Clearwater International has advised MML Capital Partners on its sale of Optionis to Sovereign owned Arkarius Group.  Trading under its brands Parasol and Clearsky, Optionis is a provider of accountancy and employment services to the UK’s flexible workforce.   MML invested in Optionis back in 2013. Since then the company

Omnes Capital is selling its stake in DenyAll to cybersecurity specialist Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity. Omnes Capital has been shareholder in the company alongside Truffle Capital for many years.   It played an active role in its consolidation strategy, which was made concrete with the successive acquisitions of VulnIT in

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Ministry of Cake, the UK’s largest dedicated dessert manufacturer, in a sale to French counterpart Mademoiselle Desserts for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Taunton, Ministry of Cake produces over three million slices of hand-finished cakes, puddings and desserts every week,

Livingstone's media and technology team has advised mid-market private equity house Bowmark Capital and the corporate private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, Five Arrows Principal Investments, on the sale of Autodata to Solera Holdings for GBP340 million. Livingstone had previously advised the founders of Autodata on its GBP143 million sale to Bowmark and

UK mid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital has agreed to sell Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS), the UK’s second largest distributor of car, 4×4 and motorcycle tyres, to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI). Listed on the Tokyo stock exchange, SRI is the sixth largest tyre manufacturer in the world. The transaction

Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has sold Rocla Concrete Tie, based in Denver, Colorado, to German-based rail infrastructure supplier Vossloh Group. Altus Capital realised an estimated 4.5x return on its equity, made through Altus Capital Partners II in May 2013.

Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, and Five Arrows Principal Investments, the private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, are to sell Autodata, a European provider of technical information to the automotive aftermarket. Autodata is being sold to Solera Holdings for GBP340 million.    Solera is a provider of

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has completed the sale of Getronics LATAM to Southern Cross Group, a Latin American private investment firm. The exit yields greater than 11 times invested capital for OpenGate Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Getronics LATAM, with operations in Mexico,

Air Liquide has completed the sale of Aqua Lung, a specialist in personal aquatic equipment for recreational and professional use, to European private equity firm Montagu Private Equity.  Montagu will support Aqua Lung’s next phase of growth and enable the company to deliver on its strategy. Air Liquide is focused