Private Equity

Western Europe

Gresham backs bottle-maker

Esterform Packaging, a UK bottle manufacturer, has received £30 million from Gresham Private Equity.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Apollo in $3.1bn accessories deal

The New York-based buyout firm has made another retail investment with its sixth fund with the purchase of Claire’s Stores.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Hg strengthens renewable energy portfolio

European buyout firm HgCapital has bought a French wind farm portfolio for €69 million. The deal is the latest wind farm investment for Hg’s renewable energy team.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Baird sells SHE to RACO

UK-based Baird Capital Partners has doubled its money by selling cooling manufacturer SHE to RACO, an Italian automotive manufacturing group.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

VSS buys US cinema group

US media and communications specialist Veronis Suhler Stevenson has bought Amstar Entertainment for its platform company Southern Theatres as the group focuses on multiple acquisitions to build value.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Oaktree, MTS Health Investors grab stake in KKR’s Alliance Imaging

The two groups have bought a majority stake in imaging services provider Alliance Imaging from KKR in a deal worth about $153m.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

KKR agrees $29bn First Data deal

US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has signed yet another mega-deal, agreeing to pay $29 billion for First Data, a US listed electronic payments business. It has now signed up to over $100 billion of deals in a matter of weeks.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Consortium mulls Intelsat sale

A consortium of four private equity firms is contemplating the $17 billion sale of satellite operator Intelsat, potentially yielding a tenfold return on its initial investment.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Advent buys French discount chain

Advent International has snapped up Stokomani, a French discount retailer, from the Alpha Group.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Apax completes bolt-on deal for Travelex

Apax Partners has looked to bolster the US presence of portfolio company Travelex by bolting on Ruesch International, a rival payment services business owned by Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

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