Base79, a European online video company, has received an equity investment from The Chernin Group (TCG), alongside continued participation from existing investor MMC Ventures. Proceeds from the round will be used to accelerate Base79’s expansion across Europe and into other global territories, to build owned-and-operated brands and channels, and to

Atlas has acquired Erickson Framing through its newly formed company, Erickson Framing Holdings. Erickson Framing was acquired from Masco Corporation, a producer of home improvement and building products. Erickson is a construction services and pre-fabricated building products company that provides turn-key framing services, framing packages, trusses and other products to

In a year defined by low interest rates, buyers continued to look to spend cash reserves on mature acquisition targets, according to SRS | Shareholder Representative Services’ 2012 SRS M&A Deal Terms Study. The new study, which reports on over 200 data points and builds on data from prior SRS

Hogan Lovells has advised AEA Technology on its restructuring and the sale of certain of its businesses including its European consulting business to Ricardo for GBP18m. AEA Europe, which went into administration on 8 November 2012, is an environmental consultancy providing technical consultancy services to the UK public sector, the

Willow Laboratories has been acquired by Boston-based private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners. Willow is a clinical and forensic toxicology laboratory providing urine, hair and saliva testing services to a wide range of healthcare providers including treatment centres, physician practices, and other laboratories.  Using state-of-the-art technology, Willow provides qualitative and

Funds advised by Triton have sold logistics specialist Dematic to private equity investor AEA Investors and Teachers’ Private Capital (TPC), the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. As part of the transaction, around EUR450m of outstanding bonds will be redeemed. Dematic has sales of approximately

The aggregate value of technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell 52 per cent year-on-year (YOY) and 15 per cent compared with the previous quarter to USD28.2bn in the third quarter of 2012, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update. Large M&A transactions gave way to smaller, more strategic