An affiliate of private investment firm HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of InterDent, a dental practice support organisation (DSO). Headquartered in Inglewood, California, and operating primarily under the Gentle Dental brand name, InterDent provides support services to 145 affiliated dental offices in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon,

Ares Capital has closed its first venture finance transaction with Respicardia, an early stage company developing a medical device targeted to improve respiratory and cardiovascular health by treating central sleep apnea. Ares Capital served as lead agent in a USD6m senior secured credit facility to provide working capital for Respicardia’s

Affiliates of private equity firm Centerbridge Partners have acquired Cardinal Logistics Management, a provider of domestic delivery transportation systems. Vin McLoughlin, chairman of Cardinal, says: "With the successful completion of this transaction, Cardinal is now better positioned than ever to serve our customers and continue our consistent long-term track record

AXA Private Equity has acquired the entire share capital of frostkrone Holding alongside the company’s management, which is reinvesting.   The previous majority shareholder, Argantis Beteiligungs, a private equity firm focused on German SMEs, now fully exits from the company.   frostkrone and its subsidiary, Bornholter, produce and market frozen

Hogan Lovells advised Chellomedia, the international content division of Liberty Global, Inc, on the acquisition of MGM Networks Inc from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM). The deal was announced on 1 August 2012. Chellomedia is a leading producer and distributor of 56 television channels, including 19 joint ventures. It has acquired

The offshore M&A market increased in value at twice the worldwide average last quarter compared to the previous quarter, according to a report released by Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services. The latest edition of Offshore-i, the firm’s quarterly report which provides data and insight on

Nitero a developer of next-generation, 60GHz Wi-Fi solutions of mobile devices, has added Trailblazer Capital as an investment partner in its latest round of funding. Joined by founding investors, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Austin Ventures, this round will provide capital for further development of Nitero’s solution. "Serving as a

Kier has completed its investment in Biogen (UK) Limited, establishing a 50/50 joint venture in the UK’s leading food waste to energy business with its parent company Bedfordia Group plc. Headquartered in Bedfordshire, Biogen designs, builds and operates large-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to process food waste and produce renewable