Global private equity investor Actis is paying USD102 million to acquire a significant minority stake in Brazil´s prestigious University Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional. Founded in 1965 Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional today has a total of 36,000 students across eight sites. Offering both undergraduate and post graduate study, long distance learning

An affiliate of Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, has acquired Bonmarché from the Administrators, KPMG.  It is intended that the business will trade from approximately 230 stores, thereby providing continued employment to approximately 2,400 employees in the UK. However, in order to ensure that the

RJD Partners has sold the operations of European Boating Holidays (EBH), the largest independent operator of European inland waterway boating holidays, to a French syndicate-backed management buy-in, led by Serge Naim and financed by Avenir Entreprise and AMS Industries. The value of the transaction was undisclosed. EBH is the sixth

The Paris office of international law firm Taylor Wessing has acted as sole counsel to Proparco and Unigrains in connection with their respective investment of USD7.5m and USD2m into SEAF India Agribusiness International.   SEAF India Agribusiness International was established by SEAF, an international not-for-profit organisation that sets up and

Hogan Lovells has advised long-standing client Kelso Place Asset Management LLP (Kelso Place) on its acquisition of the global fashion brand Nicole Farhi alongside current owner, private equity firm, OpenGate Capital, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction was announced on Wednesday 11 January. Nicole Farhi is a British fashion lifestyle

Tully & Holland has acted as financial advisor to Catalog Marketplace (Glendale), in the sale of its assets to Capital Resource Partners (CRP). BCA Mezzanine Fund provided senior debt and preferred equity capital in support of CRP’s acquisition. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Glendale is a leading direct

AnaCap Financial Partners has held a successful first round of closings of its Credit Opportunities Fund II, with commitments already at GBP265 million (USD408 million), surpassing its GBP250 million target after just five months on the road. The Fund, which has a hard cap of GBP350 million, targets performing, semi-performing

European private equity firm Cinven has reached an agreement to acquire CPA Global – a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software – for an undisclosed consideration, from its current shareholders, including Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and the founder shareholders. The transaction is subject to the approval

Mid-market buy-out firm AAC Capital UK has sold Volution Group to funds advised by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP (TowerBrook). AAC UK generated a money multiple of 2.4x on its original investment of GBP49.25m. Headquartered in Crawley, Volution supplies a range of ventilation products to improve the built environment with an emphasis