Private Equity
Altice One, if combined with existing portfolio company Numéricable, would make Cinven the world’s largest owner of French language cable services.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Texas Pacific Group and Apax Partners have agreed to their second deal in the Greek mobile telecom market in the past seven months, buying Q-Telecom in a €350 million deal. There are no plans as of yet to combine the two.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK mid-market firm has sold the hospital company Covenant Healthcare to Electra Partners Europe in a transaction valued at £170 million.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Elevation Partners, the entertainment- and IP-focused private equity upstart, has announced its debut deal – a proprietary, $300m merger and backing of two well known video game developers.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Acting as equal partners, private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Lion Capital are committed to buying the European soft drinks business of Cadbury Schweppes.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Buyout firms Cinven and Investcorp appear to have arrived at a novel way of funding a portfolio company’s pension shortfall – selling one of its subsidiaries.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Trade buyers have beaten off competition from private equity firms to acquire the Australian pub and poker machine operator.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Frankfurt-based mid-market buyout house has acquired Jack Wolfskin, a German sports and travel accessories company, from Bain Capital.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Apollo Management has agreed to acquire Linens ‘n Things for $1.3bn, but based on hurdles set up by the lenders, the company will need a strong performance in the fourth quarter before the deal can go through.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
Global buyout firm Warburg Pincus has acquired the heading products company and announced the hire of Rajiv Ghatalia as managing director in the Hong Kong office.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
