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Kirkland & Ellis adds two partners to London office
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP has appointed Gavin Gordon and David Arnold as partners at its Private Equity Practice Group in London.
Centocor acquires RespiVert from Advent
Advent Venture Partners and other investors have sold their stakes in drug discovery company RespiVert.
Diet Chef receives £3m from Piper Private Equity
Diet Chef, the UK-based diet meals delivery company, has received £3m from Piper Private Equity to expand its operations.
PAI Partners looking to sell Kwik-Fit
PAI is believed to have put Kwik-Fit's car-repair operation up for auction, looking for £250m. It's insurance branch already on the market.
Catapult invests £1.1m in Biofortuna
Catapult Venture has invested £1.1m into a molecular diagnostics company Biofortuna Ltd.
Finance Wales backs AssayMetrics
Finance Wales has led an early-stage investment in UK biotechnology company AssayMetrics. No financial details have been disclosed.
Darwin buys Plum Baby
Darwin Private Equity has acquired UK food producer, Plum Baby, for £10m.
AAC Capital buys UK pharma company for £100m
Martindale Pharmaceuticals, the UK based methadone maker, has been bought by AAC Capital Partners for £100m.
NewVoiceMedia gets £4m boost from Eden Ventures and Notion Capital
Eden Ventures and Notion Capital have provided £4m in expansion capital to UK technology vendor, NewVoiceMedia.
NorthStar leads £1.6m investment in Reinnervate
NorthStar Equity Investors has led a £1.6m funding round for start-up biotechnology company, Reinnervate.
Energy Ventures et al. invest £3.15m in Stingray Geophysical
Oil equipment and services company Stingray Geophysical has secured a £3.15m investment from its existing shareholders Energy Ventures, Cody Gates Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and Statoil Ventures. Management also took part in the transaction.
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The AIFM Directive has certainly been some time in the works, although not nearly as long as the time required for other, less significant regulations to reach this stage.
Future Capital hires Alan Cross
Future Capital Partners has hired Alan Cross as business development manager, to focus on the marketing of its recently launched investment initiative, Future Fuels.
Epi-V hires Dominic McCann as oil and gas advisor
Epi-V has bolstered its oil and gas deal-making team with the appointment of Dominic McCann as an independent technology advisor.
Capital gains tax: Carried interest under threat
Carried interest is, once again, under threat in the UK, as the new coalition government looks to hike capital gains tax (CGT). The tax has been a focal point in recent years for British politicians, but many are warning the Conservative-Liberal Democrat...
AGF injects €12m in online poker company
AGF Private Equity has invested €12m in online-gaming company Winamax Holdings.
NorthStar leads £1.6m round in Reinnervate
NorthStar Equity Investors has led an investment round of over £1.6m in biotech start-up Reinnervate Limited.
Ventech invests €10m in Funxional Therapeutics
French private equity firm Ventech entered the series-B financing round as a new investor, alongside existing backers Index Ventures and Novo A/S.
Warburg Pincus drops out of RBS WorldPay sale
Warburg Pincus has reportedly dropped out of bidding to buy Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) WorldPay division.
Octopus Ventures appoints Dr Simon Murdoch
Octopus Ventures has appointed Simon Murdoch as senior investment partner. Murdoch is an internet entrepreneur, investor and the former European vice president of Amazon.com.
Adrian Beecroft joins Dawn Capital as Chairman
Adrian Beecroft has been appointed chairman of London-based venture capital firm, Dawn Capital.
Amadeus, Eden and Spark sell Secerno to Oracle
Amadeus Capital Partners, Eden Ventures and Spark Ventures have agreed to sell Secerno, an Oxford-based data security business, to Oracle Corporation for an undisclosed sum.