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Gibson Dunn appoints two Ashurst partners
Geffen and Sperotto to join firm's London office
Cabot scores 18x return on MedicX sale
Cabot Square created the healthcare investment fund in 2004
Mobeus makes 3.7x money on Focus exit
Deal includes potential £2.6m earn-out
BGF leads £5m round for Semafone
Existing backers including Octopus also take part in the round
DC Thomson and Nesta inject £1.75m into CogBooks
CogBooks involved in projects with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and OCR exam board
Inflexion closes double fund, collects £1bn
Inflexion has closed Buyout Fund IV on £650m and Partnership Capital I on £400m
BGF invests £10m in Victoria
Flooring and carpet company to acquire Abingdon Flooring
Endless sells Kiddicare to Worldstores
Online retailer Worldstores is backed by Balderton, Serena and Advent
MML reaps 2.8x on Regard sale to Montreaux
GP acquired minority stake in 2007 for £18m
Dunedin makes two hires, promotes one
Coller's Eltringham also appointed as investor relations manager
Silverfleet offloads Aesica for £230m
Silverfleet acquired Aesica in 2011 from previous backers LDC
KPMG promotes Thakkar
Sanjay Thakkar takes over role from Richard Fleming
Sun Capital buys Strada for £37m
Deal sees Hugh Osmond's firm buy 43 of the brand's restaurants
Accel backs Qubit’s $26m series-B
London-based company received $7.5m in December 2012
YFM backs £3.4m Heritage Window MBO
Philip Maskell, finance director at YFM's GTK, joins as finance director
New firm Frost Brooks makes debut deal
Former LDC managers set up Frost Brooks and make debut deal
Blackstone’s Travelport raises $480m
Company sold 30 million shares at $16 each
Sir Knowles named Zeus chairman
Knowles is currently global CEO and managing partner of DLA Piper
Investec hires LGV's Marsh as associate principal
Marsh previously worked at LGV Capital and Bain & Company
Adaptimmune raises $104m series-A
Company develops treatments for cancer and infectious diseases
Deal in focus: Delving into the Phones4u collapse
Blame game has followed the bitter separation between phone retailer and its partners
GIC partners with Carlyle on RAC
Deal follows Carlyle's decision to scrap IPO for RAC
Platina acquires Slieve Rushen wind farm
Site produces enough energy to power 30,000 homes
PHG raises $10m series-B
Business has already raised more than $5m in institutional investment