SHS, a German venture capital firm, is targeting €70m to invest in healthcare and life science businesses in the German-speaking region.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Shah Capital Partners, a California-based private equity firm, has led an investor group in the $170m purchase of Thales Navigation from the French defence and aerospace group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira and General Atlantic Partners and a consortium led by Silver Lake Partners have been given the go ahead to carry out due diligence on Misys, a banking and healthcare software group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Specialised Petroleum Services, a Scottish oil and gas services company, is 3i’s second disposal in the sector this week, fetching $165m in a sale to M-I Swaco, a US-based drilling and waste management business.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Barclays Private Equity, the private equity arm of the UK bank, has sold Gaucho Grill to Phoenix Equity Partners, a rival UK mid-market firm, for £55m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Hogan & Hartson, an international law firm, has appointed Uwe Steininger, who resigned as head of SJ Berwin’s German funds practice last December, as a partner.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
3i, a London-listed private equity firm, has sold CH4 Energy, a UK oil and gas business it provided seed capital to in 2002, generating a 7.3 times money multiple and an IRR of 105%.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Providence Equity Partners and Doughty Hanson, two buyout firms, will buy the Caudwell Group, a UK mobile telephony group which owns the Phones 4 U brand, for £1bn.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
<p> Permira urges restraint on new De Vere bid 2006-07-28 Robert Venes <P><FONT color=#99926b>Permira</FONT>, the European buyout firm, has again urged shareholders in <FONT color=#99926b>De Vere Group</FONT>, a hotel and leisure chain, to take no action following a revised offer fr</p>
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The UK’s Legal Services Bill could pave the way for private equity investments in law firms. By Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
