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Electra puts Capital Safety on the market for £500m(2)UK firm Electra Private Equity is putting its safety equipment manufacturer up for sale for £500m and is thought to have attracted interest from private equity group Advent International and safety equipment companies Aearo and Norcross Safety.
- Advent promotes lucky thirteen(2)
Advent has made a string of promotions across its European and North American offices, including three new partners.
- Candover and Bourne win €900m Parques Reunidos battle
Candover has teamed up with a trade player to win the hotly-contested auction for Europe’s largest theme park operator.
- European buyout boom continues in Q1
In the first three months of 2007, European private equity activity topped €50 billion for the second successive quarter, according to a new report, with the mid-market performing particularly well.
- Advent buys French discount chain
Advent International has snapped up Stokomani, a French discount retailer, from the Alpha Group.
- Bridgepoint does two deals in a week
Bridgepoint has bought UK retailer Fat Face from Advent International for £360 million, and the educational business of Wolters Kluwer for €728 million. The investments are the firm’s second and third of 2007.
- Bridgepoint gets Tan for Polish push
UK buyout firm Bridgepoint Capital has opened a new office in Poland and recruited Khai Tan from Advent International to run it.
- Electra puts Capital Safety on the market for £500m
UK firm Electra Private Equity is putting its safety equipment manufacturer up for sale for £500m and is thought to have attracted interest from private equity group Advent International and safety equipment companies Aearo and Norcross Safety.
- Advent promotes lucky thirteen
Advent has made a string of promotions across its European and North American offices, including three new partners.
- Argus Capital Partners passes fund II target
Argus Capital Partners, a private equity firm principally focused on Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, has raised €213 million to date for its second fund, surpassing an original target of €200 million.