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UK - Amec rejects £1.5bn bid from TPG and First Reserve

A takeover bid by Texas Pacific Group and First Reserve for engineering services group Amec has been rejected by its board. It was reported that the offer, at £1.5bn, was rebuffed on the grounds that it did not value the company highly enough. Analysts...

GERMANY - Permira exits Premiere

Permira is selling its stake in German pay-TV broadcaster Premiere. The transaction, which involves Permira's remaining 8.44% stake, is valued at approximately EUR 88m.

UK - Joseph A Stanislaw joins Climate Change Capital

A leading energy expert, Joseph A Stanislaw, has joined the international advisory board of Climate Change Capital, the UK based investment banking group dedicated to investment in clean energy and a low carbon economy.

SWEDEN - Nordic Capital buys TietoEnator's stake in Personec

Nordic Capital Fund V has agreed to acquire TietoEnator’s shareholding as well as outstanding shareholder loans in Stockholm-headquartered Personec. After the transaction, Nordic Capital will control 100% of the company together with the management...

FRANCE - Europcar makes EUR 670m acquisition

Car rental business Europcar, one of Eurazeo's portfolio companies, has acquired US-based Vanguard's European operations for EUR 670m. The price represents 12.7x the company's 2006 EBIT before synergies.

UK - Launch of Kenmore Private Equity

Kenmore Property Group, the international real estate business which operates from 9 offices in the UK, Europe and Dubai, has announced the formation of its sister company Kenmore Private Equity (KPE). KPE will originate transactions initially in the...

SWEDEN - TranSiC secures SEK 4m in funding

Energy business TranSiC AB has raised SEK 4m in a first round of funding from Volvo Technology Transfer AB and Midroc New Technology AB. Founded in 2005, TranSiC is a Stockholm Innovation & Growth incubator company. It aims to bring silicon carbide power...

UK - Dunedin appoints new directors

Dunedin has announced that Giles Derry and Mark Ligertwood have been appointed directors. Mark Ligertwood joined Dunedin in 1999 following a six-month secondment from Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance department where he qualified as a chartered accountant....

PORTUGAL - The Riverside Company acquires ONI

The Riverside Company has agreed to acquire ONI SGPS SA, the wire-line telecom unit of Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal. The deal is valued at EUR 160m, and is expected to close early next year.

UK - Investment management company moves to Liverpool

A specialist multi manager investment firm with over £100m of assets under management is expanding into Liverpool with backing from Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF). Mercater Capital Management has opened offices in Liverpool after receiving...

UK - Liverpool Ventures appoints new managing director

A new managing director has been appointed to Liverpool Ventures. Liverpool Ventures provides specialist support services to businesses applying to and backed by, the £27m Liverpool Seed Fund, an MSIF Fund. Malcolm Stewart, 45, joins the Liverpool Ventures...

GERMANY - IPO for Quest for Growth portfolio company Wilex AG

Quest for Growth has announced that Wilex AG, its portfolio company, has successfully placed new shares in its IPO on the Frankfurt exchange. Wilex is a biopharmaceutical company based in Munich, which was founded in 1997 by a team of physicians and oncologists...

SWEDEN - Nordic Capital sells fitness club chain SATS

Nordic Capital Fund IV has entered into a binding agreement to divest fitness club chain SATS to Tryg i Danmark smba. Tryg i Danmark smba invests in companies within the healthcare and security sector. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval...

UK - Inflexion sells ACIS to The Carlyle Group

Inflexion Private Equity has sold its entire stake in Advanced Communications and Information Systems Ltd (ACIS) in a secondary buyout to The Carlyle Group. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

ITALY - Allen & Overy to end activities in Turin

Law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has decided to end its operations in Turin following the departure of Carlo Pavesio, the only A&O partner left in the city. Pavesio left to set up his own practice. From January next year, Pavesio & Associati will be fully...