Electra Private Equity PLC has entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of its interest in Capital Safety Group (CSG) in a USD 565m secondary management buyout arranged by Candove

Apax Partners (Apax) and OMERS Capital Partners (OMERS) are to acquire the higher education, careers and library reference assets of Thomson Learning, and a consortium of funds advised by

DIFC Investments, the investment arm of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC),  it has acquired a 2.2% stake in Deutsche Bank, which according to publicly available market d

Equity Trust Group, the provider of trust, fiduciary and fund administration services, has launched a US office for subsidiary EQUITY Fund Services.

ISIS Equity Partners, investing funds from the Baronsmead VCTs, has completed the GBP 11.5m management buyout of CableCom. Based in Clevedon, near Bristol, UK, CableCom is the market leader in the growing market of IT and communication managed services to multi tenanted properties, primarily focused in the UK student accommodation

Volkmar Bruckner is joining Latham & Watkins LLP’s Munich office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Bruckner’s practice focuses on private equity and M&A.

Providence Equity Partners Inc. has agreed to acquire USIS from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and The Carlyle Group for approximately USD 1.5 billion.

Addleshaw Goddard has further expanded its City-based Private Equity team with the appointment of Dee Sian as a Partner. She will be joining from Speechly Bircham.

Foster + Partners, the global architecture and design practice, has unveiled plans to grow the practice and continue its world-wide expansion.

Colin Hewett will cease to be a managing member of Mid Europa Partners and will step down from the firm’s Investment and Management Committees with immediate effect.