Campbell Lutyens, a private equity advisory firm, has appointed Paula Langton in its London office, while Greg Weiner joins in New York.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US food group Kraft has bought the southern European division of United Biscuits, five months after Goldman Sachs was appointed to carry out a strategic review of the biscuit and snacks manufacturer.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Chequers Capital, a mid-market buyout firm based in Paris, has raised €600m for Chequers Capital XV, double the size of its predecessor.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira and Barclays Capital have matched a rival consortium’s 1,030 pence per share offer rejected by UK housebuilder McCarthy & Stone last week.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Marc Mogull’s newly-launched private equity real estate firm Benson Elliot Capital Management has hired its second partner, Philip Irons, former head of direct property transactions at Schroders.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Warburg Pincus and Cinven, the US and European private equity firms, have won a €2.6bn auction to buy Essent Kabelcom, a Dutch cable operator, following the withdrawal of Liberty Global, a US cable business.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Two months after appointing its strategic advisory board, European financial services-focused AnaCap Financial Partners has hired to two directors and two associates.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
BTS Investment Advisors, a Swiss private equity advisor, has raised $80 million for expansion capital investments in India.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Auctus Management, a German mid-cap private equity manager, has generated more than €100m and an 18 times money multiple on the €250m sale of Time Partner, a temporary staffing business, to Investcorp.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners has sold Danish building materials retailer DT Group for €1.5bn, three years after acquiring the business in a €540m public-to-private.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
