US-based global private equity investor Apollo Global Management has had three approaches to acquire UK energy services and consulting firm John Wood Group rejected by the Aberdeen-based company, according to a report by The Guardian.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, is to sell its portfolio company GL Education to Renaissance, a portfolio company of Blackstone Group and Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

ArcLight Capital Partners, a middle market infrastructure investor, has sold Great River Hydro, a US renewable energy infrastructure platform and the largest conventional hydroelectric portfolio in New England, to affiliates of Hydro-Québec for a value of approximately $2 billion.

The Riverside Company has added to its SaaS portfolio through an investment in Gastromatic, a Germany-based provider of workforce management software solutions for small and medium sized businesses operating in shift-based industries.  Gastromatic’s software platform acts as the single source for all employee related data and enables customers and their staff to benefit from modern and digital workflows, resulting in more efficient operations and increased employee satisfaction.   Already more than 2,600 customers in shift-based industries rely on Gastromatic’s software platform to manage their workforce and to automate business processes, from staff scheduling to time recording to payroll across 12,000

Carlyle Group’s proposed Cotiviti Inc deal, has attracted offers of support from Apollo Global Management, HPS Investment Partners and Blackstone to provide a $5.5 billion loan – the largest buyout financing ever arranged by private credit firms – to help finance the acquisition of the healthcare technology firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.

International Mexican restaurant group Zambrero has secured an investment from pan-European private capital manager Metric Capital Partners, with the firm taking a minority stake in the business alongside one other investor for a cumulative investment of approximately £143 million.  The transaction represents the first ever external capital taken by Zambrero. Founded in 2005, Zambrero has more than 245 quick-service restaurants across the globe and is now the largest Mexican restaurant group in Australia and the eighth largest in the world. Zambrero has opened five restaurants to date in the UK off the back of its rollout in Ireland.    Zambrero

Finastra, a London-based fintech owned by technology focused private investment firm Vista Equity Partners, is exploring a possible sale of its banking unit in a deal that could be worth as much as $7 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites several unnamed sources as confirming that Finastra is working with a financial adviser as it examines options for the business which provides universal banking software allowing banks and credit unions to run core processes. According to the report, the business currently generates about $1.7 billion in revenue and roughly $500 million of earnings before interest, tax,