Mid Market
Graphite takes second bite of U-POL
Graphite Capital has invested in automotive products company U-POL for the second time after buying the business for £130m (€158.1m) in a secondary buyout from AAC Capital.
Published Wednesday, 08 September 2010.
Nomura rainmaker jumps ship
Nomura’s head of European mergers and acquisitions, Adrian Mee, has left the Japanese investment bank to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Published Wednesday, 08 September 2010.
3i sells Panreac to ITW
3i has sold Panreac, a Spanish manufacturer and supplier of chemicals used for laboratory research to Illinois Tool Works (ITW).
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Verdane closes secondaries fund
Swedish private equity firm Verdane Capital has closed its seventh fund on SkR1.5bn (€161.2m).
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Axa invests in JIT Solaire
Axa Private Equity has invested €3m in JIT Solaire, a specialist in photovoltaic energy.
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Bridges exits The Office Group
Lloyd Dorfman, founder of Travelex, has funded the management buyout of Bridges Ventures' majority stake in The Office Group for £43.3m.
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Next Wave backs SPA merger with Future Thinking
Growth capital investor Next Wave Partners has funded the merger of marketing consultancies SPA and Future Thinking.
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Clague quits SocGen for Hawkpoint role
Dan Clague, the head of Societe Generale’s UK M&A team, has left the French bank to join Hawkpoint as a managing director.
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Bergin departs NBGI
NBGI director Joseph Bergin has left the lower mid-market private equity firm.
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
Yorkshire Bank hires new associate director
Yorkshire Bank’s Corporate and Structured Finance team has appointed Jon Hall as an associate director in acquisition finance. Hall will be based in the Manchester office.
Published Tuesday, 07 September 2010.
