Avignon Capital, the European property investment specialist, has completed the acquisition of the Old School House building in Shoreditch, East London, for GBP5.1 million.  The Grade II* Listed Victorian property, built in 1865 and formerly used as a Church school house, measures 4,588 sq ft and contains three floors of

Law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners, with a team composed by partner Cataldo Piccarreta, senior associate Lorenzo Fabbrini and trainee Maria Giulia De Cesari, has advised the Italian software firm TeamSystem on the acquisition of 100 per cent of E-conomic International, a Danish enterprise specialising in cloud accounting programs.

Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, has signed an agreement to increase its stake in the leading CEE road freight transport company Waberer’s International Nyrt from 56.8 per cent currently to 97.1 per cent.  Mid Europa is acquiring the shares

The Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners has advised alternative investment management firm Investcorp on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Italian menswear manufacturer Corneliani. The transaction was in the form of an acquisition of an equity stake from the Corneliani family and

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has signed an agreement with Emerald and PM & Partners, the shareholders and current debt holders, for the acquisition of Alfatherm, a manufacturer of rigid, semi-rigid and flexible PVC films.  The acquisition is expected to be complete in late June. Terms of the transaction have

Coriance, a French district heating company which is currently owned by KKR’s infrastructure funds and a co-investor, is to be acquired by First State Investments managed infrastructure funds.  The proposed transaction is subject to customary approvals. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Coriance operates a portfolio of 29 regulated district

BASF Venture Capital America has acquired EnerG2, a manufacturer of advanced carbon materials for next-generation energy storage devices. The two entities have had a strategic partnership since 2014. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. “Under BASF’s roof, EnerG2 will continue to develop innovative, high-performance materials,” says Dr

Tech-focused private equity firm Francisco Partners and Elliott Management Corporation are to acquire the Dell Software Group from Dell Inc.  The agreement bolsters Francisco Partners and Elliott Management’s technology portfolios with the addition of Dell Software’s diverse combination of security, systems and information management, and data analytics solutions. “We founded

Noerr has advised the Volartus Group on its purchase of HeliService International. Noerr acted for the Volartus Group with a team led by the Munich corporate partners Dr. Tobias Koppmann and Dr. Florian Becker. With a workforce of over 60, HeliService international GmbH operates a helicopter transport service for persons

Private equity firm Inflexion’s portfolio company, CableCom Networking, has acquired fast-growing utilities business Glide. The acquisition has the potential to revolutionise the student and shared housing market by giving landlords and tenants a simpler, faster way to connect, communicate and manage bills. The deal will boost CableCom’s growth, by widening