International legal practice Norton Rose Studio Legale has advised ENI Rete Oil & Nonoil in connection with the sale by ENI, Esso Italiana and Kuwait Petroleum Italia of the entire share capital of two aviation fuelling service companies. HUB and PAR are being sold to Skytanking, a subsidiary of independent

Liquent, a provider of software and service solutions for the regulatory business processes of life sciences companies, has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners from Thomson Reuters. Based in Los Angeles, Marlin is a private investment firm with over USD1b of capital under management. Liquent is the provider of the

Private equity firm Pfingsten Partners has acquired Motus3, a Kansas-based designer and manufacturer of food processing equipment. Motus3 products are sold under the brand names Marlen and Carruthers, and are used for pumping, portioning, filling, dicing, grinding, slicing, reducing, chilling and cooking food. Pfingsten plans to create a diversified food

Global private equity firm Riverside has sold ATI, a provider of post-secondary professional training at campuses in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas and online, to BC Partners. Under Riverside’s ownership, ATI has expanded its campuses from eight to 23, added an online division, and grown the number of

Listing activity in 2009 experienced a significant slowdown as a result of the situation on the international capital markets since September 2008, according to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The year was marked by a sharp decline in the admission of securities representing securitized assets or structured products. In contrast, bond

Innovalight, a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based solar cell materials and technology, has raised USD18m in additional capital. The new round of capital will be used to expand the company’s proprietary silicon ink production for customers. The series D financing was led by EDB Investments of Singapore. Also joining was

A&J Venture Capital Group says it plans to open offices in the US and Hong Kong. The company has also launched its website. Chief executive Andreas Klimm says: "We are very close to securing locations in the US and Hong Kong to open offices to expand our business operations which

Parthenon Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston, has completed an investment in loanDepot, an online consumer direct mortgage origination company based in Irvine, California. The purpose of the investment is to provide the necessary growth capital for the company to secure warehouse funding