Transactions - Business services

Adelis Equity, a private-equity firm focused on the Nordic middle market, acquired all the affiliated offices of Säkra AB, thus forming a leading brokerage firm with a focus on property & casualty insurance, life insurance, pensions, and savings.

Clairfield advised management and led the transaction in the MBO of Nationwide Hire Ltd. Management were backed by private equity firm Livingbridge with acquisition finance and working capital provided by Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank.

Nova Engineering and Environmental, an industry leader providing environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and inspections, and related consulting services, was sold to Watkins Associated Industries.

Italpol Group, a leading Italian provider of security services in Friuli Venezia Giulia (northern Italy), sold its operational business unit to Mondialpol Group.

CAPZA, a leading private equity player, partnered with the management team of Ital Express for the acquisition of the company through an LBO transaction.

M3 Self Storage, an operator of storage locations in the Netherlands, was sold to Safestore Holdings and Carlyle European Real Estate Fund, which formed a joint venture to complete the acquisition.

Heverald Groupe S.A, the holding company of ESL and Alpadia, was sold to Kaplan International English, the ELT education division of Kaplan based in the UK.

euromicron AG, a German‐listed technology group, issued new shares to Funkwerk AG, a leading provider of innovative communication, information and security systems.

Vincia, a French supply-chain consulting business, was sold to US-listed group Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL).

BCT Solutions Pty Ltd, a boutique defense consultancy, was sold to Accenture, the leading provider of management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services.

IDE Systems, a supplier of temporary power equipment for events, construction  work and facilities management companies, completed an MBO with the backing of Santander.

bRest, a Norwegian food‐services provider, was sold to Norvestor‐backed 4Service.

Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, acquired Gero, a calibration services provider based in Cerquilho, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Private equity company LDC and management have acquired all of the shares of Kiwa Compliance International from ACTA*. ACTA* is the holding company of Kiwa Group, an independent TIC service provider with offices in 30 countries.

RedWave, a Dutch specialist temporary employment company, acquired all of the assets of SGS’ Plant and Terminal Operations (PTO).

Oasis Group, an Irish company active in data & document storage, acquired all of the shares of De Graaf Archief Beheer, a Dutch company active in archive storage and document management.

One Voice AS, the leading SaaS provider of incident and crisis management solutions in the Nordic region, was sold to F24 AG, a portfolio company of Armira Partners.

GSS, a call center company operating across three continents, was sold to Covisian, one of the leading Italian companies in outsourcing business processes.