Done Deals

Mears Group, a social housing repairs and maintenance provider, has boosted its operations with the acquisition of 3C, a rival maintenance provider focused on the South of England, for up to £12.5 million in cash.

Ethicon, a US provider of products used for surgical procedures and a division of Johnson & Johnson, has acquired Omrix Biopharmaceuticals for $438 million (£411 million).

Citadel Risk Management, a provider of active and run-off insurance and reinsurance services, has acquired Arthur J Gallagher’s US reinsurance run-off processes. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

BIC Group, the stationery, lighters and razors business, has agreed to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Cello Pens, the Cello Group’s writing instruments business, for €124 million (£117 million) in cash.

Enterprise search firm Autonomy has announced it will acquire web content management company Interwoven for $775 million (£563 million).

Innovise Plc, the AIM-traded software and IT services provider, has agreed to acquire Middlesex-based technology company Infrasolve in a cash-and-shares deal worth up to £6,667,500.

Deals in the Pipeline

CVC Capital Partners is reportedly considering putting in a bid for Royal Mail, as the organisation looks to become partly privatised.

Mobile Entertainment (ME) has consolidated its position as the voice of the mobile content industry, acquiring all assets of B2B title Stream, plus the Mobile Music Now conference. ME, published by Intent Media, will boost its global online presence and print readership as a result of the acquisition.

CMS Cameron McKenna is understood to have set up a taskforce with the aim of finding a firm it can merge with in the UK. Managing partner Duncan Weston and senior partner Richard Price are leading the mission to expand its UK business.