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3i |
Address |
91 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8XP |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7928 3131 |
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www.3i.com |
E-mail |
andrew_bell@3i.com |
Principal Contact |
Andrew Bell |
Min Invest |
£ 1,000,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 50,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£1.7 million (as at 30.9.01) |
Type of Firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered.
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Geographic preference |
UK, US, Asia and Western Europe.
3i has the ability to complete deals with global implications. |
Deal History |
3i has a specialist turnaround
team, however its principle turnaround focus is on its existing
investments that may be underperforming. Currently 3i rarely
back distressed deals that are not already in its portfolio. |
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Alchemy Partners LLP |
Address |
25 Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ES |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7240 9596 |
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www.alchemypartners.com |
E-mail |
jmoulton@alchemypartners.co.uk |
Principal Contact |
Jacqueline Mundie |
Min Invest |
£ 25,000,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 120,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£45,000,000 |
Type of Firm |
All sectors considered |
Industry Preference |
Equity (and debt)
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Geographic preference |
UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
Recent Deal History |
Alchemy’s private equity business has advised on over 100 completed transactions with more than £2.0 billion of equity invested to date. Turnaround transactions and public to private opportunities are particular specialities with 24 public to private transactions undertaken so far. Turnaround deals include CompAir, recently sold, InterGlobal, Cedar, CedarCrestone |
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Ascendo Associates |
Address |
Eastside Complex, Pinewood Road, Iver, Buckinghamshire SL0 0NH |
Telephone |
+44 (0)1753 78 33 38 (UK
Office)
+49 (0)89 21 11 28 – 0 (German office) |
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www.ascendoassociates.com |
E-mail |
michael.hasenstab@ascendoassociates.com |
Principal Contact |
Michael Hasenstab
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Min Invest |
£ 200,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 5,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£1,000,000
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Type of Firm |
All sectors considered |
Industry Preference |
Equity (and debt)
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Geographic preference |
UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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Recent Deal History |
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Business Investors Group |
Address |
Picktree Barn, Picktree Village, Washington, Tyne-and-Wear, NE38 9HH |
Telephone |
+44 (0)191 389 0889 |
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Not Specified |
E-mail |
tony@scrapdouglas.com |
Principal Contact |
Tony Douglas |
Min Invest |
No Limit |
Max Invest |
£ 2,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
Not Specified |
Type of firm |
Equity
(and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered - particularly
Bio-Technology and Retail.
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Geographic preference |
North East of England |
Deal History |
Business Investors Group brings
together a pool of individuals who achieved notable success
across a variety of sectors. The Group is solely focused on
investing in the North East of England, thus enabling the Group
to provide the necessary management and financial support required. |
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Close Investment Management Limited |
Address |
12 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AW |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7426 4000 |
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www.cbpel.vom |
E-mail |
richard.lott@cbpel.com |
Principal Contact |
Richard Lott |
Min Invest |
£ 2,000,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 30,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£15,000,000 |
Type of Firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
Chemicals & aterials, Energy,
Construction and building products, Industrial automation, Industrial
products & services, Manufacturing, Transportation, Electronics,
Leisure and entertainment, and Other consumer related industries. |
Geographic preference |
UK
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Deal History |
Turnarounds are not the primary
focus of Close however they have specialist in house turnaround
skills and experience, including an insolvency practitioner
who focuses on turnaround finance. Recent deals include Park
Resorts, Hillarys Group, United Transport, SP Systems, Oxford
Aviation. |
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Credit Agricole |
Address |
122 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QH |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7971 4461 |
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www.ca-indosuex.com |
E-mail |
dominic.magee@uk.ca-indosuez.com |
Principal Contact |
Dominic Magee |
Min Invest |
£ 1,000,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 10,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£ 2,200,000 |
Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered |
Geographic preference |
UK, Republic of Ireland
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Deal History |
Credit Agricole are a leading
private equity firm, who will make investments into rescue and
turnaround situations. Recent deals include Bomanton International,
Coolchain Group Ltd, Excalibur Group Holdings, WRM Logistics,
Snapper Music, Pizza Piazza, Woods of Windsor, Colchester Tile
Supplies, Primal Pictures. |
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ECI Partners |
Address |
Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN |
Telephone |
+44 (0) 20 7606 1000 |
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www.ecipartners.com |
E-mail |
ken.lindsay@ecipartners.com |
Principal Contact |
Ken Lindsay |
Min Invest |
£ 5,000,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 40,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£ 10,000,000 |
Type of firm |
Equity |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered |
Geographic preference |
UK-based businessese
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Deal History |
ECI is a longstanding provider
of equity finance for business improvement and turnarounds.
