Growth equity investor Summit Partners has acquired MercuryGate International, an independent provider of SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS) solutions. Co-founded in 2000 by CEO Monica Wooden and President Steve Blough, MercuryGate began with a mission to solve the most complex, high-volume transportation management challenges at an affordable price. Since those

Polaris and Falck have signed an agreement whereby Polaris will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Falck Safety Services Holding A/S and take over all Safety Services activities in Falck. Falck Safety Services is the world’s largest provider of specialist safety training for the offshore, maritime and renewables

Affiliates of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management are to acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited. The Apollo Funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aspen for USD42.75 per share in cash, representing an equity value of approximately USD2.6 billion.   “We

REYL & Co, a subsidiary of the REYL Group, has acted as sole financial advisor to Circle Media Group, a leading European printing and media group, on its recent acquisition of the leading European book printing group CPI from its shareholders in a cash transaction. With this acquisition, Circle Media

Washington DC-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington) has completed the acquisition of the Government Solutions division of Black Box Corporation (BBOX). Going forward, the business will operate independently as Tyto Athene, a full-service systems integrator and managed services provider of communications systems for Department of Defense and Civilian

The independent pan-European investment company Argos Wityu has acquired a majority stake in German aktivoptik Group (aktivoptik), as part of a succession plan via its Fund VII. This was announced today by both companies. With a network of 76 stores, most of them in hypermarkets and other highly frequented locations,

Funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) are to acquire PowerTeam Services (PowerTeam), a provider of maintenance and construction services to the US utility industries. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   PowerTeam provides services to maintain, repair, upgrade, and install natural gas and electric distribution and

O’Melveny has represented ScanSource on its acquisition of Canpango, a Salesforce implementation and consulting partner.

 The acquisition closed on 20 August 2018. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

   ScanSource is a leading global provider of technology products and solutions, focusing on point-of-sale (POS), payments, barcode, physical

StorCentric, a newly formed customer-centric storage solutions company, is to acquire Drobo, a prosumer and SMB storage solution provider, and Nexsan, a specialist in enterprise storage solutions. Following the acquisitions, StorCentric will have a combined track record of over 450,000 storage products sold to individuals, SMBs and enterprise customers, and

An affiliate of New Water Capital, a Boca Raton-based private equity firm focused on lower-middle market companies, has acquired Trillium Health Care Products, a contract manufacturer of category-leading OTC products for some of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies. Based in Brockville, Ontario, Trillium has built a reputation in the pharmaceutical