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Investec hires Bank of Ireland's Conor McMahon
Former vice-president of acquisition finance at Bank of Ireland, McMahon joins the investment bank's corporate & acquisition finance team
Short-term consumer boost eases probable Brexit fallout in UK
Inflation, wage stagnation and trade uncertainty threaten the UK and Irish private equity markets post-Brexit
Livingbridge appoints Carnwath to lead strategic advisory board
Newly formed board will provide guidance related to political, economic, social and other factors
SEP appoints Stevens and Rampton to investment team
David Stevens joins the firm from Sumerian and Taylor Rampton leaves his role at BlackRock
LDC-backed Equiom buys Eagle
Corporate services provider Equiom was bought by LDC in a 2013 secondary buyout
NVM injects £3m into Intelling
Telecommunications support business will look to undertake a geographic expansion strategy
Epiris reaps 6.5x on Treetops sale to Busy Bees
Sale of nursery school operator generated proceeds of ТЃ93m for the vendor after a five-year tenure
Penta, Toscafund agree £75.2m Circle take-private
Deal for loss-making hospital operator would come six years after the business listed
Phoenix-backed Signum buys Vee Bee
Deal is Signum's third bolt-on acquisition since it received private equity backing in 2012
Cinven and Permira sell 10.2% of JRP for £124m
Partial divestment of the listed financial services company comes 17 months after the group was formed
Nordic Capital, Avista place £2bn ConvaTec block
Two GPs sold a stake of nearly 20% to Danish biotechnology and pharmaceuticals group Novo
Dechert hires Bradshaw from Kirkland & Ellis
Bradshaw will be expanding Dechert's private equity, cross-border M&A and finance practices
Endless sells Karro to CapVest
Transaction reportedly values the meat processing business around the ТЃ180m mark
Endless buys Jones Bootmaker from Alteri
Transaction will allow 72 stores to continue to operate as normal, saving 800 jobs in the process
CBPE's Medica lists with £150m market cap
GP sold around 70% of the UK-based teleradiology business after a four-year tenure
Incisive Media to divest Insight division to TowerBrook's Infopro
PE houses Inflexion, Bowmark and ECI were also rumoured to have been in the running
PAI bidding to acquire CD&R's Exova
Two other suitors are also eyeing the laboratory testing business, which has a market cap of ТЃ550m
Notion et al. inject €2m into Glofox
Gym administration software company will look to expand its US activities following the round
Albion Ventures in $3.3m round for Quantexa
Financial data software company is to invest in product development and open international offices
Octopus raises extra £50m for AI-focused businesses
Fresh capital will be aimed at firms that use artificial intelligence technology
Vision Capital sells Park Cake to management team
Deal saw the GP realise its investment in the UK bakery producer after a 10-year holding period
Vitruvian backs CFC's MBO
According to press reports, the deal valued the British insurance broker at ТЃ230m
3i sells ESG to Socotec, generating £30m in proceeds
Deal follows a nine-year tenure in which the business sold non-core assets and made 15 bolt-ons
Octopus leads £5m funding round for Elvie
VC firm AllBright also supported the funding round for the women's health UK-based startup