DC Advisory Partners has advised Citizen Watch Co Ltd (Citizen) a Tokyo based global electronics company famous for its technologically advanced watches, on the acquisition of Prothor Holding SA. Prothor is the holding company for Manufacture La Joux-Perret, Prototec SA and Arnold & Son SA, all of whom are specialists

IK Investment Partners is to sell Europris, the leading Norwegian integrated mixed discount retailer focused on non-food retail, to Nordic Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. IK acquired Europris in September 2004, at which time the Company consisted of a wholesale business, a penny store concept

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has realised a return of 1.7x on its initial investment from the sale of its holding in ATR Group via a secondary buyout funded to the private equity manager NBGI. ATR is a market leading provider of rental services for specialist plant, equipment and consumables, with

Private equity firm Teakwood Capital has acquired staff paging and management systems specialist Long Range Systems Inc (LRS). LRS is best known for its patented “coaster pager” that most people have received when waiting for a table or an order at a restaurant. LRS currently serves customers across twenty industries,

NBGI Private Equity has backed the management buyout of ATR Group, the Aberdeen-based oil & gas rental services business. An equity and debt financing package of over GBP20m has been put in place, with significant capital allocated to fund the growth strategy of the business.  

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The Management team of Natixis Capital Partners has successfully concluded a Management Buy-out and effective 1 March, 2012, will operate fully independently under the name Captiva Capital Management (Captiva). The buy-out team has been working together since 2001, and has developed strong relationships with leading institutional investors, including pension funds,

GeneWeave Biosciences, developer of a platform for the rapid detection of infectious disease, has raised USD12 million in a series A round of venture capital led by Decheng Capital. Existing investors Claremont Creek Ventures and X/Seed Capital also participated in the round. The company also announced that Min Cui (pictured),

Monroe Capital has provided a USD37.1 million unitranche facility and an equity co-investment to support the acquisition of LAI International by RLJ Equity Partners. LAI International is a provider of comprehensive precision engineered finished parts, components and subassemblies for aerospace, power generation, defence, medical, electronics and other advanced technology industries.

Ochre House, the recruitment process outsourcing and talent management business backed by NBGI Private Equity (NBGIPE), has acquired the two strategic resourcing firms in the Middle East and North Africa, TAAHEED and Carmichael Fisher.  The acquisition will significantly expand Ochre House’s international capabilities in response to increasing client demand.  “We