DC Advisory Partners
DC Advisory opens Milan office, appoints Vigo as Italian CEO
Firm expects to strengthen its international presence and its position within the Italian mid-market
Equistone buys Bulgin in £105m deal
Firm scores its fourth carve-out in a month with the purchase from Elektron Technology
Equistone to acquire Knowledge Services from Moody's
Vendor will use the proceeds from the divestment to repurchase outstanding stock
Ergon acquires Haudecoeur
Ergon uses its Ergon Capital Partners IV vehicle, which closed on €580m in March 2019
LDC sells Away Resorts to Bregal Freshstream
Deal is the 10th investment made by Freshstream's debut fund, which writes cheques of тЌ30-100m
DC promotes six to managing director
Promotions include two members of the Paris-based team and four in DC's London office
GCA Altium promotes Stelten and Weber
Stelten and Weber joined GCA Altium in 2013 from DC Advisory and have been promoted to managing directors
DC hires Luycx from Torch Partners
Luycx joins from Torch Partners, where he worked for 10 years, latterly as managing director
Cinven buys One.com from Accel-KKR
Revenues doubled from тЌ30m to тЌ60m in four years, according to the vendor
LDC invests in British Waterways Marinas
Marina operator will expand the leisure facilities at its existing sites and seek new locations
Rutland backs MBO of Total Rail Solutions
Deal is the seventh investment from Rutland's third fund, which closed on ТЃ263m in 2015
Risk Capital makes 5x on sale of Neilson to LDC
Sale of the holiday provider brings an end to a five-year holding period for the vendor
Hg and ICG in £1.3bn Iris buyout
Hg6 generates a 4.2x return from the sale of the accounting software group, equivalent to a 26% IRR
EMK's Reconomy in £70.7m refinancing
Company negotiates a more flexible financing structure to provide headroom for acquisitions
DC promotes eight in London, Frankfurt
Carsten Burger promoted to managing director in Frankfurt, seven others promoted in London
IK acquires controlling stake in Questel
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's international expansion
August sells Active Assistance to Montreux Capital
Divestment of the specialist healthcare provider follows an eight-year holding period
Cinven sells NPS to trade for £475m
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired NPS in December 2014
Bowmark sells LBR to Levine Leichtman
Secondary buyout of the legal publishing company brings to an end a five-year holding period
Silverfleet sells CCC to Ardian
Management team, headed by Christian Legat, take a significant stake and remain in their roles
Omers PE to acquire Trescal in SBO
GP is in talks to buy French calibration services specialist Trescal from Ardian
DC's Tilley joins Inflexion as partner
Tilley spent 16 years at corporate finance house DC Advisory, working with financial sponsors
Ardian exits TimeOne
Company was created in 2016 by merging two of Ardian's portfolio companies
DC Placement Advisors hires MLP's Schiebel
Schiebel will be responsible for debt capital raising in France, Benelux and the Mediterranean area