Patriarch Partners, a private equity firm and holding company that currently manages 74 companies with annual revenues of more than USD8 billion, has completed the acquisition of the Gorham (New Hampshire) paper mill from FP Acquisitions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Counsel RB Capital, LLC. Patriarch intends to begin the process of refurbishing the paper mill promptly and expects production to resume within four to five weeks. “We are extremely excited to have finalised this transaction and look forward to the journey of rebuilding and revitalising the business,” says Lynn Tilton (pictured), founder and CEO of Patriarch. “Patriarch is

Northern Digital Inc is to be acquired by strategic buyer Roper Industries, Inc (Roper, NYSE:ROP), with the transaction expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. Harris Williams & Co acted as an advisor to the company. The transaction is being led by Turner Bredrup, Todd Morris, Cheairs Porter, Andy Dixon, and Andrew Hewlett of the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Group. “NDI is a wonderful company with a 30-year track record of developing and producing outstanding devices to serve the global image guided surgery and other attractive life science and industrial markets. CIVCO Medical Instruments, a Roper

Hogan Lovells has advised Stephen and Peter Bond and the Management Team on the sale of Bond Aviation Group to Inaer for EUR300 million. The deal closed on Thursday 28 April, 2011. In addition, Hogan Lovells acted on the rollover by the Bonds of some of their monies into the enlarged Inaer Group, backed by KKR and Investindustrial. Private equity partner Tom Whelan (pictured) led the Hogan Lovells London team advising on the sale and the Bonds rollover, assisted by associate Fatema Dawoodbhai and trainees Suzy Penney and Emma Bosworth.  Partners Robin Hallam, Chris McLaughlin and Shelley Mottershead and associates Richard

Appalachian Midstream Partners (AMP), a natural gas gathering and transportation services company operating in the Marcellus Shale, has entered into an agreement has secured an equity commitment of up to USD176m from private equity firm Avista Capital Partners. Appalachian will use this equity commitment to develop and expand AMP’s initial system, Bear Print, which will serve gas production areas in north central Pennsylvania. AMP’s gathering system currently consists of approximately 56 miles of gathering pipeline spanning Clinton, Cameron and McKean Counties, provides access to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline in northern Pennsylvania and has the ability to provide future access to

Palm Beach Capital has made an investment in Arriva Medical. This transaction is the second equity investment by Palm Beach Capital from Palm Beach Capital Fund III, L.P. Financial terms have not not been disclosed. Arriva Medical, based in Coral Springs, Florida, was formed in April 2009 by industry veterans David Wallace and Tim Stocksdale. The company is a national, mail-order distributor of diabetic testing supplies and related medical products, which are used by people with diabetes to self-monitor their blood glucose levels. “The first two investments by our third equity fund are exactly the types of investments that we

Bridgepoint and Eurazeo are to aquire Fonica with the ambition of making the company the leading residential real estate services company. Foncia has a network of more than 600 branches run by nearly 7,000 employees. It operates in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium, and offers a complete range of services for the residential real estate market: lease management, joint property management, sales advice, financing research, insurance and technical diagnoses. Its revenue in 2010 was EUR580 million, after sustained growth over the last 10 years.   To make Foncia the leading European residential real estate services company, Bridgepoint and Eurazeo will

The management board and the supervisory board of Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft have made a joint statement recommending that the company’s shareholders accept the offer by Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V under which they will receive one share of the Dutch holding for each share in Deutsche Börse. The Dutch holding will be the joint holding company of Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext in the combined company. Reto Francioni, CEO of Deutsche Börse AG, says: “The combination with NYSE Euronext will drive significant long-term value for all shareholders through superior cash flow generation, a strong balance sheet and a clear

TA Associates, a leading growth private equity firm, today announced it has completed a minority investment in Tega Industries Ltd, a designer and producer of consumables for the mining industry. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Kolkata, India and founded in 1976, Tega offers a range of products and services used in mining, mineral processing, screening, grinding and material handling. Tega’s primary offering is customized wear-resistant mill liners that are used for grinding and sizing of mineral ores. Tega has manufacturing facilities in India, South Africa and Chile, with sales and support offices in 14 countries

HCI Equity Partners (HCI) has been formed by the Managing Partners and investment team of Thayer | Hidden Creek Partners to assume the management of the funds and operations of Thayer | Hidden Creek Partners.  HCI was formed to better reflect the heritage of the team and strategy which originated with the founding of Hidden Creek Industries in 1989. For the past 22 years, the HCI team has employed its extensive operating capabilities in partnership with proven managers of industrial growth companies to generate attractive risk adjusted returns for investors.  Through its disciplined execution of this strategy, the HCI team