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Piper names two brand experts to team
UK consumer brand specialist Piper Private Equity has appointed two associate partners.
Caledonia hires associate director for unquoted division
Caledonia Investments has hired Sally Flanagan as associate director of its private equity and venture capital pool.
DFJ Esprit exits Redkite
VC firm DFJ Esprit has exited its minority holding in UK-based financial markets surveillance specialist Redkite Financial Markets.
Amadeus and Archimedia pump £1.6m into Qinec
Amadeus Capital Partners and Archimedia Investments have jointly backed medical technology company Qinec.
Lion's £1.2bn partial sale of Weetabix completes
Bright Food's purchase of a 60% stake in Weetabix from Lion Capital is the largest overseas transaction ever by a Chinese company in the food and beverage sector.
SEP exits IndigoVision
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has sold its stake in Scottish video security business IndigoVision, following a number of unsuccessful MBO attempts.
LDC backs Keoghs
LDC has invested in Keoghs, a UK legal services provider recently approved as an Alternative Business Structure.
Duke Street's Marlin secures £80m senior credit line
Duke Street's UK portfolio company Marlin has secured an £80m revolving credit facility from RBS and Investec.
GTCR acquires Premium Credit
Chicago-based GTCR has acquired UK payment facilitation company Premium Credit from MBNA Europe for £900m.
GE Capital and Ares provide unitranche for Vitruvian's Callcredit
GE Capital and Ares Capital Europe have provided a unitranche debt facility for Vitruvian Partners-backed credit information service Callcredit.
Ropes & Gray appoints new partners
Law firm Ropes & Gray has appointed Michael Kazakevich and Daniel Martin as partners in the firm's London office.
Spark backs Zilico with additional £750,000
Spark Impact has injected a further £750,000 into cancer diagnostics company Zilico Ltd.
DACH leads quiet Europe in Q3
DACH on top
Warburg's Premier Foods offloads condiments business
Premier Foods, a UK-based food products group, has sold its sweet pickle and table sauces division - including the Branston pickle brand - to the Mizkan Group for £92.5m.
Rutland backs Buy As You View MBO with £33.1m
Rutland Partners has invested £33.1m in British retail and consumer finance business Buy As You View (BAYV), supporting its MBO from a bank syndicate.
Taylor Wessing strengthens private equity team
Law firm Taylor Wessing has announced the hire of two new partners to its private equity team.
MMC leads $8m financing round for iJento
MMC Ventures, Nauta Capital and Oxford Capital Partners have invested $8m in multinational web analytics company iJento.
NVM appoints Pidgeon to investment team
NVM Private Equity has appointed Charlie Pidgeon to its investment team.
Lion, CapVest and Pamplona circle United Biscuits
Lion Capital, CapVest, Pamplona Capital and Germany’s Intersnack are in the running to acquire the savoury snacks arm of United Biscuits, according to reports.
Small deals, big results
Small deals, big results
Exponent buys HSS in SBO
Exponent Private Equity has bought UK-based tools and services supplier HSS Hire Services Group from its owners Och-Ziff and Perry Capital.
No fundraising “doom and gloom” – SJ Berwin’s Sonya Pauls
Sonya Pauls on fundraising
Octopus provides £20m loan facility to borro
Octopus Investments has provided British personal asset lender borro with a £20m loan facility.