Quilvest Private Equity sold its cornerstone shareholding in Acrotec Group to funds advised by Castik Capital alongside the Management team.  The acquisition, with an enterprise value of circa CHF280 million (EUR255 million), is the culmination of a common intiative by Management and Quilvest Private Equity to find a suitable long-term

Beacon Rail Leasing, a Pan-European rolling stock lessor, has closed on the acquisition of Ascendos Rail Leasing, a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company, having received clearance from the German competition authorities.  The combined Beacon and Ascendos portfolio includes 225 locomotives and over 1,000 freight wagons on lease in

Revlon is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Elizabeth Arden for USD14.00 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value for Elizabeth Arden of approximately USD870 million. By bringing together two highly complementary, iconic brand portfolios, Revlon says it will benefit from greater scale, an expanded global footprint,

Product development firm Cambridge Consultants, part of the Altran group, is to acquire Synapse. The acquisition will allow for the combined firms to create one of the world’s largest product development companies with significant presence on both coasts of the US. This acquisition, combined with Cambridge Consultants, will grow the

Tikehau IM has acted as sole lead arranger of a EUR35 million unitranche denominated in USD for the acquisition of Cisbio Bioassays by Abénex.  Abénex acquires Cisbio Bioassays in a secondary LBO from Argos Soditic. Flexible unitranche financing denominated in US$ has been arranged by Tikehau IM.  Cisbio Bioassays is

OM Asset Management (OMAM) is to acquire a 60 per cent equity interest in Landmark Partners, a secondary private equity, real estate and real asset investment firm.  Under the terms of the purchase agreement, OMAM will pay approximately USD240 million in cash at closing with the potential for an additional

IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire a majority stake in OS Group AB (OpenSolution), a Nordic payment solution provider, from the company’s founder. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, OpenSolution offers a full service product and software

Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility (including an undrawn revolving credit facility) to support the acquisition of Ashley Stewart by its senior management and an affiliate of The Invus Group. Ashley Stewart,  founded in 1991 and based

Private equity firm Inflexion’s portfolio company Succession has secured an investment package of over GBP25 million from HSBC and its existing shareholders, to continue its growth strategy through the acquisition of the best 50 firms from its affiliated membership by the end of 2017.  In the last three years Succession