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Swedish carry tax: IK Investment Partners wins latest case
Björn Savén and 14 other key people at IK Investment Partners have won the latest round in their ongoing dispute with the Swedish tax authority.
Brockhaus to close third fund by year-end
Brockhaus Private Equity is aiming to close its latest fund, Brockhaus Private Equity III, on €170m in Q4.
KKR mulls ATU exit
KKR is planning to divest its struggling portfolio company Auto-Teile Unger (ATU), according to reports.
Clifford Chance's Evans joins Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins has raided Clifford Chance's private equity practice for the second time this year with the hire of Tom Evans as partner.
Cambridge Innovation Capital raises £50m
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) has raised £50m to back high-growth technology companies based in the Cambridge Cluster.
LDC backs Express Engineering
LDC has acquired a minority stake in Express Engineering, a UK-based precision engineering and contract manufacturing company for the oil and gas industry.
StepStone snaps up Greenpark
San Diego-based StepStone Group has completed its acquisition of London-based secondaries house Greenpark Capital.
Ardian arranges €275m unitranche facility for Flexitallic SBO
Ardian (formerly Axa Private Equity) has arranged a €275m multi-currency unitranche facility to finance the €450m buyout of Flexitallic by Bridgepoint, in what marks the first investment for Ardian's Private Debt Fund III vehicle.
Apax buys Rhiag-Inter from Alpha
Apax Partners has acquired Italian automotive parts distributor Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia from Alpha.
Venturecapital.de backs Ingenious Technologies
Venturecapital.de and other investors have backed Ingenious Technologies, an online marketing solutions provider, with a joint seven-figure capital injection.
Electra sells Lil-lets to Premier Foods
Electra Partners has sold its stake in UK-based feminine hygiene brand Lil-lets Group to Premier Foods.
Almi Invest backs Avalanche Biotech
Almi Invest and business angel Pär Ribbner have invested in Swedish life sciences business Avalanche Biotech in exchange for a minority stake in the company.
Doughty's Quirón buys Teknon from Magnum
Magnum Industrial Partners has sold Barcelona-based private medical clinic Centro Médico Teknon to Grupo Hospitalario Quirón, backed by Doughty Hanson, for €225m.
Promethean holds £19m first close
Special situations investor Promethean Investments has reached a first close for its latest fund on £19m.
Goldman Sachs in £700m Hastings deal
Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division (GS MBD) has acquired a 50% stake in Hastings Insurance Group in a deal valuing the company at £700m.
Ardian-backed Diana acquires Confoco International
Diana Ingrédients, backed by Ardian (formerly Axa Private Equity), has acquired sales and marketing services provider Confoco International.
Ardian buys Laboratoires Anios
Ardian (formerly Axa Private Equity) has supported the management buyout of French disinfection solutions provider Laboratoires Anios.
Ex-Prudential CEO joins Octopus board
Octopus Investments has appointed Rob Davey, former CEO of Prudential UK and Europe, as non-executive director.
CoBe Capital buys Printing Systems Division from Staples
CoBe Capital has acquired the printing systems division of listed firm Staples.
LDC backs £20m round for The Training Room
LDC has backed The Training Room (TTR), a UK-based provider of vocational training courses for gym instructors, in a £20m funding round alongside the company’s CEO.
DBAG backs ZGS Bildungs in MBO
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has bought a majority stake in private tutoring services provider ZGS Bildungs in a management buyout.
Jones Day hires BLP's Weir
International law firm Jones Day has hired Michael Weir as a partner in its private equity practice in the London office.