CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII has agreed to acquire 100% of the Italian quick-service restaurant chain, La Piadineria, from funds advised by global private equity investment firm Permira.

Private equity firm PAI Partners is in the early stages of exploring options for Froneri, its ice cream joint venture with Nestlé that includes brands like Häagen-Dazs, including a sale of the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, a global alternative investment firm with over $18bn of assets under management, have acquired the remaining 40% of IPC, a provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology.

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are in competition over a deal to acquire DocuSign, a provider of online signature services valued at around $12.5 billion, according to a report by Reuters.

Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on private equity and credit investing in the middle market, is to sell Sportech, a designer, manufacturer and assembler of cab components and assemblies for a wide range of OEM customers, to Patrick Industries, in a deal valued at $315m.

Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners have sold their shareholding in KeTech Defence, part of KeTech Group, to safety and security company Wescom Group, generating a 2.8x return for YFM’s investors in the process.

Charterhouse Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in mid-market European companies in the services and healthcare sectors with an enterprise value of between €150m and €1bn, has invested in sports marketing company Two Circles.