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FRANCE - Serena Capital purchases 30% of Selectron
Serena Capital has completed its first LBO deal with the acquisition of a 30% stake of Selectron, a company focused on train applications, from Schneider Electric.
UK - RJD Partners' Johnson departs
Founding partner Duncan Johnson has reportedly left UK private equity firm RJD Partners by mutual agreement.
UK - Cobalt Corporate Finance bolsters team
Mid-market technology, media and telecoms adviser Cobalt Corporate Finance has hired David Ford to join its team.
SWITZERLAND - Zurmont Madison’s CLS acquires Lexi-tech
Zurmont Madison Private Equity portfolio company CLS Communication, a provider of linguistic communication services, has aquired Canadian sector player Lexi-tech International.
CEE - Arx Equity holds EUR 102m second close
Arx Equity Partners (Formerly know as DBG Eastern Europe) has held a EUR 102m second of its EUR 125m third fund, Arx III.
UK - LDC backs MBO of Icon Polymer
LDC has backed the management buyout of manufacturing business Icon Polymer for an undisclosed sum.
FINLAND - CapMan makes three promotions
CapMan has promoted Hans Christian Dahl Nygård and Joakim Rubin to senior partner and Mari Maunuela to fundraising manager respectively.
UK - LDC bolsters Yorkshire investment team with new hire
LDC has hired Tony Norwood as investment director at the firm's Yorkshire office.
FRANCE - Siparex invests in Canifrance
Siparex has invested an undisclosed amount in Canifrance, a producer of pet accessories, alongside Jean-Yves Tréanton and Pascale Meunier in an MBI deal.
GLOBAL - Advent International appoints three new partners
Advent International has hired three operating partners to advise the firm on investment opportunities in the technology and telecoms sector: Richard Atkins, Sergio Giacoletto and John Hughes.
EUROPE - Entertainment Capital Advisers launched
Premila Hoon, former global head of media and entertainment structured finance at Societe Generale, has co-founded Entertainment Capital Advisors (ECA), a specialist media and entertainment strategic and financial advisory firm.
FRANCE - EdRCP strengthen team
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has hired Francois Pallier as a partner.
EUROPE/UK - OMERS appoints senior MD from 3i
OMERS Private Equity has appointed 3i's Mark Redman as senior managing director of Europe.
ROMANIA – GED backs Total with EUR 12m
GED has backed Romanian cleantech firm Total Eurobusiness with a EUR 12m investment.
NETHERLANDS - Waterland purchases Intertrust
Waterland Private Equity has purchased 100% of Fortis Intertrust Group Holding, a trust and corporate solutions company, from Fortis Bank Netherland and BGL.
ITALY - CPE invests EUR 10m into Enerqo
Clean tech investor Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has backed Enerqos Spa with EUR 10m.
GERMANY – Paragon Partners acquires Schülerhilfe
Munich-based Paragon Partners has acquired private teaching franchise ZGS Schülerhilfe GmbH for an undisclosed amount from Sylvan Learning Group.
GERMANY - Wellington appoints Christian Reitberger partner
Venture firm Wellington Partners has appointed Christian Reitberger as partner in the technology team in the Munich office.
FRANCE - 123Venture back EUR 4m renewables investments
123Venture, alongside renewable energy business Frey Nouvelles Energies, has invested EUR 2.5m into Solar Mimizan, an integrated solar power plants constructor and operator, and EUR 1.5m into Mariagaz, a biogas power plants operator.
UK - August-backed Enara completes Care Agency add-on
August Equity-backed home care specialist has completed the bolt-on acquisition of The Care Agency Ltd, a provider of private pay live-in carers.
FINLAND - CapMan appoints Bouix deputy CEO
Finnish private equity firm CapMan has appointed senior partner and head of investor services Jerome Bouix as deputy CEO. Partners Göran Barsby and Hans Christian Dall Nygård will also join the management group.
FINLAND - CapMan appoints Bouix deputy CEO
Finnish private equity firm CapMan has appointed senior partner and head of investor services Jerome Bouix as deputy CEO. Partners Göran Barsby and Hans Christian Dall Nygård will also join the management group.
DACH – BC Partners acquires FutureLAB and takes 40 % stake in Synlab
BC Partners has acquired listed company FutureLAB, a provider of medical-diagnostic laboratory services, and taken a 40% stake in sector rival Synlab, with the view to merge the two by the end of the year.
SWEDEN - Mannheimer Swartling partner goes to Roschier
Law firm Roschier has appointed Magnus Wallander as partner in its Stockholm office. Wallander joins from Swedish law firm Mannheimer Swartling where he was head of the employment and pension group and a former managing partner.