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Warburg Pincus buys ScanSoft for $80mThe buyout firm is to take the speech and imaging company private, buying all 15.9m shares from current owner Xerox.
- Utah buyout fund draws $250m
Sorenson Capital, based in Salt Lake City, will invest in small- to mid-sized companies in the Western US with the help of a former American football star.
- Hemmings in charge of PE at PwC
PwC Corporate Finance has appointed Chris Hemmings to succeed Peter Jacobs as head of its European private equity team.
- Warburg Pincus makes Broers senior advisor
The US private equity firm has appointed Sir Alec Broers to advise on the firm’s investment activities in the information and communication technology sector.
- KKR leads $250m pharma round
Jazz Pharmaceuticals snags one of the largest second round financings on record for a speciality pharma company without any commercialized drugs.
- A history of brilliant turnarounds
PEO's North American Private Equity Personality of the Year 2003 Award goes to David Bonderman of Texas Pacific.
- KKR in $1.5bn mattress buyout
In the third private equity mattress deal in as many months, the New York buyout firm has agreed to acquire Sealy, the world’s largest maker of bedding products, from a group of private equity firms.
- Commerzbank builds leveraged finance team
Commerzbank Securities has appointed Thorsten Gladiator as transaction team leader for its Frankfurt-based Capital Structuring Group (CSG) while Susana Gomes has joined the London team as an associate.
- Change Capital set for Robert Dyas deal
The private equity business set up by former Marks & Spencer chairman Luc Vandevelde is close to finalising its debut deal to acquire the UK retailer in a £60m deal.
- Candover sells Baxi to BC
Candover has sold its interest in Baxi, returning just under two times its investment, while joint owner Electra has agreed to stay in the deal alongside new owners BC Partners.