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Sofinnova hires in-house counsel from Eurazeo
Bordes will work in Sofinnova's support team alongside managing partner and COO Monique Salnier
Bowmark, Abry reportedly in second round for LDC's PEI Media
Initial bids for the company, submitted last month, came in at more than 10x EBITDA
Californian pension fund seeks adviser to build PE exposure
Adviser will work on the development of StanCera's diversified private markets portfolio
Ergon hires healthcare specialist Götz
Götz will join a group of senior advisers with experience in the sectors in which Ergon invests
CVC, EQT Credit in second refinancing round for Paymentsense
Debt package follows a first refinancing deal in November 2016 by the debt providers
Amundi launches €300m LBO debt fund
Vehicle will select issuers primarily from the portfolio companies of major private equity firms
PKA reorganises alternatives arm, invites third-party capital
PKA AIP has so far acted exclusively as an adviser to PKA's own pension schemes
Maven appointed to manage £27m fund for north-east England
GP has secured a number of mandates to manage publicly funded regional vehicles in recent months
Coller leads €2.5bn secondaries deal for Nordic Capital VII
Restructuring of Nordic Capital's seventh fund is one of the largest GP-led secondary transactions inked in Europe
GP Bullhound appoints Kindelán as head of Madrid office
In his new role, Kindelán will be based in Madrid and will oversee the firm's activities in Iberia
VC-backed NFon aims to raise €50m in Q2 IPO
Company targets gross proceeds of €50m, which will be used for further European expansion
IK to acquire Domia
Deal will be made via the investor's IK Small Cap II Fund, which recently held a final close
Creandum hires in-house general counsel
Walther spent eight years at Vinge, where she worked in transactions and technology
Bain's Autodis announces intention to float
Autodis may implement a capital increase in the range of €350-400m as part of the IPO
MJ Hudson promotes Brozyniak and Amos to partner
Brozyniak joined MJ Hudson in 2017 from Macfarlanes and Amos joined from Allen & Overy
EQT lines up Tampnet sale process
Several private equity funds and infrastructure investors are expected to pitch bids
Federated Investors buys Hermes from BT Pension Scheme
Vendor BT Pension Scheme will retain a 29.5% stake in the manager after the deal
France's Pragma Capital rebrands, eyes new fund launch
Pragma, which underwent a succession plan in 2016, will now be known as Sparring Capital
NB Aurora to float and acquire FII's portfolio
Fund expects to raise €150m in a private placement for institutional and professional investors
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of £1.3bn
CVC-backed Avast to float on London Stock Exchange
Listing would result in a free float of approximately 25% of Avast's issued share capital
BC-backed Springer Nature announces intention to float
BC Partners may make a secondary placement of shares and will provide shares for a greenshoe option
Orlando Italy to sell Favini
Sale ends a nine-year holding period for Orlando Italy, which acquired the company in 2009
Axa Strategic Ventures rebrands to Axa Venture Partners
Rebrand reflects approach of establishing partnerships with portfolio companies and VC investors
