Transactions - Business services

Sherry’s, a leading provider of termite and pest management services in Australia, merged with Flick Anticimex, a pest-control company based in Sweden.

Thomas Miller acquired a majority shareholding in Osprey Holdings, a provider of marine and aerospace insurance. Established in 1885, Thomas Miller is an independent and international provider of insurance, professional, and investment services.

Médioffice, a company specialized in the recruitment of doctors for short-term assignments in hospitals and clinics, was sold to R3G2, a company owned by an experienced entrepreneur.

Blitz B.S., a French software-as-a-service publisher, was sold to Holding Seraip. Blitz’s software solutions optimize non-payment reduction, checkout processes, customer loyalty, check processing time, and cost reduction. Its clients include France’s largest retailers.

CMBB, a home renovation company, acquired La Vaillante, a well-established repair-in-kind company in the Lyon region.

Consilium Employee Benefits, a fast-growing private-medical-insurance specialist, was sold to Chase Templeton. Consilium Employee Benefits, based in Kent, focuses on the SME market.

Vtufin, a provider of working capital lines of credit to direct-sales micro entrepreneurs, divested its private-label credit business to IAL, a Mexican financial holding and operator of Tarjeta Amiga, a leading consumer credit card program.

Practice Insight was sold to IPH Limited, the holding company for Spruson & Ferguson, a provider of intellectual property services in the Asian-Pacific region. Practice Insight and Wise Time provide data analysis and software for IP and professional services firms.

Autonetzer, the German market leader in private car-sharing, was sold to Drivy, a French community-based car rental service. Autonetzer is Germany’s market leader in peer-to-peer car sharing with the largest offering of cars and the highest number of registered members.

Solving Efeso International, a consultancy firm, acquired Empact, a Brussels-based consultancy firm. Solving Efeso is a global leader in corporate strategy and operational performance improvement. It employs more than 450 consultants in 26 countries.

Cogepart, a provider of express shipping and delivery services for retail and business customers, received an investment from Omnes Capital and Finadvance in a leveraged buyout operation. Based in Marseille and founded in 1986, Cogepart is a leading player in the “last mile” logistics market.

DSG Bagdrop AS, a provider of complete bagdrop solutions, with cloud-based software applications and award-winning hardware products, was sold by the Bertel O. Steen Group to Materna Group, an information and communications firm.

diamond:dogs|group, an expert in online, mobile, and social integral solutions, was sold to Emakina Group, an independent European group of cutting edge communication agencies.

mPAY24, a company that provides payment services to e-commerce shops, was sold to Prepa Management Consulting GmbH.

Aktionsfinder GmbH, one of the leading Austrian online distribution platforms for leaflets in Austria, was acquired by Österreichische Post.

Eckelmann Group sold a 100% stake in Cleanpipe Polska, a sanitary services company, to its current management in exchange for cash. Eckelmann Group is a privately-held group of shipping-industry companies based in Hamburg, Germany. Eckelmann Group offers waterside transportation and freightage, mainly on the Upper and Lower Elbe and the German inland waterway network.

Intrinsic Equity worked alongside Seneca Partners to raise senior debt and asset based lending to acquire Homebuy and provide working capital facilities.

An MBO was completed for Macro Art, one of the UK’s leading wide-format digital printers focusing on the retail, event, and exhibition markets.

Clairfield in the Netherlands advised TNO Companies, a subsidiary of TNO, the largest research institute in the Netherlands, in a strategic portfolio analysis.

East Coast Traffic Control, a provider of traffic control services, labor hire, and equipment to civil construction companies and government departments, was acquired by TeamInvest Private, the private equity arm of TeamInvest, an investment firm whose members own or control approximately AUD 1 billion in invested funds.