3i Group has agreed to acquire GIF, a German transmission testing company. 3i will invest €77 million, while GIF co-founder will invest €23 million for a minority stake. www.gif.net
Apollo Global Management has acquired EVO Banco from Nova Galicia, a nationalized Spanish lender, for €60 million. Other bidders had included a consortium made up of Centerbridge Capital Partners and Anacap. www.evobanco.com
Ares Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board confirmed that they have agreed to acquire upscale retailer Neiman Marcus Group for $6 billion, from a shareholder group led by TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus. Neiman Marcus had been taken private in 2005 for $5.1 billion.www.neimanmarcus.com
Datapipe, a Jersey City, N.J.–based managed services provider owned by ABRY Partners, has acquired Newvem, a provider of cloud usage analytics and operations optimization for AWS customers. No financial terms were disclosed. Newvem backers included De Anda Capital, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures and Innovation Endeavors. www.datapipe.com
Deutsche Telekom has put four private equity firms through to the next round of bidding for a 30% stake in its Scout24 digital classifieds business, according to Bloomberg. The firms are Apax Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake and TPG Capital. The deal could be valued at upwards of €2 billion. www.scout24.com
Fort Point Capital has acquired Engineering Planning and Management Inc., a Framingham, Mass.-based provider of engineering consulting, probabilistic risk assessment, fire protection services and software to the nuclear power industry. No financial terms were disclosed, except that Babson Capital Management provided subordinated debt and an equity co-investment.www.fortpointcapital.com
Hoffmaster Group Inc., a paper converting business owned by Metalmark Capital, has acquiredGraphic Management Specialty Products Inc., an Oconto, Wisc.-based provider of tabletop products to the healthcare and food service markets. No financial terms were disclosed. The Peakstone Group advised GMSP on the transaction. www.hoffmaster.com
Oaktree Capital Management has agreed to acquire Furniture Brands International Inc., a St. Louis-based furniture maker, for $166 million via a prepackaged bankruptcy. www.furniturebrands.com
Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Learfield Communications, a Jefferson City, Mo.-based provider of collegiate multimedia rights solutions and services, fromShamrock Capital Advisors. No financial terms were disclosed. www.learfield.com
Secure Mentem, an Annapolis, Md.-based provider of security awareness-related services, has raised an undisclosed amount of private equity funding from The Blackstone Group.www.securementem.com
Steripharma, a Moroccan maker and marketer of pharmaceutical products, has raised an undisclosed amount of private equity funding from The Abraaj Group. www.abraaj.com
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