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UK - Taylor Wessing enhances team

Taylor Wessing's corporate team is expanding with the arrival of corporate partner, Tom Cartwright from Hammonds. Cartwright specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and new issues work, and has particular sector expertise in financial...

  • People
  • 30 January 2007
FRANCE - Innoven injects EUR 3m in NavX

Innoven Partenaires has invested EUR 3m in NavX, a website offering services to satellite navigation device users.

  • Early-stage
  • 30 January 2007
FRANCE - Online news website Wikio gathers EUR 4m

US-based Lightspeed Venture Partners and Israeli venture investor Gemini have committed EUR 4m in the first round of institutional funding in French news website Wikio.

  • Early-stage
  • 30 January 2007
FRANCE - Siparex and Carvest back home builder Batilor

Sigefi Private Equity (group Siparex) and Carvest have backed the owner buyout of home builder Batilor. The sponsors invested EUR 4.4m and EUR 0.6m in equity, respectively.

  • Buyouts
  • 29 January 2007
FRANCE - ACE Management leads Recaero's series-B funding

In this round ACE Management, IRDI/ICSO Private Equity and Multicroissance have invested a total of EUR 5m in Toulouse-based Recaero, a former spin-off from Aérospatiale.

  • Expansion
  • 29 January 2007
UK - Grant Thornton appoints David Grundy as head of transaction services

Grant Thornton has appointed David Grundy to head of transaction services. Grundy has been a partner at Grant Thornton since 2000 and has led the northern transaction services team within the firm's corporate finance group for the past seven years.

  • People
  • 29 January 2007
UK - LDC appoints Truett Tate as its new chairman

Truett Tate, group executive director of Lloyds TSB’s Wholesale & International Banking division, has been appointed chairman of LDC. Tate succeeds Michael Joseph, who left the bank earlier this year to pursue other interests.

  • People
  • 29 January 2007
ITALY - Last call for Alitalia offers

The deadline for submission of offers for Alitalia is today.

  • Buyouts
  • 29 January 2007
GERMANY - Baird Capital sells Hahl

Baird Capital Partners Europe has announced the sale of Munderkingen-based Hal to Lenzing Plastics GmbH for an undisclosed amount. The financial investor had acquired Hahl in a management buyout in April 2003 from its US-based parent company.

  • Exits
  • 29 January 2007
GERMANY - Baird Capital acquires Zarges Tubesca

Baird Capital Partners Europe has acquired the Zarges Tubesca Group from funds advised by Taros Capital for a total consideration of EUR 156m. Baird intends to grow the company, together with the incumbent management team, organically and through further...

  • Buyouts
  • 29 January 2007
FRANCE - Iwedia raises additional EUR 4m

Software developer Iwedia has raised an additional EUR 4m in its fourth round of funding from its historical investors. CDC Entrprises Innovation, the company’s largest shareholder, was accompanied by I-Source Gestion, iXCore and Thales Corporate Venture....

  • Expansion
  • 29 January 2007
UK - Imperial Innovations participates in £6m funding round for Circassia

Imperial Innovations Group has invested £2m in immunotherapy company Circassia Holdings Ltd to develop its allergy vaccine further. The investment in Circassia, is part of a £6m funding round that included Landsdowne Partners and Tudor Capital and is...

  • Expansion
  • 29 January 2007
UK - Sovereign Capital expands team

Sovereign Capital has expanded its investment team with the appointment of George Williams as investment manager. This brings Sovereign’s investment professionals to 18.

  • People
  • 29 January 2007
GERMANY - Second profit warning at Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG, in which the Blackstone Group holds a 4.5% stake, has issued a second profit warning in six months. The company is blaming fierce competition in Germany and the weak US dollar for a cut of up to EUR 1.2bn from 2007 forecasts. Europe's...

  • DACH
  • 29 January 2007
NORWAY - Hydro invests NOK 22m in database technology company

Hydro has invested NOK 22m in Tektonisk and its ShareCat database technology. ShareCat is used by a number of international oil and gas producers to share information between suppliers and subcontractors on the type of equipment used in connection with...

  • Expansion
  • 29 January 2007
FINLAND - Industri Kapital buys Moventas from CapMan

Industri Kapital has agreed to buy a majority stake in manufacturer of industrial and wind turbine gears Moventas from CapMan for an undisclosed sum.

  • Buyouts
  • 29 January 2007
GERMANY - New appointment at German Capital's ALNO

German Capital owned kitchen manufacturer ALNO AG has appointed Hans-Peter Haase as new chairman of the supervisory board. He succeeds Dr Walter Döring, who resigned after more than two years.

  • People
  • 26 January 2007
UK - Countrywide shareholders reject 3i bid

3i's £971m bid for Countrywide has failed to gain the 75% of shareholder votes that it needed to be successful.

  • Buyouts
  • 26 January 2007
EUROPE - Advent International announces global promotions

Advent International has announced the promotion of 13 members of its global investment team.

  • People
  • 26 January 2007
SWEDEN - Apax sells Mölnlycke to Investor and Morgan Stanley for EUR 2.85bn

Funds advised by Apax Partners has sold surgical and wound care applications provider Mölnlycke Health Care Group (MHCG) to Investor AB and Morgan Stanley Principal Investment (MSPI) for EUR 2,850m.

  • Exits
  • 26 January 2007
UK - Grant Thornton appoints Simon Davies as partner

Grant Thornton has appointed Simon Davies as a partner in the firm's corporate finance practice taking place with immediate effect. The appointment comes on the back of a record year in 2006, during which the firm advised on 166 corporate finance transactions...

  • People
  • 26 January 2007
ITALY - Private equity courts Tiscali

Market sources suggest that a number of private equity firms, including BC Partners, Permira, Apax, CVC and Investitori Associati, have shown interest in Tiscali.

  • Southern Europe
  • 25 January 2007
GERMANY - Lindsay reduces stake in Klöckner

Following the IPO of Klöckner & Co AG in June 2006, US private equity investor Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer has sold a further 29% stake in the German steel trader. 13.8 million shares were sold at EUR 33 each, valuing the transaction at EUR 455m. Deutsche...

  • Exits
  • 25 January 2007
GERMANY - Fresh funding for Sulfurcell

Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH has completed its latest financing round. The funding will be used for product development as well as expansion of the company’s production capacity. New investor Masdar Clean Tech Fund LP, managed by Credit Suisse, New...

  • Expansion
  • 25 January 2007
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