The Carlyle Group’s planned acquisition of Barcelona-based inspection services company Applus will be one of the largest private equity investment in Spain to date.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Former Intersouth general partner Don Rainey has joined Maryland venture firm Grotech Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
KKR has hired Michael Capellas to lead First Data Corp after the completion of its planned $27.9 billion acquisition, which is reportedly having trouble obtaining debt financing.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Tom Gores’ Platinum Equity plans to buy Ryerson, a distributor and processor of metals.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group’s planned acquisition of Barcelona-based inspection services company Applus will be one of the largest private equity investment in Spain to date.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Sequa Corporation, a manufacturer with businesses in industries including aerospace, has agreed to be purchased by The Carlyle Group for $2.7 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Thomas H Lee Partners plans to seek $245 million in damages from the law firm that represented its former portfolio company, Refco, which was discovered to have committed massive balance sheet fraud in 2005.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Close on the heels of Apax’s $8 billion May buyout of The Thomson Corporation’s higher education division, Bain Capital Ventures and Prides Capital have agreed to invest $60 million in test prep company The Princeton Review.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Cerberus chairman and former US Treasury Secretary John Snow has warned of the economic consequences of raising taxes for private equity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
KKR is reportedly unlikely to yield much on debt terms.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
