North West-based specialist medical and healthcare broker, Nugent Santé is to embark on expansion plans following the acquisition of 50 per cent of its business by the MAC Group for an undisclosed sum. Nugent Santé, which was formed last year by its managing director, Paul Nugent, officially launched in January

Carey Olsen has advised long-standing client, Blue Water Energy (BWE), on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Px Group, a company that specialises in the energy, engineering and process industries.  Px Group has been growing steadily for a number of years and the deal provides it with access to

 – a Polish market specialist in advertising and marketing technology. ​The growth round is a combination of a capital increase and acquisition of shares from Dirlango, a company controlled by Łukasz Wejchert and Maciej Żak. Innova Capital is continuing to increase its exposure to the fast growing tech market. “As part

HookLogic has secured an investment from LUMA Capital Partners, the recently formed venture capital fund of LUMA Partners, an investment bank known for its strategic industry maps known as LUMAscapes. HookLogic is one of the first investments for the fund. In a recent blog post, LUMA explained the reasoning behind

The Halifax Group (Halifax), in partnership with management, has completed an investment in Familia Dental Group Holdings. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Familia, headquartered in suburban Chicago, provides quality, affordable dental care to underserved populations in smaller markets across five states. The Company provides general dentistry, orthodontics

A group of investors including GCP Capital Partners, Western Heritage Capital, and Performance Equity Management have acquired a significant stake in Complete Merchant Solutions (CMS), a leading provider of merchant acquisition services, credit card/debit card transaction processing services, and payment solutions.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered

Centerbridge Partners has selected SEI to provide a customised operating platform for its private equity and credit businesses.  Through its Investment Manager Services division, SEI supplies customised operating infrastructure and services to investment organisations around the world. SEI drew on its global operating platform to provide Centerbridge with a solution

Spring Ventures, a private equity investor specialising in management buyouts of UK companies with strong growth potential, has backed a group of commercial lending professionals to buy invoice financing provider, IGF Invoice Finance Limited (IGF), from Greater London Enterprise( GLE).   Spring Ventures will initially invest GBP9 million to fund

Shanda Group is to purchase Trian’s 9.9 per cent holding in Legg Mason. Shanda Group is a Singapore-based global investing holding company with a long-term investment horizon across public market equity, fixed income and commodities, private equity and real estate.  It is focused on value investment opportunities in the financial