Blackstar has entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of 72,989,078 ordinary shares in Litha Healthcare Group Limited to Paladin Labs Inc. The Disposal, for a cash consideration of GBP16.6 million, represents 50% of Blackstar’s interest in Litha and equates to ZAR2.75 per Litha share. On completion, the Disposal

High Road Capital Partners’ portfolio company Advanced Sleep Medicine Services, Inc has completed the acquisition of Pacific Sleep Medicine Services, a provider of sleep disorder diagnostic services with laboratory facilities throughout Southern California. The acquisition closed on 17 February, 2012.     Pacific Sleep will become part of Advanced Sleep’s existing

A record number of private equity add-on deals were completed in 2011 and the upward turn in transactions of this type is continuing into 2012, according to date released by Preqin. While the number of deals of other types plummeted, the number of add-on deals completed during the downturn remained

Advent International and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, LP and certain of its affiliates have signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire TransUnion from its current stockholders, including Madison Dearborn Partners and the Pritzker family business interests. The transaction, which is expected to close late first quarter or early second

Capital Dynamics has held the final closing of Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII, a US-based venture program targeting top-tier US venture managers or pre-eminent international venture firms with strong US ties. The final closing of Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII ends a successful fundraising for CapitalDynamics’ US-based venture capital program

Middle market private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners has held the final closing of Parthenon Investors IV (PCP IV) with USD700 million in commitments. PCP IV exceeded its initial fund target of USD600 million and hit its “hard cap” of USD700 million. “We appreciate the support we received from our

CS Strategic Partners, the exclusive dedicated secondary private equity arm of Credit Suisse, has announced the final close of its most recent fund, CS Strategic Partners V, with total capital commitments of over USS2.9 billion. Consistent with regulation, this capital includes over USS87 million committed by Credit Suisse and the

Growth equity investor Summit Partners today has established a new office in Mumbai. Summit is opening the office to increase investment activity in India and to support its North American and European-based portfolio companies with their expansion efforts the region. The office is being managed by Amit Chaturvedy, Director-India, and