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  • Advent sells Romanian pharma for $324m
    Robert Venes- 31 December 2012

    India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories, unsuccessful in its bid for 3i’s German pharma business betapharm in February, has paid $324m for Advent International-backed Terapia.

  • Lindsay Golberg buys money transfer outfit
    Ken MacFadyen- 31 December 2012

    Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer has agreed to buy Intermex Wire Transfer, gaining exposure to the remittance space as the US government mulls possible “guest worker” legislation.

  • Latham lures lawyers from Ashurst
    Robert Venes- 30 December 2012

    Latham lures lawyers from Ashurst 2006-01-12 Robert Venes US-based law firm Latham & Watkins is to open an office in Munich following the hire of Joerg Kirchner, German co-head of corporate at

  • Wendel set to buy Materis
    Robert Venes- 30 December 2012

    Agreement has been reached between vendor LBO France and Wendel Investissement just a few weeks after Eurazeo pulled out of talks to buy the building materials company.

  • Advent, Highland take stake in yoga outfitter
    Ken MacFadyen- 30 December 2012

    Advent International and Highland Capital have nabbed a 48 percent stake in lululemon athletica, a maker of women’s athletic wear. The pair invested $93 million in the company.

  • Unigestion bolsters London and Geneva teams
    Robert Venes- 30 December 2012

    The Swiss alternative investment manager has made three hires to its London and Geneva offices.

  • GTCR latest in scrapbooking deal
    Ken MacFadyen- 30 December 2012

    Chicago-based GTCR Golder Rauner is the latest to jump on the scrapbooking bandwagon. The firm’s investment in EK Success is just one of many deals in the space in the past couple of years.

  • Study: €30bn invested in Germany in 2005
    Paul Fruchbom- 30 December 2012

    Amidst a delicate political situation and charges of being “locusts”, private equity firms invested almost €30 billion in Germany over the past twelve months.

  • The sound of money
    Paul Fruchbom- 30 December 2012

    While many private equity and real estate firms are investing in faraway locales like India and China, limited partners in the US are finding similar opportunities much closer to home – in Mexico. By Paul Fruchbom.

  • Allen & Overy hires Lovells PE partner
    Robert Venes- 30 December 2012

    The London office of law firm Allen & Overy has lured private equity partner Derek Baird from rival Lovells.