In a year defined by low interest rates, buyers continued to look to spend cash reserves on mature acquisition targets, according to SRS | Shareholder Representative Services’ 2012 SRS M&A Deal Terms Study. The new study, which reports on over 200 data points and builds on data from prior SRS

Hogan Lovells has advised AEA Technology on its restructuring and the sale of certain of its businesses including its European consulting business to Ricardo for GBP18m. AEA Europe, which went into administration on 8 November 2012, is an environmental consultancy providing technical consultancy services to the UK public sector, the

Willow Laboratories has been acquired by Boston-based private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners. Willow is a clinical and forensic toxicology laboratory providing urine, hair and saliva testing services to a wide range of healthcare providers including treatment centres, physician practices, and other laboratories.  Using state-of-the-art technology, Willow provides qualitative and

Funds advised by Triton have sold logistics specialist Dematic to private equity investor AEA Investors and Teachers’ Private Capital (TPC), the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. As part of the transaction, around EUR450m of outstanding bonds will be redeemed. Dematic has sales of approximately

The aggregate value of technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell 52 per cent year-on-year (YOY) and 15 per cent compared with the previous quarter to USD28.2bn in the third quarter of 2012, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update. Large M&A transactions gave way to smaller, more strategic

Synerlab, a French pharmaceutical contract manufacturing firm, and AXA Private Equity have acquired Lyofal and IDD-Tech Orleans. Lyofal, a company founded and managed by Jean-Luc Allemand, specialises in custom-lyophilisation (freeze-drying) while IDD-Tech Orleans specialises in the development of solid dosage forms. With these acquisitions, Synerlab reinforces its leading market position

Law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners on the acquisition of Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in restaurant business from Yum! Brands, the global owners of the Pizza Hut brand. In the deal, Rutland acquired the share capital of Pizza Hut UK, the company which owns 330 dine in restaurants and