Private Equity
The New York-based private equity firm predicts that the acquisition of the military recruiting and consulting firm Orion will create synergies with its other portfolio companies.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK retailer New Look looks likely to be refinanced rather than sold, after the final consortium targeting the company failed to agree with the vendors’ valuation and withdrew from the auction.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm has made its second foray in a month into the healthcare sector - this time to buy a Spanish independent healthcare provider - exploiting a rich vein of experience in the firm stretching back a decade.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The French listed buyout firm is in pole position to win the auction for Elis, a French textile business, after revealing that it has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the business from rival PAI Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Pertinence, a French intelligence software business backed by venture capital firms Advent Venture Partners and Partech International, has bought US rival Intercim.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK retailer New Look looks likely to be refinanced rather than sold, after the final consortium targeting the company failed to agree with the vendors’ valuation and withdrew from the auction.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
3i’s US arm has bought a stake in a Bermuda-based hedge fund administrator, in the latest move in an active year for the firm.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
London-based Duke Street Capital has amassed a 34 percent stake in Oasis Healthcare and increased its bid to £88.2 million, as the battle for the UK’s biggest dental business heats up.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Central and eastern European buyout specialist Mid Europa Partners has acquired television and internet company Serbia Broadband from Bedminster Capital Management, in the country’s first leveraged buyout.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The staff of UK-based Saga will receive a £280 million ($560 million, €416 million) payout following the company’s merger with the AA, a UK vehicle breakdown service. The chief executive of the newly formed group, Andrew Goodsell, plans to lead the company into the FTSE 100.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
