TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has closed its acquisitions of RCN Telecom Services and Grande Communications Networks, two US regional broadband service providers. The transaction combines the two companies into the seventh largest US cable company and a market-leading provider of next-generation, high-speed

European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital’s Fund II portfolio company Coventya has made two add-on acquisitions, both in Turkey. Coventya, headquartered in Villeneuve-la-Garenne near Paris, is a chemicals group focused on surface treatment to the automotive, construction, luxury and consumer goods, data storage, and oil & gas industries.   In

Funds managed by FL Partners, a Dublin-based investment boutique, have acquired Potensis Recruitment, one of the largest recruiters to the UK housebuilding and construction industries, together with SEAL Resource Management, a related business. Potensis, founded in 2000, provides temporary and permanent recruitment services to the residential housebuilding, social housing and

MARU Group, a market and customer insights company backed by Primary Capital Partners, has acquired research technology platform Usurv for an undisclosed sum. Usurv will subsequently be rebranded to Maru/Usurv and founders Martin Bysh and Guy Potter will remain with the company to oversee its growth trajectory and development.  

A management group led by Joseph M Limber, in partnership with Ampersand Capital Partners and 1315 Capital, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the commercial laboratory of Genoptix. Genoptix is a Novartis company that specialises in oncology diagnostics and informatics services.   The transaction is expected to close

Catella has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Guy Hands in raising financing for the acquisition of McDonald’s Nordic operations. The parties have signed a share sale and purchase agreement and agreed on the master franchise agreement.   Hands will become the development licensee (DL) for the Nordic markets.  

Transcend Corporate has acted as lead adviser to the shareholders of AlwaysON Group (AOG) on its sale to Cloud Direct, for an undisclosed sum. Bracknell, Berkshire- based AOG is a GBP5.5 million revenue provider of unified communications (UC), data communication and managed data services to UK headquartered organisations, primarily mid-sized

ARX Equity Partners together with food industry entrepreneur Keith Dilworth are to acquire Nutricia Deva from Danone Group. Deva is a Czech Republic based producer of baby fruit desserts and fruit drinks, with total annual capacity of 24,000 tons. It also holds bio and organic certifications.   ARX and Dilworth