Lower mid-market private equity firm WestBridge has completed the sale of APEM Group to Applus+ Group. The sale marks the third exit from WestBridge Fund II and delivers a 11.5x multiple.
Family office Parabellum Investments has sold business process outsourcing business Parseq to business services provider Paragon Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Audax Private Equity, a mid- to lower-mid-market investor, has sold Colony Hardware, a distributor of construction materials and jobsite supplies, to White Cap, a distributor of specialty construction supplies and safety products for professional contractors. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Bain & Company, a consulting partner to the private equity industry and its stakeholders, has appointed Jamie Cleghorn as global head of its customer practice, reinforcing the firm’s focus on customer-led growth transformations across both B2B and B2C markets.
Houston-based executive search firm Beecher Reagan has named Scott Ratliff, as a partner, reflecting his role in scaling the firm’s operations and deepening its focus on sourcing senior talent for private equity-backed businesses.
Permira and Warburg Pincus have agreed to sell UK wealth manager Evelyn Partners to NatWest Group in a deal valued at £2.7bn, marking a major consolidation in the UK private banking and wealth management sector and a significant liquidity event for the PE firms.
Mid-market investor Bridgepoint has sold its stake in Flexitallic, a global provider of highly engineered sealing and joint integrity solutions, to Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin. Bridgepoint will fully exit its holding, having first partnered with Flexitallic in 2013.
Swedish private equity firm EQT is assessing options for a potential sale of its stake in Thinkproject, a Europe-focused software-as-a-service provider, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
German chemicals giant Henkel AG has agreed to acquire Stahl Holdings BV, a Netherlands-based speciality coatings company for €2.1bn ($2.5bn), marking a significant exit for private equity firm Wendel SE, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm LBO France has signed an agreement with Vivo Capital, a healthcare and life science-focused investment firm, for the sale of European consumables and equipment distribution firm Dutscher Group.
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