A division of Z Capital Partners, the private equity management arm of Z Capital Group, is to acquire the “original Rock ‘n Roll Mexican” restaurant brand Pink Taco. Z Capital Partners, the largest shareholder of Real Mex Restaurants (Real Mex), plans to leverage the Real Mex expertise across restaurant operations,

The Valence Group has advised Eurazeo on its acquisition of Novacap for an enterprise value of EUR654 million (USD746m1), plus up to a EUR30m (USD34m) earn-out.  Following the acquisition, Eurazeo will become the majority shareholder of Novacap with 67 per cent of the equity capital, alongside Mérieux Développement (9 per

Livingston-based Touch Bionics, the developer and manufacturer of upper limb prosthetic technologies, has been sold by its shareholders – including Archangel Investors, Scottish Investment Bank and management – to Össur Hf, the Iceland-based provider of prosthetic, bracing and supports solutions, in a GBP27.5 million deal. Touch Bionics was the first

The UK was the number one major European economic target for inbound deals from the emerging markets during the second half of 2015, according to KPMG’s Cross-Border Deals Tracker. The dataset analysed deal flows between 15 developed economies (or groups of economies) such as UK, US, Oceania, and Hong Kong

Law firm Paul Hastings is advising COSCO (Hong Kong) Group Limited (COSCO HK) on its acquisition of 67 per cent of Piraeus Port Authority SA. COSCO HK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company. This marks one of the most high profile Greek privatisations of recent years

Diversis Capital,, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on acquiring and growing small- and middle-market companies, has acquired the majority of the assets of Caligor Rx, Inc. Based in Secaucus, New Jersey with an additional facility in Dartford, UK, Caligor provides services that enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to

Mooreland Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to TravelSky Technology Limited on its acquisition of OpenJaw Technologies Limited, a subsidiary of GuestLogix, Inc. The transaction is expected to close on or before 6 May, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions. Headquartered in Beijing, TravelSky Technology provides software and related

Bridge Growth Partners has acquired a majority interest in Solace Systems, a provider of infrastructure messaging technology. Solace technology efficiently moves mission critical, real-time data across and between businesses and global ecosystems.  Solace products, which are deployed in many global organizations across a wide range of industries, including financial services,

International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised mid-market investor Aurelius Group (Aurelius) on the successful completion of its cross-border acquisition of Colt Group SA’s virtualised cloud computing and managed hosting services business, Colt Managed Cloud (CMC). WFW advised Aurelius on all corporate aspects of the transaction, in

Insurance M&A specialists from Carey Olsen have advised Arthur J Gallagher & Co's insurance management unit, Artex Risk Solutions, on its acquisition of two insurance management operations.  Artex, which specialises in captive management and alternative risk programs, has aquired Guernsey-domiciled Hexagon Insurance PCC Limited as well as the insurance division