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Focus Search Partners has acquired Taylor Winfield. Financial terms weren’t announced. Taylor Winfield, of Dallas, is an executive search firm. Focus Search is a Vaco Company, which is backed by Quad-C Management Inc.
3 min read · 02 August 2017
Jarret Cohen has left Fir Tree Partners and has formed Jadian Capital LLC, which will invest in the commercial, residential and alternative real estate sectors. Cohen was previously head of private real estate at Fir Tree.
3 min read · 02 August 2017
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has agreed to buy CH2M Hill Companies Ltd in a deal valued at $3.27 billion, including $416 million of debt. BNP Paribas and the Bank of Nova Scotia are providing debt. CH2M, of Englewood, Colorado, is a design, engineering and program management firm. Apollo Global Management reportedly paid $300 million for a minority stake in 2015 and has about 18 percent voting interest in CH2M.
10 min read · 02 August 2017
Industrial Opportunity Partners has completed the sale of portfolio company Kuss Filtration Inc to GVS SpA. Financial terms weren’t announced. Kuss, of Findlay, Ohio, provides specialty air and liquid filtration solutions to markets including light duty vehicle, outdoor power equipment, powersports and on- and off-highway commercial vehicle.
3 min read · 02 August 2017
First Read begins the day with news that Apple's profit leapt 12 percent on revived iPad and Mac sales, Costco co-founder and Chairman Jeff Brotman has died, and Snap is looking to buy Zero Zero Robotics.
1 min read · 02 August 2017
2 min read · 01 August 2017
Sun Capital Partners is considering a sale of Boston Market, Bloomberg is reporting. Sun Capital acquired the rotisserie chicken restaurant chain in 2007. Boston Market could fetch $400 million in a sale, the story said.
1 min read · 01 August 2017
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp said July 31 that it named Andrew Olson as its chief financial officer effective Aug. 10. Olson also serves as chief financial officer of TriplePoint Capital LLC, TPVG’s sponsor.
3 min read · 01 August 2017
Cordental Group, a portfolio company of New MainStream Capital, has acquired Konikoff Family Dentistry. Financial terms weren’t announced. Konikoff, of Norfolk, Virginia, provides dental care.
2 min read · 01 August 2017
Constellis, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management LLC, has agreed to buy Omniplex World Services Corp. Altamont Capital Partners, Omniplex's current majority owner, will exit its stake in company. Financial terms weren’t announced. Omniplex, of Chantilly, Virginia, provides protective and investigative services.
5 min read · 01 August 2017
