United Kingdom
Dow Schofield Watts opens Leeds office
Corporate finance advisers Dow Schofield Watts have opened a Leeds office, to be headed up by Roger Esler.
Phoenix-backed Musto to restructure debts
Phoenix portfolio company Musto is to begin a process of restructuring its debts in the next few weeks, according to reports.
Foresight reaps 2x multiple on exit from Factory Media
Foresight Group has sold its majority stake in London-based action sports media publisher Factory Media to Forward Internet Group (FIG), reaping a money multiple of more than 2x.
Shore Capital expands capital markets team
Shore Capital has announced several additions to its capital markets team.
Doughty Hanson co-founder dies aged 54
Doughty Hanson co-founder Nigel Doughty died at his home on Saturday aged just 54.
LDC supports Pertemps Network Group MBO
LDC has backed a management buyout merging UK-based recruitment services providers Pertemps and Network Group.
KKR appoints former Morgan Stanley exec as infrastructure director
KKR has appointed former Morgan Stanley infrastructure executive Vincent Policard as a director in its infrastructure team.
Private equity owners replace Fitness First management team
BC Partners has axed the Fitness First core management team in a bid to prevent the company sinking under its high-interest loans, according to reports.
Fidelity Growth leads $11m funding round for Stylistpick
Fidelity Growth Partners Europe has joined existing investors Accel Partners and Index Ventures in an $11m series-B funding round in London-based online fashion service Stylistpick.
Afinum's Caseking buys Overclockers
Afinum portfolio company Caseking has acquired UK-based ecommerce business Overclockers UK.
Innovacom et al. in $12m Videoplaza round
Innovacom and Qualcomm Ventures have joined existing investors in a $12m series-B funding round for Videoplaza, a UK-based company developing ad-serving technology for managing and monetising online video content.
Former JC Flowers chief executive banned and fined £2.9m
The FSA has banned former chief executive of JC Flowers UK Ravi Shankar Sinha and fined him ТЃ2.9m after the discovery that he had illegally obtained ТЃ1.4m through a fraudulent invoicing scheme.
Consortium of investors injects $5.5m into TeraView
A consortium of EU, US and Asian-based investors that includes YFM Equity Partners and Turquoise International has invested $5.5m in UK-based Terahertz systems and solutions provider TeraView.
Rutland in €180m Attends Healthcare exit
Rutland Partners has sold UK-based healthcare product manufacturer Attends Healthcare (formerly known as PaperPak) to Domtar Corporation for тЌ180m.
Graphite appoints new investment manager
Graphite Capital has announced the appointment of Jack Langdon as an investment manager.
Palamon appoints Körber to board of advisers
Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Hans-Joachim KУЖrber to its board of advisers.
Altima and Finance Wales back Acuitas with €1m+
Welsh medical company Acuitas Medical Limited has secured a funding round of just more than тЌ1m from private and institutional investors including Altima Partners and Finance Wales. According to Acuitas, the funding round was oversubscribed.
PGE hires senior investment manager
Panoramic Growth Equity (PGE) has appointed Jane Reoch as senior investment manager at its London office.
FSI Régions backs MBI of EBH from RJD
FSI RУЉgions, previously known as Avenir Entreprise, has backed an MBI of European Boating Holidays (EBH) from RJD Partners.
ISIS backs £46m Autologic MBO
ISIS Equity Partners has invested in the ТЃ46m MBO of UK-based automotive diagnostic software business Autologic.
Alan Dale joins Grant Thornton
Alan Dale has been appointed as a partner and head of Grant Thorntonтs operational deal services (ODS) team.
unquote" UK Watch Q4 2011
The latest unquote" UK Watch, produced in association with Corbett Keeling, reveals Britain has a thriving smaller buyout segment, but at the cost of waning larger deals.
TowerBrook buys Volution off AAC Capital
TowerBrook Capital Partners has acquired UK-based ventilation products specialist Volution Group from AAC Capital - a deal reported to be worth around ТЃ160m.
Sovereign Capital-backed IMS merges with HedgeOp
Sovereign Capital's The IMS Consulting Group has merged with software provider HedgeOp.