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Aurelius to buy Footasylum following antitrust ruling
Deal values high street sneaker retailer at EUR 45m as owner JD Sports forced to divest
Aliter Capital readies Ipsum for post-summer auction
DC Advisory to lead on sale of UK-based utilities and infrastructure services provider
CD&R to form facilities management group with two primary buyouts
Family-owned Atalian and OCS will merge to create platform with presence in Europe and Asia-Pacific
Synova V holds first and final close on GBP 875m hard-cap
The fund has a GBP 250m pool earmarked for smaller deals and expects to make a handful of DACH and Nordics investments
Oakley to combine Grupo Primavera with Silver Lake’s Cegid
Merged software groups valued at EUR 6.8bn; Oakley becomes minority investor alongside KKR and AltaOne
Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2022: final week to enter
Submissions for the 2022 Unquote British Private Equity Awards are open until 29 July at 5pm
Squire Patton Boggs poaches Gateley’s head of corporate
Tom Durrant joins the US-headquartered law firm after 15 years at Gateley
CBPE in exclusivity to acquire Palatine-backed Veincentre
UK varicose vein treatment clinic was put up for sale in a Grant Thornton-led auction
FPE Capital bolsters investment team
Ben Cole promoted to investment director at the software and services growth investor
LDC mandates Houlihan Lokey for MSQ Partners exit
Formal auction for the UK-based marketing communications group has not yet been launched
ECI sells Bionic to Omers reaping 4.8x
Following the sale of the UK-based SME price comparison platform, ECI will reinvest via ECI 10
VC Profile: Vektor Partners backs tech mobility transformation with new fund
VC’s debut fund has a EUR 175m hard-cap and aims to back startups with initial tickets of EUR 3m-EUR 5m
Tenzing sells CitNOW to Livingbridge; reaps 9.6x return, 74% IRR
The vendor will continue to back the UK-based car dealership software group via other funds
Nest mandates HarbourVest for PE investing
Workplace pension scheme has made its second PE mandate following its partnership with Schroders
BGF announces changes in leadership
CIO Andy Gregory to head UK growth investor as Stephen Welton is made non-executive chair
Astorg, Epiris to split Euromoney in two in GBP 1.6bn agreed offer
The deal will see Astorg carve out the Fastmarkets commodity pricing brand, with the remaining business controlled by Epiris funds
Epiris buys Sepura in EUR 159m carve-out deal
UK-based manufacturer of digital walkie-talkies was divested by China’s Hytera Communications
FPE Capital invests in Dynamic Planner
Deal for the financial software provider marks second platform investment from GBP 185m Fund III
Bridgepoint picks Macquarie for sale of Cambridge Education Group
Auction of UK-based pathway programme provider slated for late this year, early 2023
Keyhaven bolsters team with six promotions
Secondaries specialist's promotion include Sarah Brereton's advancement to partner
Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2022: deadline extended
Submissions for the 2022 Unquote British Private Equity Awards are now open until 29 July at 5pm
Motive raises USD 2.54bn across Fund 2 and co-investment vehicles
GP's USD 1.8bn Fund 2 is 3.7x the size of its predecessor and expects to make 15-18 deals
Cinven holds EUR 1.5bn final close for financial services fund
GP's first sector-focused fund has made three deals, the first of which was insurance broker Miller
August Equity to target GBP 400m in fundraise for upcoming sixth fund
Fundraising plans come following several exits from the GP’s 2016-vintage fourth fund