Private equity investment firm ClearLight Partners is to sell 100% of Switchcraft Holdco, Inc to HEICO Corporation. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1946, Switchcraft is a premier designer and manufacturer of high-performance electronic connectors, cable assemblies, and other value-added products and systems used in

OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, has partnered with existing management to purchase GEDC Super Holdings Inc. (together with its affiliates, "Great Expressions" or the "Company") from affiliates of private equity firm Audax Group. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills,

Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm investing in the lower middle market, has acquired Z Wireless, a retailer of Verizon Wireless voice and data communications services operating throughout the Great Plains. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD, Z Wireless markets and sells a full suite of Verizon Wireless products and

Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in QualitySolicitors, a leading UK brand of high-street solicitors for individuals and SMEs. Details of the transaction have not been disclosed.   QualitySolicitors was founded in 2009 with the aim of building a national legal brand focused on providing

Lithuania SME Fund managed by BaltCap, the largest private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic countries, has invested in Impuls LTU, operator of the leading Lithuanian health and fitness club chain.  With eight gyms in Lithuania’s main towns, Impuls LTU will be the largest health club chain in

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has funded the acquisition of US based MetricTest for portfolio company Microlease, the international provider of rental and asset management services to the test equipment market. LDC originally backed the GBP30m management buyout of Microlease in 2006, investing a further GBP8.3m in 2009 to provide

Saffar Holdings Limited has retained Arma Partners LLP to advise on strategic options in relation to its portfolio company, Zawya Limited in response to several unsolicited expressions of interest in Zawya that have recently been received. Founded in 2001 and based in Dubai, UAE, Saffar is a leading early-stage private

The Blackstone Group and ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH thave agreed a strategic partnership whereby investment funds advised by Blackstone will acquire, indirectly through a holding company, a 44% minority stake in Leica Camera AG (Leica), to support the company’s international growth plans. Headquartered in Solms, Germany, with 1,150 employees, Leica has

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire an 85% share of Telecable de Asturias SAU (Telecable), a Spanish-based TV, telephony, broadband and advanced business solutions provider for the Asturias region in Spain. Liberbank will retain a minority stake after the transaction, which is expected