The parent company of Nashville-based Captain D’s Seafood, co-owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners, Grotech Capital Group and Stockwell Capital, will buy the second largest Mexican fast-food chain in the US and “co-brand” it with the seafood chain.
ABN AMRO Capital has agreed the sale of Netherlands-based RTD Group to Applus, a Spanish testing firm.
Japanese private equity firms Unison Capital and Polaris Principal Finance concluded a rare secondary deal in the sale and purchase of a controlling stake in Japanese drug store chain Eleven Holdings.
Bain Capital and Japanese private equity firm Advantage Partners are to acquire a payment systems provider in a transaction that marks Bain’s first in Asia since the closing of its ninth global fund.
The Blackstone Group has completed its $1.6 billion purchase of niche insurance company UICI.
The London-headquarted mid-market firm has made the first investment from its latest fund with the £322m acquisition of Paragon Healthcare.
The Nordic private equity firm has made its first buyout of 2006 with the acquisition of Swedish fashion retail chain MQ.
Providence-based Nautic has inked two new platform acquisitions, buying auto-parts company Curtis Industries and IT publisher 101 Communications. The deals come ahead of an anticipated fund drive.
The Northern European private equity firm and founder Investor AB have had a Skr38bn offer for Gambro accepted by the listed Swedish medical technology company’s board.
VNU shareholder Knight Vinke Asset Management has reiterated its opposition to an offer from private equity consortium Valcon and has encouraged other shareholders to reject the bid in an AGM later this month.