Advent International, the global private equity firm and the François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire Group, have completed the acquisition of the Card Systems and Identity divisions of Oberthur, following workers’ council consultation and the approval of the transaction by relevant market authorities. Advent International, along with the company’s management, now controls 90%

Brynwood Partners VI’s newly-formed portfolio company, Sun Country Foods, Inc, has acquired the Kretschmer wheat germ brand and manufacturing facility from The Quaker Oats Company. Sun Country Foods purchased the rights to the Kretschmer brand in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. Additionally, Sun Country Foods acquired the Sun Country

StepStone Group is to acquire the funds management business of Parish Capital Advisors, LLP (Parish Capital), a private equity investment manager with USD2 billion in assets under management. The acquisition is expected to close in January, 2012 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Terms of the transaction were not

ABS Group of Companies, Inc has entered into an agreement to acquire Safetec Nordic AS (Safetec), a provider of integrated risk and asset management services. The programs and services of Safetec will strengthen and expand those of ABS Consulting (a subsidiary of ABS Group). ABS believes that combining the talent

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented O3b Networks in their USD137 million financing for a series of four additional satellites to support super-fast broadband connections to Africa and other emerging markets. The project has been described by the BBC as “one of the most ambitious commercial

Unifrax Holdings I Corporation (Unifrax), a portfolio company of private equity firm AEA Investors (AEA), has been acquired by American Securities. The transaction closed on 28 November, 2011. Harris Williams & Co acted as the lead advisor to Unifrax. The transaction was led by Chris Williams, John Neuner, John Arendale,

LogiXML, a pioneer of web-based business intelligence (BI) software, has closed a growth equity investment led by Summit Partners. Also participating in the round is Grotech Ventures, an existing LogiXML investor. LogiXML investors now include Summit Partners, Grotech Ventures and Updata Partners. The funds will be used to accelerate LogiXML’s

AssuredPartners, Inc, a portfolio company of leading Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR, has closed its second investment with the acquisition of SKCG Group, a White Plains, New York-based insurance agency. With revenues of approximately USD18 million, SKCG is one of the largest privately-held risk management and insurance advisory firms in