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SWITZERLAND - Zurmont Madison’s CLS acquires Lexi-tech
Zurmont Madison Private Equity portfolio company CLS Communication, a provider of linguistic communication services, has aquired Canadian sector player Lexi-tech International.
GLOBAL - Advent International appoints three new partners
Advent International has hired three operating partners to advise the firm on investment opportunities in the technology and telecoms sector: Richard Atkins, Sergio Giacoletto and John Hughes.
EUROPE - Entertainment Capital Advisers launched
Premila Hoon, former global head of media and entertainment structured finance at Societe Generale, has co-founded Entertainment Capital Advisors (ECA), a specialist media and entertainment strategic and financial advisory firm.
EUROPE/UK - OMERS appoints senior MD from 3i
OMERS Private Equity has appointed 3i's Mark Redman as senior managing director of Europe.
GERMANY – Paragon Partners acquires Schülerhilfe
Munich-based Paragon Partners has acquired private teaching franchise ZGS Schülerhilfe GmbH for an undisclosed amount from Sylvan Learning Group.
GERMANY - Wellington appoints Christian Reitberger partner
Venture firm Wellington Partners has appointed Christian Reitberger as partner in the technology team in the Munich office.
DACH – BC Partners acquires FutureLAB and takes 40 % stake in Synlab
BC Partners has acquired listed company FutureLAB, a provider of medical-diagnostic laboratory services, and taken a 40% stake in sector rival Synlab, with the view to merge the two by the end of the year.
GERMANY – CBR acquires Angell-Demmel
CBR Management GmbH has acquired a majority stake in Angell-Demmel Holding GmbH & Co KG, a manufacturer of decorative parts from aluminium for car interiors, from the two family shareholders.
SWITZERLAND - EdRIP et al. invest CHF 38m into Endosense
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has led a series-B funding round worth over CHF 38m for medical technology company Endosense SA, alongside Gimv, Neomed, VI Partners, Sectoral Asset Management, Ysios Capital Partners and Initiative Capital...
Pinstriped chameleons
For many private equity firms, distressed debt investors are becoming the elephant in the room. As banks syndicate debt down or offload it, much of it ends up in the hands of hedge funds and other opportunistic investors, some of whom use that position...
Q&A: Katharina Lichtner
Managing director and Head of Research at Capital Dynamics
The Big 3
Rikke Lilla Eckhoff talks to Katharina Lichter, a managing director and head of research at Capital Dynamics, about succession issues, spin-out teams and the bid-ask spread on secondaries
Strange bedfellows
Not so long ago, corporates and private equity firms were arch rivals in many hotly contested auctions. Could the lack of liquidity in today's market, volatility and poor visibility encourage erstwhile contenders to consider joining forces?
Month of truth
September is set to be this year's moment of truth. At the beginning of 2009, the situation was too opaque to do anything more than express astonishment at how fast and fundamentally the markets had deteriorated. Most deal-makers went into extended hibernation...