Private Equity

Middle East & North Africa

TPG re-finances private jet firm

TPG-backed XOJET has secured nearly $2.5bn in debt and equity financing from investors and has agreed a separate joint venture with Tasameem Real Estate to establish a hub in Abu Dhabi.

3 min read · 04 January 2013

Abraaj buys Egyptian medical testing group

The UAE buyout firm has taken an Egyptian laboratory group private, as it continues in the vanguard of private equity firms in the North African country.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Report: Cerberus, Blackwater end talks

The secretive mega-buyout giant has reportedly been in ongoing negotiations with the controversial private security contractor.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

ECP acquires Algerian insurance company for $15m

The Africa-focussed private equity firm has purchased Générale Assurance Méditerranéenne; ECP has also sold its minority stake in a Moroccan fertilizer distribution company for $23 million.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Propel exits herbal health product company

The Australian private equity firm has good news for investors as it raises its third fund booking a 2.5x cash return on its investment in MediHerb.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

TPG invests $288 million in Strauss Coffee

The Fort Worth-based firm has inked a preliminary deal with the Israeli food and beverage maker for a 25 percent stake in its coffee business.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Merrill and TPG in co-investment talks

The US bank and the global buyout firm have held talks about the possibility of strengthening co-investment ties, after Merrill Lynch sounded out TPG last year on the possibility of receiving a capital injection from the buyout firm.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Swicorp consortium buys polysilicon plant

A consortium of three companies has invested to build a plant to produce the main raw material used in solar power plants as private equity firms continue to invest in alternative energy in the Middle East.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Aureos takes stake in IT company

The emerging markets firm acquired the company alongside black economic empowerment partners so that it could appeal to wide client base in the country.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

3Com to pursue $66m break-up fee from Bain Capital

Following Bain’s termination of a $2.2 billion buyout, 3Com says the move was not ‘valid’.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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