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Carlyle buys PA Consulting in $1bn deal
GP secured 51% shareholding in business
21 Partners backs MBO for Impact
Closing investment for GP’s €380m fourth fund
Rutland's Millbrook acquires Test World
Rutland acquired Millbrook in 2013 from General Motors
Capital Croissance buys minority stake in HL Trad
Deal is fourth to be financed by Cairn Capital I fund
EdRip invests in Erget buyout
GP takes minority stake via Cabestan fund
Marlin Equity buys Bluegarden for DKK 500m
Vendors include Danske Bank and Nordea
Palatine's WHP buys Paragon Telecoms
GP bought WHP in May for ТЃ38m
Ratos acquires 60% of TFS
GP will pay a maximum of тЌ27m for stake in clinical trials operator
Northzone leads $5m round for Universal Avenue
Latest round brings total raised by Universal Avenue to $7m
Endless buys Imtech UK & Ireland from insolvent parent
GP states businesses are profitable
Mid Europa acquires Customer Management Center
Acquisition carved out of formerly EQT-owned ISS
RCapital backs Summit and Hotelcare
Summit will use funds to deploy new technology platform
Northzone and Wellcome Trust buy $80m stake in Klarna
Deal values fintech company at $2.25bn
Inflexion sells Rhead in £36m trade sale
Deal marks sixth exit for Inflexion so far in 2015
EmergeVest acquires Palletforce in £30m MBO
Deal values business at 12.3x profits after tax
Equistone buys Palatine's Wealth at Work in £50m SBO
Palatine to reinvest to stay as minority shareholder
LDC secures £18.5m refinancing for SPS
Yorkshire Bank replaces SPS's existing ТЃ10m debt facility
EQT backs Nordic Aviation Capital in $3.3bn deal
EQT invests via Fund VI
Deal in Focus: Sovereign makes £18m offer for Synarbor
Sovereign makes ТЃ18m offer for Synarbor, which trades on JP Jenkins
LDC's Node4 bolts on Premier IT Networks
Bolt-on is third since LDCтs buyout
PAI sells Swissport International for CHF 2.7bn
Chinese trade buyer HNA Group picks up asset from PAI
Deal in Focus: TDR in record-breaking €3.7bn LBO for LeasePlan
First buyout to break the €3bn mark in 2015, according to unquote” data
Inflexion scores 7.7x on £140m Reward Gateway exit
Deal returned 59% IRR
BGF funds PPS's purchase of Alison Handling
Firm injects ТЃ4.9m to finance bolt-on