Eversheds
NorthEdge reaps 3.5x on £70m sale of DW3 to Masonite
Divestment of the window and door manufacturer results in a 59% IRR following a 40-month tenure
Endless's Bright Blue Foods buys Greencore's cakes division
Deal will see the consolidated cakes and desserts business double in size with a turnover of ТЃ140m
Eversheds appoints Phillips as head of UK north-west PE
Phillips joins from his partner role at UK and Asia-focused law firm Pinsent Masons
BaltCap's EKT bolts on Jaakson Linnahooldus
Add-on acquisition comes six months after the GP took a 75% stake in EKT
LDC makes 2.3x on Original Additions sale
LDC acquired the branded beauty goods supplier in 2011 through a secondary buyout
NVM makes 3x money on Kitwave exit
Sale provides a full exit for the GPтs Northern 3 VCT fund, which first invested in 2011
TDR Capital invests in £1.3bn Euro Garages deal
Reports suggest merger with TDR's EFR Group ahead of joint US IPO
Montagu exits University of Law
Exit comes three years after ТЃ200m buyout
Advent sells Partner in Pet Food to Pamplona for €315m
Exit comes four years after Advent's £188m acquisition of PPF
Baird acquires Clearwater
Acquisiton partly financed with debt provided by RBS
Eversheds hires DLA's Beardmore as senior corporate partner
Eversheds has appointed Mark Beardmore as corporate partner in its Company Commercial practice group.
Rutland Partners acquires Bernard Matthews
Turnaround investor Rutland Partners has invested in UK-based turkey producer Bernard Matthews Holdings.
Eversheds Italy hires new partner
Marco Franzini, Eversheds
Oaktree's R&R Ice Cream buys Fredericks Dairies
R&R Ice Cream, the ice cream manufacturer owned by Oaktree Capital, has wholly acquired Fredericks Dairies for ТЃ49m.
Rutland reaps 2.6x on Advantage Healthcare sale
Rutland Partners has sold UK-based Advantage Healthcare to trade buyer Interserve for ТЃ26.5m, making a 2.6x money multiple on its original investment.
H2 Equity Partners supports MBO of Hancocks
H2 Equity Partners has acquired British confectionery wholesaler Hancocks Group Holdings, alongside the company's management.
NVM-backed Kerridge buys Datawright
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS), an enterprise resource planning software firm backed by NVM Private Equity, has acquired Datawright, a business management software firm.
NVM backs MBO of Silverwing Group
NVM Private Equity has backed the ТЃ7.5m management buyout of Welsh testing specialist Silverwing Group.
Graphite backs MBO of Explore Learning
Graphite Capital has backed the management buyout of UK academic tuition provider Explore Learning in a deal reported to value the firm at ТЃ30m.
RJD buys Harrington Brooks from Inflexion
RJD Partners has backed the MBO of British debt management firm Harrington Brooks from Inflexion Private Equity.
Caird Capital exits Bifold to LDC for £85m
Caird Capital has exited gas pumps manufacturer Bifold Group to LDC in a ТЃ85m deal yielding a 3x return for the seller, according to a source close to the deal.
Palatine backs secondary MBO of Wealth at Work
Palatine Private Equity has provided funding for the secondary buyout of Wealth at Work from LDC.
Bridgepoint acquires four businesses from Hampson
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has acquired four businesses from Hampson Industriesт Aerospace Components & Structures division for $84m.
Heisse Kursawe Eversheds expands private equity team
Heisse Kursawe Eversheds, the German division of Eversheds International, has appointed Sven Schweneke and Dr Bernd Früchtl as new members of its private equity team, headed by Dr Matthias Heisse.