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Capital for this investment will come from Carlyle Europe Partners III, a 5.3 billion Euro fund that makes mid- and large-cap investments. Further terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Alloheim operates 49 nursing homes with over 6,000 beds providing a range of services including nursing care, assisted living, ambulatory care and specialised nursing services. The Company has a broad regional footprint across Germany with operations in Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Lower Saxony and Saxony and employs over 4000 medical professionals and staff. The Company was founded in 2008 by the current management team and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Gregor Böhm, Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, said: “The Alloheim management team has a long and successful track record in the healthcare services industry and an outstanding record of quality care and support for Alloheim’s residents. We look forward to working with Alloheim’s management team as they continue to invest in facilities, professional care processes and their high quality team, all in an effort to serve their residents well.”
Rainer Hohmann, Chief Executive Officer of Alloheim commented: “We are delighted to be partnering with Carlyle. Their strong experience and network in the healthcare sector globally, as well as funding ability, will significantly contribute to the continuing development of our business and support our ambitions to be the leading provider of care homes in Germany.” LM
IBM acqUIRES tRUStEER
BM (nYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire trusteer, a leading provider of software that helps protect organizations against financial fraud and advanced security threats. the acquisition of trusteer advances the investment IBM is making in cloud-delivered software and services. Financial terms were not disclosed.
As part of this announcement, IBM is forming a cybersecurity software lab in Israel that will bring together more than 200 Trusteer and IBM researchers and developers to focus on mobile and application security, advanced threat, malware, counter-fraud, and financial crimes. This lab is an addition to IBM’s existing research and development facilities in Israel.
With offices located in Boston and Tel Aviv, Israel, Trusteer helps hundreds of organizations including many financial institutions protect Web applications, employee and customer computers, and mobile devices from threats. Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly efficient in creating and deploying attacks to bypass existing security controls.
“Trusteer’s expertise and superior technology in enterprise endpoint defense and advanced malware prevention will help our clients across all industries address the constantly evolving threats they are facing,” said Brendan Hannigan, General Manager, Security Systems Division, IBM. “Together with IBM’s capabilities in advanced threat detection, analysis and remediation, we will now be able to offer our clients several additional layers of defense against sophisticated attackers.”
Yigal Arnon & Co. served as lead counsel, together with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, representing IBM in the acquisition of Trusteer Ltd.
Barry Levenfeld, senior partner, led a team consisting of Harry Kirsh (tax), Ben Sandler (corporate, HR and employee benefits), David Roness (corporate), Noam Enk (corporate). LM
StaR caPItaL SELLS aLLoHEIM to caRLYLE FoR €180M
Global alternative asset Manager the carlyle Group (naSdaq: cG) has acquired alloheim, a German care Home operator from Star capital.
Trusteer
Star Capital