Los Angeles-based private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has partnered with management to complete the acquisition of Smith System Driver Improvement Institute. Based in Arlington, Texas, Smith specialises in accident avoidance training for fleet vehicle drivers. Smith has trained millions of drivers in over 100 countries and
Mid-market M&A firm Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of The Communications Agency (TCA) to Communisis, a provider of personalised customer communication services. TCA, which was founded over 25 years ago, is an agency that specialises in brand response and customer relationship marketing. The company’s clients include RBS,
Private equity firm Palatine has completed the management buyout of Surrey-based seismic consultancy firm The EPI Group. Palatine is backing the incumbent management team, led by CEO Edward Bowen. As part of the deal Ian Langley, who Palatine backed as chairman of Air Energi, will join the board. This
LTCG, a specialist in business process outsourcing for long-term care insurance, has been acquired by Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in the global financial services industry. This acquisition furthers Stone Point’s strategy of backing companies in the insurance and insurance services sectors. Originally founded
Nordic Capital Fund VIII is to acquire the majority of the Swedish fashion retail chain Gina Tricot from existing shareholders, and will inject new equity to strengthen its financial position. The founding Appelqvist family remains a significant shareholder. Göran Bille will take over as CEO, in connection with Jörgen Appelqvist's
European private equity firm Cinven is to acquire Gas Natural Fenosa Telecomunicaciones (GNFT), the fibre network operator in Spain and Latin America, from Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) for EUR510 million. GNFT is a neutral telecom operator providing fibre infrastructure and transmission services to telecom operators in Spain and Latin America
Monomoy Capital Partners and Kingsmoor have teamed up to acquire the denim manufacturing operations of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) through American Textile Holdings (AmTex), a newly-created acquisition vehicle. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. AmTex is a designer and manufacturer of both denim fabric and denim
Big Data Partnership has completed a GBP1.25 million round of series A investment from Beringea, an international growth capital firm that manages the ProVen Venture Capital Trusts. Big Data Partnership provides vendor-agnostic big data consulting, training and support for diverse industries including web, financial services, telecoms, utilities, defence and media.
Syntaxis Capital has provided financing in support of the founders’ buyout and strategic development of Expert Petroleum, through its second mezzanine fund. Expert Petroleum, primarily based in Romania, is an oil and gas services business that partners with some of the largest owners and operators in the oil and gas
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to private equity firm Francisco Partners on the sale of Masternaut Group Holdings to a new joint venture between Summit Partners and FleetCor Technologies. Masternaut is Europe’s largest provider of telematics solutions to commercial fleets. Founded in 1996 and with headquarters in the
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