Corporate finance boutique Dickson Minto and Ernst & Young-tied German firm Luther Menold have advised private equity house BC Partners on its £355m acquisition of German cable TV company Tele Columbus.

Dickson Minto senior partner Alastair Dickson led the team advising BC Partners on UK issues, supported by banking partner Michael Barron. Hans Jurgen Lutt, head of the Frankfurt office of Luther Menold, led the deal in Germany, supported by senior associate Ramon Sieviking.