Middle-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has sold MEDI-system to the Paris Euronext listed ORPEA, a European specialist in long-term, post-acute and psychiatric care services. For the last four years, MEDI-system, Poland's number one private dependency care provider, was a Highlander Partners' investment. ORPEA has acquired 90 per cent of

Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of Chesapeake IRB (Chesapeake) to Linden Capital Partners (Linden), a Chicago-based private equity firm. Chesapeake is a leading technology-enabled provider of legally-mandated, institutional review board (IRB) services designed to ensure the protection and welfare of human subjects involved in clinical trials in

Noerr has advised Holtzbrinck Ventures and Rocket Internet on the sale of the start-up Classmarkets (Berlin) to the Scout24 Group. The parties have agreed to keep the price of the purchase confidential. Classmarkets is a leading supplier of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for online classified marketplaces of publishing and media companies

Private equity firm HIG Capital has sold its portfolio company, Big Tex Trailers – a manufacturer and retailer of professional-grade open utility trailers and truck beds – to Bain Capital Private Equity. HIG recapitalised the company in 2012 alongside founder and former owner Ricky Baker. Since then, the company has

Audax Private Equity (Audax) has sold KODA Distribution Group (KDG) to Azelis Group, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners. Azelis is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium and is a leading global specialty chemicals distributor with revenues over EUR1 billion.   KDG is a leading specialty chemical distributor in

BGF has exited its investment in The Exchange Lab, a programmatic marketing solutions company, following its acquisition by WPP for an undisclosed sum. The Exchange Lab’s people and technology will be integrated into WPP’s GroupM.  Minority shareholder BGF (Business Growth Fund) provided GBP5 million of growth capital to The Exchange

Private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company, FreshKO Produce Services to C&S Wholesale Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the United States. 
Scott Sellers, Managing Director of Encore Consumer Capital, says:, "It has been a great pleasure for us at Encore

Century Park Capital Partners has completed the sale of Lynx Grills, a manufacturer of commercial and residential kitchen equipment. Lynx’s products include a selection of stainless steel barbeque grills as well as complementary cooking, storage, refrigeration and food preparation accessories. The company’s primary brands are Lynx Professional Grills and Sedona

SK Capital (SK), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, is to sell IBA Molecular (IBAM) to funds advised by CapVest Partners LP (CapVest). The transaction is expected to close at the end of Q1 2016. IBA Molecular is a leading developer, manufacturer and

Albion Ventures has sold Kensington Health Clubs Limited, trading as The Printworks Health Club & Spa to Sports Direct International plc. The Printworks Health Club & Spa is a premium club located at Olympia in the Royal Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.  It has a 20 metre swimming pool, sauna,