AXA Private Equity has acquired the entire share capital of frostkrone Holding alongside the company’s management, which is reinvesting.   The previous majority shareholder, Argantis Beteiligungs, a private equity firm focused on German SMEs, now fully exits from the company.   frostkrone and its subsidiary, Bornholter, produce and market frozen

Hogan Lovells advised Chellomedia, the international content division of Liberty Global, Inc, on the acquisition of MGM Networks Inc from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM). The deal was announced on 1 August 2012. Chellomedia is a leading producer and distributor of 56 television channels, including 19 joint ventures. It has acquired

The offshore M&A market increased in value at twice the worldwide average last quarter compared to the previous quarter, according to a report released by Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services. The latest edition of Offshore-i, the firm’s quarterly report which provides data and insight on

Nitero a developer of next-generation, 60GHz Wi-Fi solutions of mobile devices, has added Trailblazer Capital as an investment partner in its latest round of funding. Joined by founding investors, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Austin Ventures, this round will provide capital for further development of Nitero’s solution. "Serving as a

Kier has completed its investment in Biogen (UK) Limited, establishing a 50/50 joint venture in the UK’s leading food waste to energy business with its parent company Bedfordia Group plc. Headquartered in Bedfordshire, Biogen designs, builds and operates large-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to process food waste and produce renewable

Koontz-Wagner has completed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary, Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls, to Global Power Equipment Group.  Custom Controls is a manufacturer and integrator of engineered packaged control house solutions for the energy, oil and gas, and electrical industries. Headquartered in Indiana, Custom Controls has delivered products and services

European private equity firm Cinven has sold 10.8 million ordinary shares of Ziggo NV, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, at a price of EUR23.50 per share, realising EUR255m of gross proceeds. Following the listing in March 2012 and this sale of shares, Ziggo will have generated total proceeds

Total assets under management held by private equity funds worldwide have reached USD3 trillion for the first time, highlighting the sustained growth of the industry despite challenging wider economic conditions, according to research conducted by Preqin for the 2012 Private Equity Performance Monitor. The figure is calculated using unrealised portfolio