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Ambienta buys Collingwood from Baird
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Baird, which invested in the company via its $310m Baird Capital Global Fund I
Rockpool invests in EA-RS
Andrew Aylwin, managing partner of MDW Capital and former partner at Lyceum Capital, joins the board of EA-RS
Total acquires PCML for EV of £20m
KPMG acted as financial adviser on the sale of the precision engineering business
Rutland exits Armitage in £140m deal
Exit from Rutland Fund III realises a return of 5.7x on the original cost of the investment
Capidea sells FlexoPrint to IK Investment-backed Optimum
Danish GP sells the company two years after acquiring it
Wavecrest and Beringea lead $29m round for Edited
Wavecrest is currently investing from its debut fund, which closed on $190m in March 2019
Emeram backs digital consultant Init
Emeram has secured a significant stake in the digital transformation service
Rutland sells AFI after six years
GP sells the powered access equipment business back to the management team
Rutland buys Hereford Contract Canning
HCC is the eighth investment from Rutland Fund III, which closed on £263m in 2015
Cinven buys One.com from Accel-KKR
Revenues doubled from €30m to €60m in four years, according to the vendor
Private equity in the age of digitalisation
Unquote and Taylor Wessing bring together leading tech-focused PE practitioners to discuss modern challenges and opportunities
Alcuin invests in On The Go Tours
GP reportedly acquires a majority stake in the UK-based escorted-tours travel agency
EmergeVest backs Atheon Analytics in MBO
Atheon’s founder and CEO Guy Cuthbert and commercial director Ian Hall will stay on with the firm
Rutland divests Pizza Hut in management buy-back
GP will retain a minority stake in the UK pizza restaurant chain following the deal
Modern TMT managers challenge traditional skin-in-the-game incentives
Private equity investors face a challenge to hold onto business managers for a 3-5 year holding period
PE's balancing act: LP appetite remains strong despite challenges
Part two of our Q&A session with PE experts from across the market with discussion centring on fundraising, co-investment and Brexit
From turmoil come treasures: Mapping out PE's road ahead
A panel of private equity experts from across the market discuss developments from 2016 and the outlook for the year ahead
Casual dining: Still private equity’s plat du jour?
Taylor Wessing's Ed Waldron and Ed Story discuss the challenges and opportunities facing a sector traditionally highly prized by private equity
McDonald joins Taylor Wessing from Olswang
Duncan McDonald joins the law firm’s private equity practice in London as a partner
Could Brexit mean lighter regulation for private equity?
Taylor Wessing: UK will eventually decide to join the queue of other passport applicants, alongside the US, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda
VC financial engineering fuelling tech bubble?
Downside protection in later VC-backed funding rounds is increasingly presented as justification for growing valuations
Notion leads £1.7m round for Apperio
Apperio was set up by former CMS lawyer and private equity practitioner Nicholas d’Adhemar
Taylor Wessing merges with Deterink
Move to grant the firm an entry point into Dutch market
Boosting diversity: fruitful practices
Practical tips on how firms can improve diversity within their ranks