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GERMANY - Pamplona backs all-equity buyout of automotive supplier
Pamplona Capital Management has, alongside the senior management team of the business, acquired automotive supplier TMD Friction from insolvency in an all-equity transaction.
GERMANY - T-Online Venture Fund invests in sones
T-Online Venture Fund has invested a single digit million euro sum into software company sones GmbH in a second round of financing.
SPAIN - SJBerwin bolsters corporate practice
UK-headquartered law firm SJBerwin has appointed Marlen Estevez to its Madrid-based corporate team.
BELGIUM - Gimv strengthens tech team
Gimv has appointed Marc Van Sande to the Advisory Board of Gimv Technology.
UK - BPE to buy Kaboose's UK operations in £54m deal
Barclays Private Equity has agreed to acquire Canadian family-focused online media company Kaboose's UK business, Bounty Group Ltd, in a deal valued at £54m.
UK/US - GTCR- backed Boomerang buys Entertainment Rights
Boomerang Media, a media solutions company backed by chicago-based private equity firm GTCR, has acquired the US and UK operations of Entertainment Rights, the company that owns the licensing rights to children characters such as Postman Pat and George...
UK - HitecVision completes Noble exit
Norwegian energy-focused private equity group HiTecVision has exited its invesment in marine and engineering consultancy service Noble Dentonthrough a trade sale to international technical assurance business Germanischer Lloyd for an undisclosed sum.
SWITZERLAND/US - Capital Dynamics acquires HRJ
Fund-of-funds specialist Capital Dynamics has agreed to acquire HRJ Capital, a US-based fund-of-funds manager.
UK - EQT-backed SSP in danger of breaching covenants
Reports suggest that rail station caterer Select Service Partner (SSP) is in talks with its lenders, as falling commuter numbers have led to concerns that the company will breach the covenants on its £1bn debt.
SWEDEN - Axcel acquires LGT from Litorina
Axcel has, alongside management, acquired logistics business LGT from Swedish private equity firm Litorina for an undisclosed sum.
FINLAND - Eqvitec reaches target for third mezzanine fund
Finnish private equity firm Eqvitec has held a final close of its third mezzanine fund on EUR 103m, slightly above its EUR 100m target.
UK - BRM and Cubits back $6.3m eToro investment
Isreali investor BRM Group and Cubit Investments are amongst several private equity groups that have supported online financial trading platform eToro with funding totalling more than $6m.
UK - MML Capital backs £31m Vanguard MBO
MML Capital Partners has backed the £31m management buyout of surgical and diagnostic facility provider Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, providing a mezzanine loan alongside a significant equity investment.