Previous investments have covered a wide range of sectors including
transport, restaurants, training, consumer products and business
services |
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Endless LLP |
Address |
Leeds Office: 3 Whitehall Quay, Leeds, LS1 4BF
Manchester: The Chambers, 13 Police Street, Manchester, M2 7LQ
Birmingham: Waterloo House, 20 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5TB
London: PO Box 62757, London, SW12 0UY |
Telephone |
Leeds: +44 (0) 845 370 0101
Manchester: +44 (0) 161 837 6030
Birmingham: +44(0) 121 633 5600
London: +44 (0) 845 370 0101 |
Web
site |
www.endlessllp.com |
E-mail |
garry.wilson@endlessllp.com
darren.forshaw@endlessllp.com
warwick.ley@endlessllp.com
nick.leitch@endlessllp.com
del.huse@endlessllp.com
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Principal Contact |
Leeds: Garry Wilson, Darren Forshaw
Manchester: Warwick Ley
Birmingham: Nick Leitch
London: Del Huse |
Min
Invest |
£1,000,000 |
Max
Invest |
£32,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£5m to £10m |
Type
of Firm |
Equity, Turnaround, Non-core assets, Real Estate and Restructuring |
Industry
Preference |
All sectors, strong specialisms in manufacturing, industrial, engineering, retail and distribution. |
Geographic
preference |
UK
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Deal
History |
Endless LLP provides investment funding to support Turnaround, Non-Core Assets, Buyouts and Real estate opportunities. Endless seeks to take a radically different view of unusual or tough situations and prides itself on market leading speed of transacting. Established in December 2005, this fast growing and vibrant company has recently secured an institutional fund of £164m from 12 global investors, providing significant investment power at a time when capital supply to the general market is low. |
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Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. |
Address |
28 New Bond Street, London, W1S2RJ |
Telephone |
+44 (0) 20 7493 0264 |
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www.fccgi.com |
E-mail |
matt.green@fccgi.com |
Principal Contact |
Matt Green |
Min Invest |
£ 500,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 20,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
not specified |
Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered |
Geographic preference |
UK and mainland Europe
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Deal History |
Recent acquisitions and financing
in the retail,
manufacturing, and real estate markets. |
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Address |
20 St Mary At Hill, London, EC3R 8EE |
Telephone |
+44 (0)207 220 5950 |
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www.gatesandpartners.com |
E-mail |
info@gatesandpartners.com |
Principal Contact |
Adosh Chatrah, Aoife O'Sullivan and Matthew Mace |
Min Invest |
N/A |
Max Invest |
N/A |
Average Deal Size |
up to £20 Million |
Type of firm |
Legal |
Industry Preference |
Private Equity
Turnaround Finance
Insolvency
AiM Listings
Travel sector (including aviation)
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Geographic preference |
UK and Offshore
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Deal History |
All aspects of Private Equity / Venture Capital and Investments / Divestments / Turnaround Finance / Distressed Businesses |
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Investec |
Address |
2 Gresham Street, London, EC2N 7QP |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7597 2000 |
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www.investec.com/uk |
E-mail |
john.clifford@investec.co.uk |
Principal Contact |
John Clifford |
Min Invest |
No Limit |
Max Invest |
No Limit |
Average Deal Size |
Not Specified |
Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered
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Geographic preference |
Primarily in the UK. Also South
Africa, US, Israel and Australia. |
Deal History |
Investec provide a range of
services to management teams in buy-in, buy-out, development
capital and turnaround transactions with a particular
focus on middle market transactions. Investec are opportunistic
in their approach to turnarounds, and will assess and
a transaction on a case-by-case basis. |
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K2 Partners |
Address |
64 Lower Sloane Street, London SW1W 8BP |
Telephone |
+44 (0)709 222 7720 |
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www.k2-partners.com |
E-mail |
tonygroom@k2-partners.com
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Principal Contact |
Tony Groom |
Min Invest |
No Limit |
Max Invest |
£ 500,000 equity |
Average Deal Size |
Businesses with £1-20
million turnover |
Type of firm |
Advisers and investors |
Industry Preference |
K2 invests in cash strapped SMEs with growth potential. Industrial & commercial B2B sectors, manufacturing, systems integrators, electronics, IT & support services, business & marketing services, music & media.
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Geographic preference |
England |
Deal History |
K2's portfolio includes: JBS Master Baker www.jbspe.com; Beaumont www.beaumont-heaters.co.uk; Viper Guard www.viperguard.co.uk; Music Room Direct www.musicroomdirect.com; Circuit Consultants Ltd www.circuit-consultants.com, Champions www.champions.co.uk, Exit - Coffee Nation www.coffee-nation.com |
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Kelso Place Asset Management |
Address |
110 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4BA |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7836 0000 |
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www.kelsoplace.com |
E-mail |
info@kelsoplace.com |
Principal Contact |
Charles Bodie |
Min Invest |
No minimum (but look for business with turnovers of greater than £15m p.a.) |
Max Invest |
£ 20,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£ 10,000,000 |
Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered |
Geographic preference |
UK
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Deal History |
Currently investing a £100m UK Special Situations Fund, our investment strategy is to acquire businesses whose full potential is not being achieved. This may be caused by operational underperformance, by a distressed situation (for example, cashflow shortage, over-leverage or insolvency) or by neglect from being deemed non core within a larger group of companies.
