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New York, June 19, 2017 – Australis Partners announced that it has recently completed the final close of its first Latin American middle market private equity fund, Australis Partners Fund LP, with committed capital of $379 million, exceeding its $375 million fundraising target. The investor base includes  leading institutional investors in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Australis Partners Fund will be managed by Managing Partner Enrique Bascur, and Partners Cristián Celis, Alex Manzo and Juan Pablo Pallordet.  With offices in New York and Santiago, Chile, the firm intends to deploy the fund’s capital, making control or influential equity […]

Australis Partners Fund L.P. (“Australis Partners”) has entered into a definitive agreement with the founders of Grupo Disal to acquire 67% of the shares of Inversiones Ambientales S.A. and Inversiones Emergencias S.A. (“Disal” or the “Company”). The transaction contemplates a combination of secondary shares as well as an equity infusion. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close within second quarter 2017.

Disal is a leading player with 40-year presence in the environmental services industry with focus on sanitization services (portable toilets) and waste management in the industrial sector in Chile […]