Private equity firm Aurora Capital Group has completed the previously announced sale of Mitchell International to KKR. Aurora acquired Mitchell in March 2007 along with co-investors Norwest Equity Partners and GE Pension. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Josh Klinefelter, head of Aurora's Software & Information Services
Private equity firm LongueVue Capital (LVC) has invested both equity and mezzanine capital in Ascent Aviation Services Corporation (Ascent). Ascent is a Federal Aviation Administration licensed provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for multiple platforms of narrow body aircraft. Based in Tucson, Arizona, Ascent specializes in heavy maintenance,
Middle market private equity firm The Sterling Group has completed the sale of its portfolio company, Stackpole International, to funds managed by Crestview Partners. Sterling had acquired Stackpole through a corporate carve-out from Tomkins in August 2011. Stackpole was an investment in Sterling's third fund, an USD820 million fund
Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands, has recruited Dan Stern to its in-house team. With more than 10 years of experience in the consumer sector, Stern joins Piper as Investment Director. Stern previously spent four years in the consumer team at 3i, where he worked on the acquisition of
Actis, the pan emerging markets private equity firm, has appointed Neil A Brown as Partner and Head of Investor Relations. Brown spent a number of years at Citigroup in New York and London as a business head within Citi’s Alternative Investments business, which at its peak managed more than USD100
Palatine Private Equity has backed the secondary management buyout of social housing contractor Forrest, investing GBP16million for a significant minority stake. The deal is Palatine’s fourth investment from its second Fund, which achieved a final close of GBP150million in June this year. The transaction sees private equity firm LDC achieve
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Deutsche Bank have made a joint investment in Russia’s largest telecommunications company, Rostelecom. The two parties will invest a total of USD237.1m on a parity basis, which will be used to further develop and strengthen the company’s market position. The transaction has received
Platform Acquisition Holdings is to acquire MacDermid, a provider of high value-added specialty chemicals, for approximately USD1.8bn plus contingent consideration. Platform will be renamed Platform Specialty Products Corporation (PSP). Following the close of the transaction, PSP expects to complete a listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange
Wynnchurch Capital, a middle-market private equity investment firm, has appointed Jim Goodwin, former chairman and chief executive of UAL and United Airlines, and Joe Anderson, former chairman, CEO and majority owner of TAG, to the firm’s executive advisory board. Established earlier this year, the executive advisory board connects influential
Novitas Partners has entered into a strategic alliance with AlfaSec Advisors, which has offices in both Hong Kong and Singapore and provides advisory services to financial institutions in the Asia region. AlfaSec will work with Novitas to provide on the ground market intelligence and assistance on transaction execution.
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