Western Europe

Bank of Scotland buys LDC’s stake in property business

Lloyds TSB Development Capital has sold its minority stake in UK property business Apollo Group to the Bank of Scotland.

Bain and Prides Capital to invest $60m in Princeton Review(3)

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.

Carlyle in record €1.5bn Spanish deal(2)

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.

Carlyle in record €1.5bn Spanish deal

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.

Carlyle exits aerospace investment

The global buyout firm has made the debut realisation from its Europe Technology Partners Fund with the sale of a UK aerospace business for £71 million.

Bain and Prides Capital to invest $60m in Princeton Review(2)

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.

VSS invests $24m in marketing company

Veronis Suhler Stevenson has invested $24 million in Loewy Group. The growth capital will allow the UK-based communications company to buy two other companies in the fast-growing sector.

Bain and Prides Capital to invest $60m in Princeton Review

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.

Milestone makes it five exits for the year(3)

Anglo-French buyout firm Milestone Capital Partners has completed another exit from its third fund with the sale of dry cleaning business 5àSec. It has now returned 60 percent of investors’ commitments with over half of its original deals still in the portfolio.

Hands takes EMI

Guy Hands’ Terra Firma has won the 90 percent shareholder acceptance needed to secure EMI.