, marking the first such transaction in the credit union sector in Spain.
HIG raises €825m in just 3 months
HIG Capital has held a final close of HIG European Capital Partners II on €825m, exceeding the target of around €760m, after just three months on the road.
Waiting for the direct lenders
Direct lenders
HIG Capital closes credit fund on $1.1bn
Bayside Capital, the credit arm of HIG Capital, has held a final closing of HIG Bayside Loan Opportunity Fund III (Europe).
Bayside and LBO France inject fresh money into Consolis
Bayside Capital and owner LBO France have respectively injected €45m of new debt and an equal amount of fresh equity into the refinancing of Belgian concrete manufacturer Consolis.
HIG Capital targets €760m for second Europe fund
HIG Capital has officially launched its second Europe fund, HIG Europe Capital Partners II, with a target of around €760m, according to documents filed with the US's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
HIG Europe's Haltermann acquires Petrochem Carless
HIG Europe portfolio company Haltermann Holding GmbH has acquired Petrochem Carless Holdings Ltd (PCL), a UK-based hydrocarbon chemicals refiner and producer.
HIG Capital in talks with Ribera Salud
HIG Capital has entered into negotiations to buy Ribera Salud, a Valencia-based provider of healthcare services, according to reports in the Spanish press.
LBO France completes Diam SBO
LBO France has finalised the acquisition of French point-of-purchase display manufacturer Diam International from HIG Capital.