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Spirit Group sells hotel chain for £536.2mThe private equity-backed pub operator has sold 141 hotels to leisure group Whitbread, which beat off competition from Apax Partners to secure the deal.
- Sagitta closes first deal from new fund
The lower-mid market UK private equity firm has invested £6m in a specialist provider of care and residential services, its first deal since becoming independent.
- 3i sells pet stake, floats electronics firm
In the second largest UK retail buyout of the year, Bridgepoint has acquired Pets at Home for £230m, providing over 3.5x return for 3i, which has also realised £60m from the IPO of electronic components group e2v technologies.
- Milbank poaches Freshfields Munich team
Law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has appointed private equity lawyers Peter Nussbaum, Norbert Rieger and Rolf Gerald Füger to lead a new push into German buyouts.
- Apax scrubs up in £173m medical deal
Apax Partners has completed the acquisition of Regent Medical, a UK-based manufacturer of latex and synthetic surgical gloves and medical antiseptics.
- Apax in €720m Dutch publishing deal
Apax Partners will buy a majority stake in Amsterdam-based PCM Uitgevers, allowing the Dutch-language publisher to expand its educational business.
- Thiery hire launches Englefield European push
Marc Thiery, formerly of Allianz Private Equity Partners and Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, has joined Englefield Capital as a partner.
- Permira offers £940m for WH Smith
London-based private equity firm Permira has submitted a £940 million offer for WH Smith, the UK high street retailer.
- Experienced duo join new Sagitta fund
Sagitta Private Equity, the UK lower mid-market investor, has appointed experienced buyout professionals Duncan Calam and Toby Wyles as directors.
- Deal round-up
Mowbray launches European venture FoF; Apatech raises £6.5 million in Series B financing; KKR leads $250m pharma round; ARCH Venture closes $350m Fund VI;