Clearwater International has advised Electranet, a supplier for the design, delivery and support of highly secure network and communication infrastructure in the UK, on its sale to Capita, a UK-based provider of digitally enabled customer and business process services. Electranet supports high profile government and private sector customers that require

The Riverside Company has sold its ownership stake in Orliman to Iberian private equity firm Magnum Capital. Orliman is a Spanish manufacturer and distributor of non-invasive orthopaedic devices. The company’s products are used in the prevention of injury, treatment of chronic conditions and for recovery after surgery or injury.  

Private equity investment firm Sverica Capital Management has closed on the sale of MC Sign Company (MC Sign) to Caltius Capital Management. Based in Mentor, Ohio, MC Sign provides mission critical signage and lighting services to a variety of multi-site industries, including quick serve restaurant, retail, convenience stores, and hospitality.

European private equity firm Cinven is to sell UK life assurance consolidation business Guardian Financial Services to Admin Re, Swiss Re's unit active in the closed life book business, for a total consideration of GBP1.6 billion. Under Cinven's ownership, Guardian has become one of the most active life insurance consolidators

Private equity firm Inflexion is to sell Ideal Shopping Direct, a UK multi-channel home shopping retailer, to private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone). Ideal Shopping Direct operates in two distinct and growing markets, TV shopping and the craft and hobbyist market, selling a variety of popular lifestyle products through

Mooreland Partners, an independent investment bank providing M&A advisory and capital raising services to the global technology industry, has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Adept Technology on its sale to OMRON Corporation. OMRON plans to acquire 100 per cent of the outstanding shares of Adept, via an all-cash

Nautic Partners has completed the sale of Theorem Clinical Research, to Chiltern International. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Theorem is a full-service global contract research organisation (CRO) that conducts early phase, Phase II/III and late phase clinical trials for leading pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device and

STAR Capital Partners is to sell Pepcom, Germany’s fourth largest cable operator, to one of Germany’s largest cable market operators, Tele Columbus, for a consideration of EUR608 million. This represents an EBITDA multiple of 10.0x based on LTM through to June 2015 and 9.5x 2015F EBITDA. The deal has been

Globeleq, a company owned by Actis, the pan-emerging market investor, has completed the sale and transfer of Globeleq Africa, the leading power generation platform in Africa, to a company owned by Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries and CDC Group (CDC), the UK government’s development finance institution. Norfund