Questel, an online intellectual property (IP) service providers, has acquired MultiLing, a global leader in patent translations, with the support of its financial investors IK Investment Partners and Raise. Founded in 1988 and based in Utah, MultiLing leverages their advanced technology platform to provide the highest quality patent translation services

Inverleith, a specialist consumer brands investor, has taken a majority stake in Planet Organic, the London health and wellbeing supermarket, food-to-go chain and online retailer.    Inverleith has injected equity into the Company to expand the existing store footprint in London, to more than double the current portfolio of stores

AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist European financial services private equity firm, has acquired EUR225m of Italian NPLs in two separate portfolios. A EUR141 million NPL secured portfolio was acquired from Volksbank, primarily comprised of SME loans. The majority of the portfolio is backed by property in Northern Italy. In

After obtaining the necessary regulatory authorisations, Unigrains, the agri-food and agro-industry investor, has completed the acquisition of Mecatherm, a specialist in industrial baking equipment, from Wendel. Olivier Sergent, President of Mecatherm, says: “We are delighted to begin this new, ambitious development phase with Unigrains. This partnership will enable us to

Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Urgent Cargus from Abris Capital Partners. The transaction is subject to customary clearance by anti-trust authorities and is expected to close in Q4 2018. Urgent

Post Capital Partners has partnered with Smith Transportation Services’ existing management team – Steve Smith, Bill Nichols, Jeff Maser and Christine Postlmayr – to purchase the company with its affiliates, including Smith-Cargo and Cargo-West. Sam Woodward, a Post Capital Executive Partner and transportation industry veteran also participated with the buying

Global fashion brand Michael Kors Holdings Limited is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Italian luxury fashion house Gianni Versace for a total enterprise value of EUR1.83 billion, or approximately USD2.12 billion. Versace, long recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury fashion companies, is synonymous with Italian

Alder II AB (Alder), a Nordic investment fund focussing on developing sustainable technology companies, together with the management team, is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Scanacon Intressenter AB (Scanacon) from Verdane Capital VII K/S (Verdane). Scanacon is a provider of acid management systems used in the

Audax Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Acuant from Insight Venture Partners, Lightview Capital and Egis Capital Partners. Yossi Zekri, President and CEO of Acuant, says: “We selected Audax because they share our vision and commitment to creating frictionless, trusted transactions that protect businesses from unnecessary risk. By

Funds advised by Apax Partners have acquired Authority Brands, a North American franchisor of home services, from PNC Riverarch Capital. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands is the parent company of two home services franchisors: