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Credit Suisse exec Harrison joins Silverfleet CapitalEuropean middle-market firm Silverfleet Capital hired Andrew Harrison as head of investor relations. Harrison joined from Credit Suisse, where he was a member of the Private Fund Group raising capital for buyout, energy, credit and infrastructure funds. Most recently worked on origination and due diligence activities for European and Asian funds.
- 3i ramps up team with six hires
3i has expanded its private equity team with six new hires. They are Frédéric Chiche, who has become a director in the Paris office; Michael Kober, who has joined the New York office as a senior associate; Manny Cominsky, who has come on board in New York as an associate; Piotr Doniec, who joins the Frankfurt office as a senior associate; Martin von Berg, who also joins the Frankfurt team as an associate; and Philip De Vusser, who has become an associate at the Amsterdam office.
- Platform deals are the new buyout in Europe
The number of European buy and build deals have hit an eight-year high this year, with the UK and Ireland leading the charge.
- Silverfleet loses IR head – Exclusive
Annette Wilson has left the firm, which closed an oversubscribed €850m fund in June 2015.
- Brexit dampens UK dealflow
Predictions for UK M&A in the second half of the year range from ‘lacklustre’ to ‘a write-off’.
- AGCO Corp to buy Cimbria from Silverfleet Capital
Silverfleet Capital has agreed to sell Cimbria, a Danish maker of equipment and processing lines for seed and grain, to AGCO Corp. The price of the transaction is about 310 million euros (about $344 million).
- Silverfleet reaps 3.3x from Danish agri asset
The €310 million sale was unaffected by ‘Brexit’, but there will be a lasting slowdown in the wider M&A market, the firm said.
- Silverfleet Capital invests in Lifetime Training
Silverfleet Capital has invested in Lifetime Training. Financial terms weren’t announced. Lifetime, of the U.K., provides apprenticeship, recruitment services, self-funded training courses and courses to employers in the public and private sectors.
- Silverfleet agrees to acquire stake in Avingtrans
Silverfleet Capital agreed to take a majority stake in the aerospace division of Avingtrans Plc (Sigma), which makes components for the commercial aerospace sector. Silverfleet will buy the stake for an enterprise value of 65 million pounds. Existing management will retain a minority interest.
- Kalle sold to fourth private equity buyer
CD&R is acquiring the sausage casing maker from Silverfleet.