Xupes, a family-owned luxury e-commerce business, has secured £3 million of growth capital from Venture Capital Trust manager, Downing LLP. Xupes was set up by son-father team, Joe and Frank McKenzie, in 2009. It initially specialised in the resale of high-end watches, art and antiques, and has since expanded to include jewellery and handbags, as […]
Hermes Investment Management - the £28.6 billion manager focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns to its clients -, has completed a £29 million loan for its real estate debt strategy. Hermes Investment Management has provided senior financing to Thor Equities and Chenavari Investment Managers to fund the acquisition of 147-155 Wardour Street, London […]
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), the leading private equity investor in Central and South Eastern Europe, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Zabka Polska (‘Zabka’ or the ‘Company’), to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (the ‘Transaction’). The Transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance, and is expected to […]
International law firms Clifford Chance LLP and Yegin Ciftci have advised HSBC Bank plc in connection with the recent financing of the state-of-the-art Elazig integrated health campus using the first ever greenfield project bond structure in the Turkish PPP market. HSBC Bank plc acted as sole arranger and global coordinator in the bond issuance. This […]
Pieter Steyn is a Director of South African law firm Werksmans and Chairperson of the LEX Africa Alliance of African law firms. He has been practising South African competition law since 1999 and has also advised and assisted clients regarding competition matters in other African countries, as well as with regard to the COMESA Competition […]
German financial services group Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG (W&W) have acquired 75% of the share in Munich-based FinTech company treefin AG. This marks an important step in W&W Group’s digital strategy. In 2015, Treefin AG launched its self-developed finance assistant on the market with great success. The product supports its user as constant companion for […]
KKR will launch a voluntary public tender offer for GfK at a price of €43.50 per share in an all-cash transaction. The offer was announced by KKR and will represent an attractive premium of about 44% to the estimated three-month volume weighted average share price prior to the announcement. GfK Verein will retain its majority […]
True Capital announced the majority acquisition of Blackbird Retail Holdings, owner of one of the UK’s largest online furniture retailers, The Cotswold Company. The firm will partner with the existing management team to lead the company through its next stage of growth, using its sector specialist expertise to accelerate online growth, expand product and category ranges […]
Gray Dawes Travel has announced the acquisition of Travel Management Group Plc (TMG) and Cambridge Business Travel (CBT) in simultaneous completions. The price of the acquisitions has not been disclosed. These latest deals follow on from Gray Dawes acquisition of Business Travel Partnership and Travel Focus in 2015. Gray Dawes, listed as 29th largest TMC […]
Avant Energy S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Avant Energy” or “the Company”) a newly-established Mexican energy company, announced that Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power-focused private investment firm, has agreed to an initial line-of-equity investment of $150 million in the Company, which can be increased to $300 million once this initial capital has been invested. […]
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