Private equity firm Vance Street Capital has acquired A&E Medical Corporation, a leading medical device OEM designer and contract manufacturer primarily focused on single-use products used in cardiovascular procedures. This is Vance Street’s first acquisition from its second fund. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in

Dynegy and Energy Capital Partners (Energy Capital), through a newly formed joint venture, are to acquire ENGIE’s United States fossil portfolio consisting of 8,731 megawatts of generation capacity located in ERCOT, PJM, and ISO-New England. The joint venture has secured financing for the USD3.3 billion acquisition, as well as related

Lockton Benefit Group has expanded its Private Equity and Corporate Acquisition Practice (PECAP) with the addition of Donald G Harrington, Senior Vice President and director of the practice. An Associate of Lockton Benefit Group, Harrington is based in New York but has responsibility to integrate the company's private equity transactional

An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital has acquired a portfolio of compensation product offerings, including Salary.com, from IBM Corporation. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Salary.com is a provider of reliable information, software, and best practices for compensation professionals. The Company’s product offerings help employers

CensorNet has acquired SMS Passcode, a European based multi-factor authentication vendor, and will integrate the unique multi-factor authentication technology into its Unified Security Solution. The funding for the acquisition was led by Talis Capital alongside existing investors. Hill Dickinson LLP advised investors on the transaction.    This acquisition follows the

The Hilb Group (THG) has acquired Ocean Township, NJ-based PriMed Consulting. The transaction became effective 1 February, 2016. PriMed Consulting has been providing physicians in New York and New Jersey with medical malpractice insurance for more than 18 years. As the second transaction in 2016 and ninth in the past

The Middle Market Growth Program (MMGP), jointly managed by Antares and LStar Capital, has closed a senior secured unitranche credit facility to support the acquisition of Preferred Compounding by Audax Private Equity. Headquartered in Barberton, OH, Preferred Compounding is a leading custom rubber compounder in North America and employs more

Stirling Square Capital Partners, a pan-European mid-market private equity firm, has acquired Mettis Aerospace (Mettis), an international manufacturer of precision forged and machined components for the aerospace sector.  The business was acquired from Saints Chamonix for an undisclosed value.   Mettis offers a fully integrated platform from initial design and

DS Healthcare Group is to acquire Radiancy, a developer of consumer medical devices and the Neova dermatological products business from PhotoMedex, in a transaction structured in two reverse triangular mergers, with a non-dilutive provision. The board of directors of both companies have voted unanimously in favour of the transaction. The

idverde has acquired the holding company of Quadron Services, the UK grounds maintenance provider.  Following quickly on from the acquisition of The Landscape Group (TLG) in 2015, idverde’s UK activities will grow to GBP90m annual turnover and 1,600 staff with enhanced geographical coverage across the UK and a significantly strengthened