Investment and strategic advisory firm Brown Advisory is teaming up with network-driven venture capital firm, NextGen Venture Partners (NextGen).The NextGen team will officially join their new Brown Advisory colleagues in offices across the United States from 22 February. NextGen was founded by investment industry veterans Dan Mindus and Brett Gibson

ZAIS Group Holdings has signed a definitive merger agreement with Z Acquisition, a Delaware limited liability company (Z Acquisition), and ZGH Merger Sub, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZAIS. Christian Zugel, the founder of ZAIS Group, the Company’s operating subsidiary, and the Company’s Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, is the sole

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (GAF) has provided a funding package to support the merger of Troika Talent Agents and James Grant Group (‘JGG’), a provider of management and professional services to the sports, music and entertainment sectors. The GAF team previously supported the management buyout of JGG in 2014

Five Capital, a subsidiary of CDC International Capital based in Dubai and Riyadh, has entered into exclusive negotiations with Diwanee, a subsidiary of Webedia Group, French specialist in theme-based online publishing, for a merger between Diwanee and Uturn Entertainment, a Saudi digital content provider. Further discussions between the parties will

Italmatch Chemicals Group (Italmatch) is to acquire Detrex for USD27 a share in cash following the agreement of a merger deal between the two companies. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement dated 10 November, 2017, each share of Detrex common stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger will be

Etraveli, a flight-centric and data-driven online travel platform which was acquired by CVC Capital Partners’ Fund VI in August 2017, is to join forces with e-Travel. Both Etraveli and e-Travel have seen rapid growth and expansion to a variety of markets in recent years.   Their geographical footprints have little

Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Advanced Animal Hospital Group and Progressive Pet Animal Hospitals and merger of the businesses to form Midwest Veterinary Partners (MVP). The Company has 22 general practice veterinary clinics in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, and provides services to companion animals including vaccinations, surgery,

HGGC and Court Square Capital (Court Square) are to merge Court Square-owned Research Now, a specialist in market research data, with Survey Sampling International (SSI), an HGGC-owned provider of data solutions and technology for consumer and business-to-business research. The combined company will continue to be owned by HGGC and Court

Investment banking and asset management firm Alantra has combined with Catalyst Corporate Finance (Catalyst). The transaction, which is subject to Alantra Shareholder’s Meeting and FCA Approval, has a value of over GBP30 million.     Following a transition period, Catalyst will rebrand as Alantra UK and the move will see Catalyst’s

Equiteq, a consulting sector M&A specialist, has advised Certeco, a business technology change consultancy, on its merger with P2 Consulting, a project and programme management consultancy. The deal is backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market. The transaction closed on September 26, 2017.