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Kirkland advises Consortium on acquisition of Pearson’s Wall Street English

Kirkland & Ellis is advising a consortium comprised of funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital Holdings on its USD300 million proposed acquisition of Wall Street English (WSE), a global private English language school business, from Pearson, a leading global learning company. In 2016, WSE served 180,000 learners

PiP to acquire portfolio of UK public-private partnership interests

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) is to acquire a portfolio of interests in ten UK public-private partnership projects for just over GBP400 million from Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners (Aberdeen). PiP will manage the interests directly. The acquisition, by the PiP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), includes hospitals, highways operations and maintenance

Quilvest Private Equity acquires GEDH

Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest group, has acquired a majority stake in GEDH from Platina Equity Solutions, together with CEO Amin Khiari. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. GEDH is a French network of higher education schools dedicated to communication, arts management

Ropes & Gray comments on outlook for private equity in 2018

The London team at Ropes & Gray has made some predictions for the private equity market in 2018, against the backdrop of market uncertainty caused by a range of factors including Brexit. Phil Sanderson (pictured), private equity partner at Ropes & Gray, says:  “M&A in the UK will remain resilient

American Industrial Partners to acquire Rand Logistics

American Industrial Partners (AIP) is to acquires Rand Logistics, a provider of bulk freight shipping services throughout the Great Lakes Region. AIP is a New York-based private equity firm with over USD4.0 billion of assets under management that focuses on buying, improving and growing industrial businesses in the US and

IK Investment Partners to acquire Studienkreis

IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap I Fund together with Management is to acquire Studienkreis (Studienkreis), a provider of tutoring services for primary and secondary school students in Germany, from Aurelius. Since its inception in 1974, Studienkreis has developed into one of the leading providers of tutoring services on the German

SK Capital closes acquisition of Perrigo’s API business

SK Capital, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Perrigo Company’s active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) business, which has been renamed from Perrigo API to Wavelength Pharmaceuticals (Wavelength). Wavelength is a leading developer and manufacturer of generic APIs

Gen Cap America partners with Bargain Barn

Gen Cap America has partnered with existing management in its acquisition of The Bargain Barn, which operates as United Grocery Outlet and GO Grocery Outlet, and is one of the largest close-out grocery outlets in the eastern United States.  “We are extremely excited at the opportunity to partner with the

Keystone Capital acquires VeggieLand

VeggieLand, a client of investment bank Tully & Holland, has been acquired by Nature’s Soy, a portfolio company of Chicago-based Keystone Capital. VeggieLand, based in Parsippany New Jersey, was an independently owned, broadly known brand name in the meatless industry with brands such as Franklin Farms and Jens and Marie

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