Private Equity
The private equity vehicle of Serge Weinberg, former chairman of Pinault Printemps Redoute, has acquired a 70 percent stake in a Paris-based pharmaceuticals business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Dorna, CVC’s motorbike racing rights business forced into auction by competition issues, is attracting early interest from rival buyout groups.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira and Barclays Capital have reportedly made a £900m offer for listed retirement homes builder McCarthy & Stone.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Avista Capital Partners has committed $50 million to London-based Celtique Energie Limited to develop and explore onshore basins in Europe and Africa.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The global private equity firm has acquired a major clothing retailer in Mexico for $200 million. The deal includes $90 million in cash-flow based debt.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
London-listed investor 3i has generated £22m in proceeds on its 1994 investment in engineering company Tensar through a sale to Arcapita-owned US business Tensar Corporation.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
French captive Axa Private Equity is giving Eurotunnel’s restructuring a Gallic seal of approval, assuaging French retail investors and taking the group a step closer to recovery.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK investor Charterhouse Capital Partners has sold baby food products business Avent less than a year after acquiring the company from its founders and global private equity firm 3i.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm has made its first investment in Croatia, acquiring the aluminate cement business arm of Germany’s HeidelbergCement Group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
All3Media, the Bridgepoint-backed company behind popular UK TV shows Richard and Judy and Shameless, is reportedly attracting interest from private equity firms Cinven, Apax and DLJ Merchant Banking.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
