Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor focussed on Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of Urgent Cargus.   Urgent Cargus is a courier, express and parcel service provider in Romania, offering last mile delivery to over 85,000 customers, including business clients, e-commerce retailers and private individuals.  

SVB Financial Group (SVB), the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, has completed the acquisition of Leerink Holdings LLC, a Boston-based parent company of healthcare and life science investment bank Leerink Partners. Leerink will operate under the name SVB Leerink as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SVB Financial Group, led by

Dechert has advised Central and Easter Europe-focused private equity firmMid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a leading private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, on the financing relating to the acquisition of Urgent Cargus from Abris Capital Partners. Urgent Cargus is a leading courier, express and parcel service provider in

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed the acquisition of Veracode Software (Veracode), a provider of next-generation application security testing (AST), from Broadcom Inc, in an all-cash transaction valued at USD950 million. Veracode’s SaaS platform and integrated solutions assist security teams and software developers with finding and fixing security-related defects

Ropes & Gray has advised TPG Capital on the acquisition by BVI – one of its portfolio companies – of PhysIOL Group SA from TA Associates. The transaction was backed by TPG Capital.   BVI (Beaver-Visitec International) is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialised surgical devices and custom procedure packs

Fiera Capital Corporation is to acquire an 80 per cent interest in Palmer Capital Partners Limited (Palmer Capital), a UK-focused real estate investment manager, based in London, UK.  The acquisition will be made through Fiera Capital’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fiera Properties Limited (Fiera Properties), its dedicated real estate investment management company,

Northill Capital (Northill) is to purchase a majority stake in leading outsourced CIO (OCIO) business, Strategic Investment Group (Strategic) by acquiring the equity interest previously held by FFL Partners for an undisclosed sum. This partnership enables Strategic to build on its 31 years of operating independence as a leading provider

SureWerx, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company and leading supplier of professional tools, equipment, and safety products, has acquired the Jackson Safety and Wilson Safety brands from Kimberly-Clark Professional, a global supplier of workplace products and solutions.  The acquired brands represent leading Industrial Personal Protective Equipment and Industrial Welding

Alantra has acquired a strategic stake in pan-European alternative asset manager Access Capital Partners, a deal that sees the firm add fund of funds, co-investment and secondaries strategies to its existing direct investment activities. Alantra will be offering its clients access to six specialised asset management classes: private equity, active

American Securities has partnered with management and acquired FleetPride, a distributor of aftermarket parts for the US heavy-duty truck industry. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Irving, Texas, FleetPride is the largest independent heavy-duty aftermarket parts distributor in the US. The Company acts as a critical link