Ropes & Gray has advised Duke Street Capital, a UK-based mid-market private equity firm – and another new client for the firm – on its acquisition of Great Rail Journeys, a provider of escorted rail holidays, from ECI. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Great Rail Journeys offers

Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Comar Packaging (Comar) by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP). Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey, Comar is a manufacturer and leading provider of

Waterland Private Equity has expanded its portfolio company MEDIAN with the acquisition of Klinikzentrum Mühlengrund in north Hesse. Mühlengrund is a modern facility for inpatient rehabilitation in the indications of orthopaedics, internal medicine/cardiology, diabetology, neurology and psychosomatics. The acquisition marks the extension of MEDIAN’s range of medical and therapeutic services

Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital (Golden Gate) has acquired The Learning Experience, an academy of early education for children six weeks to six years old. The Learning Experience, headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, is led by Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Richard Weissman. Financial terms of the

Corsair, a provider of PC peripherals and components for gamers, enthusiasts and eSports athletes, is to acquire Elgato Gaming, a Munich-based provider of hardware and software for content creators.  Global investment banking firm Drake Star Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Elgato Systems on this transaction.   “Elgato Gaming

ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has completed the majority acquisition of TMX Mobile Solutions (TMX), a Hungary-based mobile device repair business on track to generate a revenue stream of over EUR40 million in 2018. Going forward, ARX will partner with the company’s senior management, who retain a significant minority stake as

Recover Nordic, a provider of damage control, emergency response and environmental services, and portfolio company for private equity firm Agilitas, has made four further strategic add-on acquisitions, bringing the total number of add-ons to fourteen since Agilitas acquired the group in 2013. The combined revenues from the acquisitions increase Recover

The EQT VIII fund (EQT VIII) is to acquire SUSE, a global provider of open source infrastructure software for large enterprises, from the global infrastructure software business Micro Focus International plc (Micro Focus) in a USD2.535 billion deal. The transaction is subject to Micro Focus shareholder and customary regulatory approvals.  

New private equity firm Aretex Capital Partners has closed its first transaction, the acquisition of Alerian, a provider of energy infrastructure indices and market intelligence based in Dallas, which was announced in May 2018. The investment is representative of Aretex’s strategy to invest in founder-led businesses with multiple growth levers.

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) is to acquire, on behalf of clients, and in a joint venture with Crédit Agricole Assurances and Fluxys, a 35.76 per cent stake in the Dunkirk LNG regasification terminal (Dunkirk LNG) in Northern France. With Fluxys already holding 25