Craig McGlashan

SPC-backed Patriot Pickle acquires pickle manufacturer First Place Foods.

Ambienta has acquired Gruppo Spaggiari Parma, a developer of software products for the dematerialisation and digitalisation of school activities.

Oakley Capital has raised a continuation fund to extend its partnership with IU Group, a private university group in Germany.

Private equity companies are increasingly interested in professional services firms, according to law firm Mayer Brown.

PE-backed iNovex is acquiring defense contractor Innoplex.

Apollo Global Management’s take-private pursuit of John Wood Group is over, after the US private equity firm said it did not intend to make a firm offer for the Scottish engineering firm.

TPG is acquiring Angelo Gordon for $2.7 billion.

The sectors have plenty of owner operators ready for succession as well as growing regulatory burdens, says Hadji-Touma.

Keypoint Intelligence, a portfolio company of Atar Capital, has acquired ProPrintPerformance, a provider of intelligence platforms and training services.

Rocket Software – a portfolio company of US private equity firm Bain Capital – has made a new non-binding offer to buy all the shares of Software AG.