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Andalusian private equity firms to merge
The governing body of Andalusia, the Junta de Andalucía, has announced plans for its investment vehicle Invercaria to merge with the other private equity firms in the region.
Herkules acquires Process Vision
Herkules has acquired Finnish energy software provider Process Vision Oy.
Baker & McKenzie appoints new partner
Law office Baker & McKenzie has appointed Christian Horstkotte as a partner for its Dusseldorf office.
Constellation Capital appoints managing partner
Swiss private equity firm Constellation Capital AG has appointed Ralf Flore as managing partner.
Electra buys Riverside's Sentinel in SBO
Electra Partners has acquired Sentinel Performance Solutions from Riverside in a £43m secondary buyout.
Ibersuizas cedes two funds to Portobello
Ibersuizas has finalised the transfer of two of its funds to Portobello Capital, a rival fund manager created by four of the Spanish private equity firm’s former partners.
BDC-backed Lumison acquires Blue Square Data
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) portfolio company Lumison has acquired UK data centres operator Blue Square Data for £22m.
Nova Capital sells ABSL to Enersys
Nova Capital Management has exited British power solutions designer ABSL in a trade sale to US corporation Enersys.
Vitruvian Partners back MBO of IMD
Lausanne Acquisitions, a bid vehicle funded by Vitruvian Partners, have backed the MBO of Independent Media Distribution.
Michael Rice joins Endless
Turnaround investor Endless has appointed Michael Rice as an investment executive. The announcement takes the company’s team to 17 investment professionals.
Foresight Group expands its solar team
Ricardo Piñeiro has joined Foresight Group's solar investment team as an investment manager.
Accent Equity acquires Autotube
Accent Equity has wholly acquired Autotube AB from Specma Hydraulic AB, a unit of Investment AB Latour.
Kirkland & Ellis has two new partners
Kirkland & Ellis International has expanded its European antitrust and competition practice group by adding partners Shaun Goodman and Sarah Jordan to its London office.
SLS Invest and SEB sell Sanos
SLS Invest and SEB have sold their stakes in Danish biotech company Sanos Bioscience A/S to Nordic Bioscience A/S.
LDC's Darryl Eales on the UK mid-market
Emanuel Eftimiu speaks to LDC CEO Darryl Eales about the latest developments in the UK mid-market, and gives his views on what 2011 will bring.
Idea Capital invests £7.5m in Telit Communications
Idea Capital has invested £7.5m in listed Italian telecoms business Telit Communications, as part of a wider £19m capital increase for the company.
AXA acquires 10% of CLH Group
AXA Private Equity has acquired a 10% stake in Spain’s Compañia Logistica de Hidrocarburos, in a deal that values the oil storage and transportation firm at €3.6bn.
HTGF et al. back SAW Instruments
HTGF, KfW and KI Kapital have invested €1m in SAW Instruments in a second round of financing.
Barclays Private Equity exits Siteco
Barclays Private Equity has sold Siteco Lighting GmbH to Osram, a subsidiary of the Siemens Group, for an undisclosed amount.
EQT makes SEK 12bn bid for Dometic
EQT has made a SEK 12bn offer to acquire Dometic Group from a consortium of lenders, members of the board and employees.
Vector Capital backs Efectivox
Vector Capital has participated in the €4.5m capital increase carried out by its Spanish portfolio company, Efectivox.
Warburg Pincus invested in United Internet
Private equity investor Warburg Pincus has acquired 5.29% of the shares in United Internet AG.
Segulah hires investment controller and analyst
Segulah has appointed Cecilia Åfeldt as investment controller and Nikolay Bogdanov as analyst.
Inveready invests €1m in Spanish media firm
Inveready has invested more than €1m in Adman Interactive, leading the first round of investment into the Catalan start-up.