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Welsh Carson affiliate in surgery center deal(3)

The $1.8bn acquisition of publicly traded, Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International includes both US and European surgical centres.

RLJ Equity picks up Carlyle veteran

The Robert Johnson firm has named Rufus Rivers as a new managing director.

Blue Wolf takes on Clinton vet(3)

Joshua Gotbaum will join the upstart New York-based firm as an operating partner and will also become its chief restructuring officer.

PE trio in $470m energy commitment

Quantum Energy Partners, Carlyle/Riverstone and Lime Rock Partners will back an ‘unconventional’ natural gas exploration company.

Rhone to buy division of International Paper(3)

International Paper has also agreed to sell a separate unit to Australian forest products company Carter Holt Harvey, bringing the total value of the company’s many spinouts to approximately $11bn.

Avista Capital in $530m newspaper deal(3)

The DLJ spinout has made plans to add to its long list of media-related investments with an agreement to purchase Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Star Tribune.

Nomura to buy stake in Fortress(3)

New York-based private investment giant Fortress Investment, which is preparing for an IPO, will sell a 15 percent stake to Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings in a deal worth $888m.

Behrman in food packaging deal

The New York private equity firm has added to its specialty packaging portfolio with the $172.5m purchase of Peacock Engineering Company.

Team of four builds car auction platform(2)

Goldman Sachs, Kelso, ValuAct and Parthenon will acquire ADESA for approximately and combine it with Insurance Auto Auctions, an automotive salvage auction company, in a $3.7bn transaction.

Evercore nabs Welsh Carson partner

James Matthews will become the co-head of the publicly traded firm’s private equity business.