Private Equity
US investment bank Goldman Sachs is to partner with PAI Partners to bid for France Telecom’s 54% stake in the French yellow pages business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Lion Capital, the former European arm of Hicks Muse Tate & Furst, today announced a deal to acquire New Jersey-based American Safety Razor from buyout firm JW Childs.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Dutch bank ABN AMRO’s infrastructure fund has bought ESP Gas Pipeline Group ahead of the fund’s second close later this year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Hedge fund Sloane Robinson is forging into private equity with a ₤12m deal to help commercialise intellectual property created at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
After a difficult seven-year holding period, Industri Kapital has sold Continental Bakeries to NPM Capital of the Netherlands to book a single-digit IRR.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The global private equity firm has had a 500 pence per ordinary share offer accepted by the board of Mayborn, owners of the Tommee Tippee baby products and Dylon household dyes brands.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US-based investor Hellman & Friedman has paid an undisclosed sum to buy UK fund manager Gartmore Investment Management alongside the company’s senior fund management and executive team.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Associated British Ports, which opened its books to a Goldman Sachs-led consortium this week, has sold its US ports division to Lincolnshire Management.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
London-based investor Bridgepoint has purchased a 70 percent stake in Italian perfumery Limoni for a reported €470m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two private equity firms are reportedly considering forming a consortium to make a £1bn bid for Unilever’s frozen foods business, which includes brands such as Birds Eye and Iglo.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
