Buyouts
August acquires dentistry software developer Code
Deal is the 10th investment from August Equity Partners IV, which closed on £224m in 2017
Advent's £3.9bn Cobham take-private likely to go ahead
Advent made a takeover offer of 165 pence per share in cash, which represents a 34% premium in July
Arlington acquires Doncasters' forging business
Arlington expects to put fresh capital into the business and grow it through acquisitions
Oaktree to acquire RAFI
Investment is expected to support the company's growth and international expansion
Cairngorm acquires Grant & Stone
Cairngorm partners with the company's management team, led by chief executive Nick House
Warburg Pincus sells Accelya to Vista Equity Partners
First investment made by Vista via its permanent fund, Vista Equity Partners Perennial
Mentha Capital to buy Van Vulpen
GP plans to buy the Dutch cables specialist, according to a filing with the competition authority
Afinum acquires stake in All4Golf
Afinum seeks to grow the company's business in Germany and to expand abroad
Argos Wityu to de-list EPC Groupe in take-private
Argos will back the France-based manufacturer and distributor of explosives for civil use
Alteri to acquire Steinhoff businesses
Acquired businesses include Bensons for Beds, Harveys Furniture, Relyon and Steinhoff UK Beds
HQ Equita acquires stake in Wolf Verpackungsmaschinen
GP will combine Wolf with existing portfolio company The Packaging Group
Siparex, EMZ back Jacky Perrenot Group
GPs invest in the French freight transportation service alongside management
Equistone to buy Amadys from Vectis
Management team of the Belgian utilities equipment distributor retains a minority stake
CM-CIC backs Formes & Sculptures MBO
GP invests €7.3m in the France-based point-of-sale merchandising equipment provider
Andera backs Auxiga SBO
GP will help the inventory pledge service pursue its international expansion
Alcuin acquires Marsden
Marsden's current managing director, Richard Black, will continue to lead the company
Pechel, Ommes back Jems Group MBO
Pechel, via Pechel IV, and the co-investment team of Omnes back the French IT services firm
Halder acquires Anker Kassensysteme
Opportunities for growth expected to come from increasing demand for point-of-sale products
Main Capital buys King Business Software
Deal is Main Capital's third acquisition in the Dutch financial administrative software space
Keensight to buy Sogelink from Naxicap
GP returns to the French software provider, which it owned from 2013 to 2016
Quadrum invests in Royal Sens
Netherlands-based producer of food and non-food packaging labels aims to expand abroad
Blackstone to buy stake in MagicLab in $3bn deal
London-based MagicLab owns social networking and dating apps Bumble, Badoo, Lumen and Chappy
Xenon buys steel specialist CBG Acciai
GP intends to boost the company's organic growth and further strengthen its market position
Adcuram acquires majority stake in Steinel
Acquisition of the family-owned company adds to the GP's industrial portfolio