GED invests in Comess Group
GED Capital, a private equity group specialised in the Iberian low middle-market segment, has invested in Comess Group through its GED VI Spain fund and a capital increase, becoming the company’s majority shareholder along with the existing partners, Manuel Robledo, president and founder of the company, and Oquendo. Founded in 1988, Comess Group operates more […]
Mayfair Equity Partners backs Seraphine in buy-out from Bridgepoint Growth
Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair), a leading tech and consumer growth investor, has backed the management buy-out of Seraphine, a maternity and nursing brand, which values the company at around GBP50 million. Mayfair, along with management, has acquired the company from Bridgepoint Growth and entrepreneur founder Cécile Reinaud. Launched in 2002 as a boutique store in […]
United Group to acquire Bulgarian media company Nova Broadcasting Group from Advance Media Group
United Group, a provider of telecommunications services and media in Southeast Europe, is to acquire Bulgaria’s largest multi-platform media company Nova Broadcasting Group from Advance Media Group. The transaction is expected to close early in 2021 and is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Nova comprises of 10 TV channels including national NOVA TV, the country’s […]
Transact pulls out of race to buy Nucleus
Transact has ditched potential plans to buy rival platform Nucleus, the third interested party to pull out the race for the firm since proposals were announced last month. In a stock exchange announcement yesterday afternoon (January 4), Integrafin Holdings, Transact’s parent company, said it had “no intention to make an offer” for the adviser wrap […]
Waterland to combine Priory Group with MEDIAN
Waterland Private Equity Investments is acquiring Priory Group, a provider of behavioural healthcare services in the UK. Waterland intends to combine Priory with MEDIAN, a German provider of rehabilitation, neurology and orthopaedic treatments and portfolio company of Waterland, to create a leading European rehabilitation and mental health services provider. The transaction is expected to complete […]
One Equity Partners acquires VASS Consultoria de Sistemas
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of VASS Consultoría de Sistemas (VASS), a European provider of digital transformation, cloud infrastructure and managed IT solutions. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Madrid, Spain, VASS is focused on digitally transforming its customers’ value chain […]
Gryphon Investors completes majority investment in Right Time Heating and Air Conditioning
Middle market private equity firm Gryphon Investors has acquired Right Time Heating and Air Conditioning from Clairvest Group Inc, a Canadian private equity firm. Right Time’s management will remain with the Company and retain a significant equity stake. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in St Catharines, […]
M&A Bankers Clock Busiest-Ever Holiday Season in Final Deal Rush
Almost 2,500 transactions announced in final two weeks of 2020. Late rush caps off blockbuster second half for deals this year. Christmas was canceled for dealmakers after a record-breaking final burst of M&A activity at the end of the year. A total of 2,496 transactions were announced globally in the final two weeks of 2020, […]
David Montgomery buys JPI newspapers
Mirror Group veteran builds media group with titles including The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post. Newspaper veteran David Montgomery has agreed to buy The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and other JPI Media titles for £10.2m, ending a drawn-out sales process of the UK’s third-largest local newspaper group. National World, Mr Montgomery’s takeover vehicle, on Thursday said the […]
Private equity sees robust markets in healthcare
A Bass Berry & Sims-hosted panel looks back at 2020 and forward to 2021. With American hospitals once again at the breaking point amidst the largest surge in Covid-19 cases yet, private equity players in the healthcare space are looking for resilience and continuity in 2021. That’s according to industry observers at a recent webinar […]
