2 min read · 29 July 2009
Gregory Lyons and Satish Kini have joined Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as partners in the firm's financial institutions group. Lyons previously was with Goodwin Procter as co-chair of its financial services group and chair of its banking group, while Kini was previously a partner in Goodwin Procter's financial services group.
4 min read · 29 July 2009
Thoma Bravo has completed its take-private acquisition of Entrust, a Dallas–based company that secures digital identities and information for consumers. The deal was valued at $124 million, or $2 per Entrust share.
3 min read · 29 July 2009
Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy MicroEdge, a New York-based provider of sofware and services to the charitable giving industry, from Advent Software Inc. (Nasdaq: ADVS). The deal is valued at approximately $30 million in cash.
3 min read · 29 July 2009
Transom Capital Group has acquired Cinder BLock Inc., an Oakland-based entertainment merchandising company. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 29 July 2009
Stant Corp., a Connersville, Ind.-based maker of fuel system and vapor emission control products for automotive and industrial applications, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The 111 year-old company said that it had between $50 million and $100 million in assets and debts. H.I.G. Capital acquired Stant Corp. last year from Tompkins PLC for an undisclosed amount.
3 min read · 29 July 2009
Atlantic-Pacific Capital, a private equity placement agent, accounced three new hires in its direct private placement group: Garett Stoffels, co-head of direct private placements, and former managing director in Bear Stearns' real estate and lodging-banking group; Steven Tuch, co-head of direct private placements, and former head of private placements at Deutsche Bank; and Jonathan Zald, and associate who previously was an I-banking analyst with Oppenheimer & Co.
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