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GEO to acquire Community Education Centers

Real estate investment trust The GEO Group is to acquire Community Education Centers (CEC), a private provider of rehabilitative services for offenders in re-entry and in-prison treatment facilities as well as management services for county, state and federal correctional and detention facilities. GEO will acquire CEC for USD360 million in

Gilson Gray to double capacity of prime Edinburgh office

Legal firm Gilson Gray has doubled the capacity of its centrally located Edinburgh office after rapid growth in its first three years. Gilson Gray, based at 29 Rutland Square in the heart of Edinburgh’s financial district, has expanded into the neighbouring four storey building at 25 Rutland Square, increasing its

Blackstreet Capital Holdings purchases fourth ice arena

Iceoplex Operating, an affiliate of Blackstreet Capital Holdings (BCH), has acquired substantially all of the assets of the Iceoplex at Southpointe sports complex. The facility has one sheet of ice, one multi-purpose indoor sport court utilised for indoor soccer and other turf sports, a health club, outdoor volleyball courts and

Mid Europa sells Zabka Polska to CVC

Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, is to sell Zabka Polska to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners. The transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance and is expected to close in Q2 2017.   The Zabka sale is the largest

data.world secures USD19m in VC funding

data.world, the social network for data people, has closed USD18.7 million in venture capital funding at double the valuation of its previous round. This second round brings the total amount of capital raised to USD32.7 million and places data.world among the technology sector’s top five venture-backed Certified B Corporations of

Amethis Finance and Metier acquire stake in Kenafric Industries

Amethis Finance and Metier have teamed up to acquire a significant minority stake in East African packaged food business Kenafric Industries. The Kenafric Group was founded in 1987 by Velji Punja Shah and his four sons.   The group has grown to emerge as a major FMCG group in East

Arma Partners advises Evidon on sale of Ghostery consumer assets

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Evidon, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, on the sale of its Ghostery consumer assets to Cliqz. Cliqz is a Munich-based web browser provider with integrated search engine owned by Hubert Burda Media and the Mozilla Corporation.   The Ghostery assets

Euronext launches family business index

Euronext has announced the launch of Euronext Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the four countries covered by Euronext. Components of the Euronext Family Business Index are selected from listed companies in compartments A, B

KKR to acquire Telxius stake

KKR is to acquire a stake of up to 40 per cent in Telxius, a critical telecom infrastructure owner and service provider in Europe and Americas. The deal implies an enterprise value of EUR3.678 billion and is subject to the customary closing conditions.   Telxius owns and operates a large

Summa Equity acquires Lin Education

Summa Equity has acquired Linfre Education AB from the company’s founder and a handful of private investors. The founder and CEO Josef Lind will reinvest the majority of his proceeds, and the management team will also invest alongside Summa Equity.   Tommi Unkuri, partner at Summa Equity, says: “We are

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