Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care, early education, and work/life solutions, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital Partn

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has announced that Hugh Nineham will join its London office as a partner and head of European and London corporate.

HSBC Private Equity Asia has invested INR300m in a minority stake in Newgen Software Technologies, a New Delhi-based provider of enterprise solutions for business process management and co

Al Mal Capital, a Dubai-based provider of investment banking, brokerage and asset management services, has launched its private equity programme with the introduction of both the Al Mal Ca

Bahrain-based Unicorn Investment Bank has acquired an 80 per cent stake in Victron, a specialty provider of complex electronics manufacturing services based in Fremont, California.

Thirty-eight venture-backed European companies completed initial public offerings in 2007, raising EUR893.6m, according to the European Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureSource, down

Kuwait-based NBK Capital has announced the completion of the sale of Turkish edible oils company Yudum Foods to Afia International, a subsidiary of Savola of Saudi Arabia, for USD70.7m.

The private equity real estate sector may be slowing down as the credit crunch affects investor confidence, but signs for 2008 are encouraging, according to Preqin Real Estate Online, part