Robert Venes

Global placement agent BerchWood Partners has made three appointments to its London, New York and San Francisco offices.

3i and a group of Australian infrastructure and investment funds have had a £246 million offer recommended by the board of the British ports operator.

The risk and insurance services business has bolstered its European private equity and M&A team.

The private equity arm of Denmark’s Danske Bank Group has held an interim closing on its third fund of funds targeting Western European and North American mid-market buyout and venture managers.

French private equity firm Natexis Industrie and the French team of Barclays Private Equity have sold their stake in Eau Ecarlate to AXA Private Equity.

Swiss pharmaceutical company Norvatis has sold a dietary and slimming products business to ABN AMRO Capital for €220m.

Peter Bacon has reportedly left Credit Suisse First Boston to join the hedge fund set up by his former boss Bennett Goodman.

Northern European mid-market investor Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Swedish wheelchair supplier Permobil for an undisclosed sum.

The technology-focused UK venture capital firm has hired seasoned technology entrepreneur Jamie Urquhart as its launches its third fund.

Horeca & Catering of the Netherlands has followed up its 2004 commitment to AlpInvest Partners with a €100 million mandate to Goldman Sachs’ private equity arm and HarbourVest Partners.