Victor Basta has resurfaced in his first deal since leaving Broadview, the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) investment bank where he was executive chairman of non-US business.

Basta co-founded London-based Arma Partners in March with Paul-Noël Guély, a former Goldman Sachs director. It is advising SuSE Linux, a German technology company being bought by Novell, the US technology group, for $210m (€183m).