Private equity firm Nautic Partners has partnered with management to acquire Applied Consultants, a provider of inspection services to the oil and gas pipeline infrastructure industry.   Applied was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Longview, Texas.   Applied offers an array of inspection services on pipelines, compressor stations

In the first half of 2013, 17 Israeli private equity deals attracted USD939m, a decrease of 48 per cent from USD1.8bn attracted in 26 deals in H1/2012, according to the latest quarterly survey by IVC and GKH.   The largest transaction was the USD500m buyout of tire manufacturer Alliance Tire

BV Investment Partners has completed a recapitalisation of The Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing Company (ECRM), an integrated marketing services, software and data provider serving consumer product manufacturers and retailers.    The investment in ECRM will make BV the majority shareholder and is being done in partnership with ECRM’s founding family

The US wireless industry promises to get more interesting – and much more competitive – with the expected closing on 10 July of SoftBank’s USD21.6bn acquisition of Sprint Nextel, and Sprint’s purchase of spectrum-rich Clearwire.   Law firm Morrison & Foerster has been advising SoftBank in both the Sprint and

August Equity has completed an investment in Minerva Education, the first investment through its new fund, August Equity Partners III.   Minerva consists of Eaton Square School Group (ESS) and Ravenstone School.   ESS, founded in 1981, is a highly sought after London-based schools group with sites in Chelsea, Pimlico,