The optical surgical devices and eye care company Advanced Medical Optics wants to derail Warburg Pincus’ $4.8bn bid for Bausch and Lomb agreed on 16 May.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
As part of his retirement plans, UK architect Lord Foster has sold a minority stake in his firm Foster & Partners to 3i.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Media specialist private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson follows Dubilier by hiring seasoned media executive Leonard Forman to join their board.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Italian private equity house Alto has sold its stake in underwear maker Arcte to Mariella Burani Group, in a cash and stock deal.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Argos Soditic has purchased Alkan from MBDA as European defence contractors tighten their belts.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Addleshaw have lured a private equity partner, Dee Sian, from rival Speechly Bircham marking continued expansion by law firms into private equity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Friends Provident, the UK financial services group, shares rose on reports of a bid from its French rival Axa and private equity firm JC Flowers.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
French private equity firm Axa has sold a French roofing business from its buyout fund III portfolio to a publicly-listed British construction and supplies company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
3i’s growth capital division has taken a 25 percent stake in Finnish mobile operator DNA Oy, previously Finnet Oy, as private equity interest in the maturing European telecoms sector shows no sign of waning.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Joost, a website bringing free TV over the internet, has secured funding from five venture firms on the back of its roster of blue chip advertisers.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
