Catherine Badour

Greece's Piraeus Bank to sell $1.7 billion bad loans to Bain Capital: Reuters

Greece’s largest lender Piraeus Bank (BOPr.AT) said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell a 1.45 billion euro ($1.7 billion)portfolio of secured, non-performing business loans to Bain Capital Credit as part of moves to reduce its bad debts.

JAB buys majority stake in Britain's Pret A Manger: Reuters

JAB Holdings, the private company of Germany’s billionaire Reimann family, is expanding its coffee empire with a majority stake in British sandwich and coffee shop chain Pret A Manger, Reuters reported.

Brazilian electronics company Multilaser files for IPO: Reuters

Brazilian electronics company Multilaser Industrial SA on Thursday filed for regulatory clearance to launch an initial public offering, according to a securities filing.

ATON raises Murray & Roberts bid to $426 million, ups stake to 44 percent: Reuters

German investment house ATON raised its takeover offer for Murray & Roberts (MURJ.J) by around 13 percent to $426 million on Friday, attempting to secure investor backing after the South African builder struck a deal of its own last week, Reuters reported.

Partners Group consortium to buy Techem in $5.4 billion deal: Reuters

A consortium led by Swiss asset manager Partners Group Holding (PGHN.S) will buy Techem from Macquarie (MQG.AX) in a deal that values the German metering company at an enterprise value of 4.6 billion euros ($5.4 billion), Partners Group said on Friday.

Herff Jones maker Varsity Brands explores sale, say sources: Reuters

Varsity Brands Inc is exploring a sale that could value the U.S. company behind yearbook and class ring maker Herff Jones and cheerleading uniforms label Varsity Spirit at over $2.5 billion, including debt, sources told Reuters.

Eddie Bauer, Pacific Sunwear explore merger amid retail downturn, say sources: Reuters

Eddie Bauer LLC and Pacific Sunwear of California LLC are exploring a merger to consolidate their store footprint and weather a prolonged downturn in the U.S. brick-and-mortar retail sector, sources told Reuters.

Payments firm Adyen plans June listing amid flurry of deals: Reuters

Adyen, a Dutch company that processes payments for Airbnb, Uber, Spotify and Netflix, plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange in June in the midst of a wave of dealmaking in the digital payments industry, Reuters reported.

Cerberus seeks sale of U.S. defense contractor DynCorp: Reuters

trong>DynCorp International Inc, a U.S. defense contractor owned by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, is exploring a sale that could fetch more than $1.3 billion, Reuters reported.

Bain wins $1 billion rescue of Italian engineer Trevi, say sources: Reuters

Italy’s Trevi (TFI.MI) has chosen Bain Capital Credit for a deal worth more than 900 million euros ($1.06 billion) to rescue the engineering firm, sources told Reuters.