Eversheds
Palatine exits Acora at 3x-plus money in sale to LDC
GP sells minority stake after less than three years invested in the IT managed services provider
Itago buys Teknoice
Second deal inked by Itago IV, following its acquisition of a majority stake in SR-Mecatronic
Macquarie buys Wavenet from Beech Tree
Macquarie intends to boost the company's growth and provide a renewed focus on strategic acquisitions
Kramer Levin hires Eversheds team for French PE, financing practices
Law firm adds five lawyers to its private equity and banking/finance practices in Paris
Silverfleet backs software provider OneStock
GP invests in the company via European Development Fund, which held a €200m final close in 2019
Inflexion secures majority stake in Pangaea Laboratories
Beauty product developer owns the Medik8 brand, which generated revenues of ТЃ18.9m in 2020
Livingbridge sells Broadstone to ICG
Broadstone generated EBITDA of ТЃ646,000 from revenues of ТЃ9.5m in the year ending on 30 June 2019
Livingbridge invests in Visualsoft
Livingbridge invests through its Enterprise 3 fund, which closed on ТЃ334m in October 2019
Baird, Beechbrook complete Nigel Wright restructuring
Both institutional investors will retain minority positions in the recruitment business
Newlands, Hermes GPE invest in Capsule
Manchester-based Capsule generates 60% of its sales outside the UK, including 20% in the US
Sovereign to sell Arachas for €250m
Sovereign backed the management buyout of Arachas in 2017 and acquired a controlling stake
Livingbridge invests £15m in Nationwide Hire
Livingbridge drew equity from its Enterprise 2 fund, which closed on ТЃ220m in 2015
LDC exits FCBI to Thomson Reuters
LDC backed the business events operator that will now become a part of Reuters News
BGF exits The Good Care Group in trade sale to Sodexo UK
Divestment from the UK home care provider comes three years after the GP's initial investment
RCapital backs AirHop MBO
Trampoline parks operator is to open five new sites in Germany and two in the UK
Rutland backs MBO of Total Rail Solutions
Deal is the seventh investment from Rutland's third fund, which closed on ТЃ263m in 2015
PEP's IDB bolts on Saba Italia
Saba Italia is the fifth bolt-on inked by IDB, which expects to reach a turnover of €100m in 2018
LDC backs FC Business Intelligence MBO
Earlier reports suggested the vendors were hoping for an ТЃ80m valuation for the events company
BGF backs Click Travel
UK-based online travel agent will invest in product development on completion of the deal
Sovereign divests Xendo to Linden-backed ProPharma
Sale of the healthcare-focused consultancy business brings to an end a tenure of just two years
Inflexion buys 20% stake in Mountain Warehouse for £45m
Deal values the outdoor clothing and equipment retailer at around ТЃ310m
Livingbridge acquires Love Holidays
GP invests in the online travel agent with equity drawn from its ТЃ660m sixth flagship fund
Eversheds hires Karwacki from Squire Patton Boggs
Michal Karwacki will be working as a partner in the law firm’s corporate practice group
Catalyst acquires investment management consultancy Knadel
Five months after Livingbridge's investment, market consultancy Catalyst acquires Knadel