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Imi Fondi Chiusi purchases 83% stake in Trasporti Romagna
French agro-business specialist Unigrains has co-invested alongside the Italian PE house
Inventure sells Rightware for €64m
Existing shareholders include Finnish Industry Investment, Inventure and Nexit Ventures
King & Wood Mallesons partner Brenner moves to Orrick
German lawyer Brenner and two associates will leave KWM for Orrick
HQ Equita sells Stettler to Groupe Imi
GP sold its controlling stake in the business via a trade sale after five-year holding period
Silverfleet sells Orizon for €81.6m
UK-based GP has sold its stake in the business via a trade sale after nine-year hold
Norvestor buys Read Cased Hole
Deal marks first investment outside Norway for GPтs Guernsey-based vehicle
LBBW leads €6m series-B for Amcure
Backers include existing investors KfW, MBG and S-Kap Unternehmensbeteiligungs
Mandarin hires two in Italy and Germany
GP boosts its Milan team with a new partner and new head of its German office
Invision acquires TintenCenter
Deal marks the second acquisition for the GP in the printer consumables e-commerce segment
Vitruvian acquires Phlexglobal from BDC
BDC reaps 3x monet return after a two-year holding period
ProA Capital buys Go Fruselva for €40m
Deal marks the second investment for the Spanish mid-market GP in the food production sector
Nazca sells Biogran to Wassanen for €67m
GP has fully exited its investment in the business after an 18-month holding period
Permira's Arcaplanet bolts on Zoomarketshop
Deal marks the first acquisition following the buyout from Motion Equity Partners in April 2016
Amundi buys Pioneer from Unicredit for €3.5bn
Transaction is expected to generate a €2.2bn net capital gain for Unicredit in 2017
Apax Partners buys Unilabs from Nordic Capital and Apax Partners France
As part of the deal, Nordic Capital and Apax Partners France fully exited the business
Southern European activity fails to replicate 2015 surge
Italian private equity continues to dominate southern Europe, though the Iberian peninsula continues its recovery
Quaestus sells Metronet to Telekom Austria
Fund manager Quaestus exits its stake in the Croatian business after an eight-year holding period
OpenGate buys EverZinc in €142.4m EV deal
German lender Deutsche Bank provided a unitranche debt facility to support the transaction
Cerberus backs spinout of Staples' European branch for €50m
As part of the deal, Staples will retain a 15% stake in the European business
DBAG buys Dieter Braun from Seafort
GP acquired its stake via the DBAG Fund VI vehicle, which reached a €700m final close in 2012
KKR hits $711m final close for NGT
Launched in March 2016, the vehicle held a first closing on $687m in November
Afinum, BID Equity buys majority stake in Midoco
According to a statement, the GPs will look for strategic acquisitions to boost the company’s growth
Afinum acquires Hoffmann Fördertechnik
GP acquired a stake in the business via its Afinum Siebte Beteiligungsgesellschaft vehicle
L Catterton buys bicycles manufacturer Pinarello
As part of the acquisition, the company's CEO will retain a minority stake