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Genstar buys healthcare company from Advent, CCPAdvent International and CCP Equity Partners acquired the healthcare services company in 2004.
- Advent adds ex-Fiat CEO as operating partner
Paolo Cantarella joins the 50-some operating partners who advise the global midmarket firm. The former Fiat chief currently is a non-executive director of Italian private equity real estate firm Inpartner and Italian utilities firm Iride.
- Abris closes debut fund on €320m
The firm, which focuses on Central and Eastern Europe, was formed last year by former Advent director George Swirski and former Copernicus Capital managing partner Neil Milne.
- Atalaya acquires Bennigan’s brand as parent folds
The middle market private equity investor had previously purchased securities in Bennigan’s Franchising subsidiary, which enabled it to prevent the unit from filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy alongside parent company S&A in July.
- PwC recommends buyout firms diversify, focus on portfolios
The study dovetails with broad changes already affecting the private equity industry as GPs hire more operating partners and raise families of funds.
- EQT opens in Warsaw
The Nordic buyout firm is joining the likes of IK Partners, Candover and Advent as it seeks to take a slice of the Central and Eastern European market. Piotr Czapski, a technology specialist, will lead the push.
- Kurt Geiger to advise Alpha
Another veteran of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been lured to the world of private equity, as firms seek to up their exposure to Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS nations.
- Montagu delays €1.9bn BSN sale
Worries that initial bids were not deliverable in current market conditions led the former captive of HSBC to withdraw its German medical supplies company from an auction process.
- GIC to shift sights to private equity
Singapore’s largest sovereign fund has increased its investments in private equity and real estate in recent years – a trend likely to continue owing to the turmoil in the financial markets. The change was revealed as part of its first performance report, which also shed rare light into the GIC’s structure.
- Advent consolidates six Latin American portfolio companies
The Boston-based private equity firm has acquired Brazilian highway restaurant chain Frango Assado which will become part of the largest casual dining group in Latin America.