Simmons & Co in Aberdeen has completed four deals in the first quarter of 2012 with a total deal value of GBP340million. The corporate finance advisers to the energy sector are also reporting one of the strongest pipeline of deals in its history in the UK.   Simmons & Co’s

Law firm Mills & Reeve has advised Langholm Capital on the acquisition of 120-year-old family-run Purity Soft Drinks. Langholm, the consumer sector mid-market private equity firm whose investments include Tyrrells Potato Crisps, The Bart Ingredient Company and Dorset Cereals, acquired Purity following a management buy-in.   Originally established in 1892

London based Just-Eat, the world’s largest online takeaway ordering service, has closed a financing round of USD64m (EUR48m) led by funds managed by Vitruvian Partners, a European private equity firm, with Index Ventures, Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures also participating. This investment marks the Company’s third and largest funding round

Mid market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has concluded a transaction with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), to provide a GBP23 million financing package for its portfolio company, Cambridge Education Group. The deal includes a dividend recapitalisation for equity holders and additional debt financing for continued growth.   Cambridge Education

JP Morgan Private Equity Limited (JPEL) has agreed in principle to terms on a new multi-currency credit facility with a longer maturity date with Lloyds TSB Bank plc.  The new facility will expire in January 2017 and contains similar covenants to the Company’s existing $150 million multi-currency facility which was

PineBridge Investments, the global multi-asset class investment manager, has successfully closed its latest collateralised loan obligation (CLO), Galaxy XII CLO, Ltd. The issuance was comprised of approximately USD412.5 million of notes and closed on 24 April, 2012. The notes are secured by broadly syndicated first-lien senior secured corporate loans and

Ingenious has successfully closed the fund raising for ten Ingenious Solar UK EIS companies. The fund raise exceeded its target and the majority of the aggregate funds raised have now been deployed. Each Ingenious Solar UK EIS company has acquired a portfolio of solar photovoltaic panels which are fitted on

Bangalore-based affordable medical technology and solutions company Forus Health Pvt Ltd (Forus) has successfully raised Series A funding of USD5 million from venture capital funds, Accel Partners and IDG Ventures India. Unitus Capital was the sole advisor to Forus for the transaction. Forus’ mission is to address the healthcare delivery

Ciklum, an innovative IT outsourcing company specialising in nearshore software development in Eastern Europe, in Ukraine and Belarus, has sold a minority stake to Horizon Capital, a regional private equity fund manager. The funding for this deal comes from Horizon Capital’s Emerging Europe Growth Fund II (EEGF II), which was