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RUSSIA - Almaz reaches first closing on USD 60m
Almaz Capital Partners has reached the first closing of its maiden fund, Almaz Capital Russia Fund I, on USD 60m.
FINLAND - Sentica Partners acquires Arme for EUR 25.5m
Sentica Partners has acquired Arme Oy, an industrial insulation company, from Panostaja Oyj in a deal that values the company at EUR 25.5m. The company CEO, Jukka Pyykö, remains a shareholder with a 20% stake.
GERMANY - Wellington Partners invests EUR 11m into GameDuell
Wellington Partners has invested EUR 11m into games website GameDuell.
ITALY - Promos chairman launches infrastructure fund
According to reports, a new EUR 700m infrastructure fund has been launched by the chairman of Promos, Bruno Ermolli. The fund will seek to invest in the development of roads, highways and similar infrastructure between Italy and countries south of the...
UK - LDC invests in Eve Trakway
LDC has invested an undisclosed sum in Eve Trakway, a supplier of temporary pedestrian and vehicle access equipment, such as roadways, footpaths, bridges and crowd control barriers, and ground protection systems which are used in major rail, communications...
UK - Hutton Collins puts James Hull Associates up for sale
Specialist and cosmetic dental surgeons group James Hull Associates has been put up for sale by mezzanine provider Hutton Collins, with the asking price thought to be around ТЃ200m. Candover and GI Partners are believed to be among the potential bidders...
ITALY - 21 Investimenti supports EUR 35m MBO of Velan
21 Investimenti has acquired a minority stake in the Italian business of industrial supplier Velan from its Canadian parent company, in a deal understood to be valued at EUR 35m. The management, who previously controlled 50% of the company, have increased...
Doing deals
A number of high-profile litigation cases in the US have brought the spotlight firmly onto private equity deal structures, but how are transactions on this side of the Atlantic fairing? Ashley Wassall investigates
Growing pains
The mid-market appears to be in relative good health and Southern Europe continues to clock up deals - even sizeable ones: as highlighted by the EUR1.1bn injection into Italian telecom holding Weather Investments by Apax, Madison Dearborn and TA Associates....