Some 674 private equity-backed buyouts deals worth an aggregate USD60.6bn were announced in Q3 2011, a 23% decrease in value from the previous quarter’s total of USD78.7bn, according to Preqin’s quarterly deals data. A total of 254 exits valued at an aggregate USD56.2bn were announced in Q3 2011, 54% down

Latham & Watkins represented DIC, the private equity arm of Dubai Holding, in connection with the sale of Ishraq Dubai LLC (Ishraq Dubai) to Almulla Group. Ishraq Dubai was 51% owned by DIC and 49% owned by Ishraq Gulf Real Estate Holding BSC, which in turn is majority owned by

CI Capital Partners, a North American private investment firm, has acquired Galls, LLC, a USD163 million revenue, full service marketer and distributor of public safety, first responder and private security products, from ARAMARK Corporation. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1967, the Lexington, Kentucky based Galls

Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity fund, has led a consortium in the USD434m, 100% management buy-out of Tracker, South Africa’s largest vehicle tracking company. The transaction, which was announced today, sees Remgro dispose of its interest in Tracker to Actis while FirstRand restructures its investment to include RMB. The

The volume and value of deals completed during the first nine months of 2011 in the lower mid-market investment space has increased year on year for the past three years, according to research from Lyceum Capital and Cass Business School. Data from The UK Growth Buyout Dashboard – a quarterly

Carey Olsen has been involved in an acquisition deal to buy AIM-listed company Indian Energy Limited (IEL) by Infrastructure India plc. Indian Energy is currently one of the leading independent power producers in India and operates a wind farm in Karnataka and one in the state of Tamil Nadu. Infrastructure

Private equity firm KPS Capital Partners has acquired substantially all of the assets of United Copper Industries, an affiliate of Organizacion IUSA, S.A. de C.V. (IUSA), through a newly formed company, UCI or United Copper. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. UCI is a leading manufacturer and

Albion Ventures has sold The Place Sandwich VCT Limited, the owner and operator of the 37-bedroom Bell Hotel in the medieval Cinque Port town of Sandwich, to Shepherd Neame Limited, Britain’s oldest brewer, for GBP3.6 million. Funds managed or advised by Albion Ventures backed the acquisition of the historic hotel