Primonial REIM has acquired Gecina’s healthcare division, Gecimed portfolio. Clearwater International advised Primonial REIM on the strategic and financial analysis of the portfolio, raising the equity and debt, the organisation of due diligences and negotiations with the seller.   Primonial REIM acted for a club deal, gathering several institutional investors. 

Aurelius Rho Invest is to acquire the European business activities of the US-based Office Depot. Once the consultation processes with various employee representative bodies at the Office Depot Group in France have been concluded, the seller will be able to conclude an already negotiated purchase agreement.   The two parties

D’Ieteren is to acquire a 41 per cent stake in Milan-listed Moleskine from reference shareholders Appunti (Syntegra Capital) and Pentavest (Index Ventures), at EUR2.40 per share, valuing the company equity at EUR506 million. After closing of the acquisition, which is subject to German anti-trust clearance, D’Ieteren will launch an unconditional

Bregal Unternehmerkapital has acquired a major stake in Swiss company Kunststoff Schwanden, a manufacturer of complex plastic parts and components. As part of the succession plan, the previous owner Albert Kiener will still play a key role in the company.   Chief executive André Bermann and chief financial officer Martin

IK Investment Partners and Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) have acquired I@D Holding, a services platform dedicated to the first network of independent real estate agents in France. The founders Malik Benrejdal, Jade Benrejdal and Jerome Chabin as well as NAXICAP Partners, shareholder since 2012, are reinvesting 37 per cent

Inflexion Private Equity has acquired a majority shareholding in Group IMD from funds managed by Vitruvian Partners. Headquartered in London, Group IMD is a global technology business automating the distribution workflow of video advertisements from advertising agencies and production companies to broadcasters and the online video industry. The company connects

Graphite Capital, a mid-market private equity specialist, has acquired Beck & Pollitzer, which provides industrial machinery installation and relocation services, from Bridgepoint Development Capital for an undisclosed sum. Beck & Pollitzer’s blue chip clients, which include Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Rexam, Kimberley Clark and many other international brands,

A company backed by the Permira funds is to acquire the majority of P&I Personal & Informatik, a German full suite provider of HR software solutions, for an undisclosed sum. The current owner HgCapital will continue to be invested as minority shareholder in the company.   Founded in 1968 and

Italmatch Chemicals, a chemical group specialising in the production and marketing of performance additives, has acquired Solvay’s Ionquest 290 and Octyl Phosphonic Acid product range. They are active in the production and marketing of phosphorus-based process additives for the mining, metalworking fluids, corrosion inhibition and pigmentation industries.   The acquisition

Global retail marketing company TCC Global has acquired online retailing specialist Summit. The deal, advised by Livingstone, sees TCC Global, which turned over EUR500 million in 2015, bring in Summit’s expertise in online retailing to enhance its digital engagement capabilities.   Summit, which turned over in excess of GBP47 million