Transactions - Business services

Whyz, a leading Dutch agency in new generation executive search, sold a majority of shares to Lincoln, the French market leader in Talent & Career Management, backed by The Talent Club.

The Executive Network, a leading Dutch agency for high-end executive search, sold a majority of shares to Lincoln, the French market leader in Talent & Career Management, backed by The Talent Club.

Palmia Oy, a business and food service specialist active in Finland, was sold to Mutares Nordics Oy, the Nordic company of the listed German investment company Mutares SE & Co. KGaA (ETR: MUX).

Clairfield advised Pamark and its owners on the sale of the company to OptiGroup, which is backed by FSN Capital, a leading European player in reliable and sustainable supply solutions for B2B customers.

Green Fox Academy, a Budapest-based coding & IT bootcamp that offers junior developer and specialist courses, was sold to Sandberg Capital, a Slovak private equity firm founded in 2014.

MV-Jäähdytys, an HVAC company, was sold to Altor-backed Nordic Climate Group (NCG).

The shareholders of Stop Start Transport Ltd sold the business to Storskogen UK, a subsidiary of Storskogen Group AB (STOR-B:STO), for an undisclosed amount.

Customs Support, the leading digital customs broker in Europe and a Castik Capital portfolio company, acquired Mediterranean Customs Services (MCS), an Italian customs broker.

CI&T (NYSE:CINT), a global digital specialist, acquired Transpire, an Australian digital transformation company.

Medicina UniFTC Salvador and Unesulbahia, Brazil-based medical universities, were sold to Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company.

Cetrus, a Brazilian medical training school, was sold to Sanar, a Brazilian medtech startup.

Clairfield Brazil advised in the acquisition of the remaining 20% of Luandre RH, owned by the former CEO, by GPS Group.

Locaweb, a leading company in operating web services, acquired Síntese Soluções, a platform specializing in omnichannel solutions for retail.

Italian artificial intelligence and big data company Reply [EXM, STAR: REY] signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Fincon Unternehmensberatung GmbH, a leading German consultancy in digital transformation projects for the banking and the insurance industry.

One of the Czech largest operators of night-time distribution networks in the Czech and Slovak Republics, OptimNet Solutions, has been sold to the German provider of logistics services, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics International.

Clairfield International US is pleased to announce the recapitalization of its client Enviro-Master with Eagle Merchant Partners.

Verifavia, a global leader in environmental verification and certification for aviation, airports and maritime transport as well as in the inventory of hazardous materials for vessels, was sold to Normec, a European group active in testing, inspection and certification backed by the private equity fund Astorg.

Carlbom Shipping, which has served UK and international shipping clients since 1897, was acquired by Pentagon Freight Services, the world’s leading privately owned logistics provider to the energy industries.

LVB, a Dutch digital marketing agency, was sold to PE backed Belgium based iO (former Intracto Group).

Enneo, a French company specialized in energy efficiency solutions, was sold to Groupe Weck.