Our committed funds, diverse skill set and transactional experience allow us to evaluate and complete acquisitions very rapidly and to be creative in our approach to new opportunities.
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Klesch Investment Capital |
Address |
105 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1QY |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7493 4300 |
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www.klesch.co.uk |
E-mail |
Not Specified |
Principal Contact |
Not Specified |
Min Invest |
Not Specified |
Max Invest |
Not Specified |
Average Deal Size |
Not Specified
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Type of Firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered. |
Geographic preference |
UK and Europe |
Deal History |
Of the turnaround equity providers
Klesch are unusual in that they are opportunistic in focus which
means that they will look at a wide variety of deals. The range
could be from buying out distressed bond debt in a multi banked
corporate or taking more conventional equity positions. |
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Merchant House Group |
Address |
133 Ebury Street, London, SW1W 9QU |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7730 5952 |
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Not Specified |
E-mail |
Not Specified |
Principal Contact |
Paul Harris |
Min Invest |
Not specified |
Max Invest |
Not specified |
Average Deal Size |
Not specified
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Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered |
Geographic preference |
UK, US, Australia and Europe |
Deal History |
First Merchant Capital is a
merchant bank who invest in MBO's, MBI's and turnarounds. The
company have specialist knowledge of publicly quoted companies.
Recent deals include Energy Technique plc. |
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Pembridge Capital Partners |
Address |
PO Box 3425, Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 9EU |
Telephone |
+44 (0)560 244 1746 |
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www.pembridgecapitalpartners.com |
E-mail |
info@pembridgecapitalpartners.com |
Principal Contacts |
Andrew Hunt |
Min Invest |
No minimum |
Max Invest |
£10m |
Average Deal Size |
Businesses with £5-50
million turnover.
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Type of firm |
Established or growing companies
with commercial viability despite current difficulties. Committed
team with clear business plan or vision. All types of transaction
are considered including insolvency procedures. |
Industry Preference |
All sectors except property development and construction |
Geographic preference |
Great Britain |
Deal History |
Turnarounds are our principal focus and the investment team has collectively over 50 years experience of investing in and advising on such situations. |
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Postern Fund Management Limited |
Address |
Adam House, 7-10 Adam Street, London, WC2N 6AA |
Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7520 9362 |
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www.postern.com |
E-mail |
ascoulson@postern.com |
Principal Contact |
Archie Coulson and Trevor Swete |
Min Invest |
£ 500,000 |
Max Invest |
£3,000,000 on a sole
investor basis but £40,000,000 as part of a syndicate |
Average Deal Size |
£ 2,000,000 |
Type of Firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered. |
Geographic preference |
UK and Western Europe
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Deal History |
Postern specialises solely
on rescues and turnarounds. They specialise in providing turnaround
managers to assist the investment. Recent deals as lead investor
include Brunel plc, Dennis Eagle. Postern's current portfolio
size is 4 investments |
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Quaestor Capital |
Address |
44 Ambrose Avenue, London, NW11 9AN |
Telephone |
+44 (0) 20 8455 2330 |
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E-mail |
agoldberg@quaestorcapital.com
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Principal Contact |
Contact Arthur Goldberg |
Min Invest |
No Limit |
Max Invest |
£2,000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
£400,000 |
Type of firm |
Equity |
Industry Preference |
Service sectors, Leisure and
Entertainment, Insurance, Travel |
Geographic preference |
UK
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Deal History |
Quaestor is a company set up
to invest its founders own funds. It therefore has a very
flat level of decision making (no credit committees etc.)
and can move extremely fast if need be. |
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Quintaim |
Address |
43 Wimpole Street, London, W1 G 8AE |
Telephone |
+44 (0)7768 141 178 |
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www.quintaim.com |
E-mail |
tim@quintaim.com |
Principal Contact |
Tim Rosser |
Min Invest |
£ 200,000 |
Max Invest |
No Limit |
Average Deal Size |
Not Specified |
Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered. |
Geographic preference |
UK
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Deal History |
Quintaim sources, evaluates
and monitors investment opportunities focused on UK businesses
with a turnover of between £2m - £50m per annum.
Quintaim are sector agnostic. Quintaim is particularly interested
in sourcing turnaround projects and can move particularly quickly
if necessary. |
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RCapital Limited |
Address |
15 Whitcomb Street, London WC2H 7HA |
Telephone |
+44 (0)870 444 0613 |
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www.rcapital.co.uk |
E-mail |
info@rcapital.co.uk |
Principal Contact |
Jamie Constable |
Min Invest |
£ 500,000 |
Max Invest |
£ 10, 000,000 |
Average Deal Size |
Not specified |
Type of firm |
Equity (and debt) |
Industry Preference |
All sectors considered |
Geographic preference |
UK
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