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KKR leads $250m pharma roundJazz 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.
- Lindsay Goldberg invests in Germany
Adding to recent US investment activity in Germany, Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer has paid an undisclosed sum for a minority stake in Wacker Construction Equipment, a family-owned machinery business.
- Baxi Group sale comes to the boil
Baxi Group, the UK boiler making company that was put up for sale by private equity firms Candover and Electra Partners, has moved closer to a sale for around £800m.
- Ripplewood joins former BMG exec to back Time Warner direct marketing spinout
Bolstering its global direct marketing platform, New York-based private equity powerhouse Ripplewood Holdings today announced its acquisition of Time Life Inc. from the former AOL Time Warner.
- Bain agrees E1.4bn Brenntag acquisition
Using funding arranged by Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, Boston-based equity house Bain Capital has beaten rivals to acquire Brenntag, the chemicals distribution business sold by Deutsche Bahn.