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Blackstone leads the bidding for Apax healthcare asset(2)Blackstone and the Wallenbergs take an early lead in the €3 billion race for Mölnlycke, a Swedish medical products manufacturer.
- Blackstone raises the stakes again in EOP battle(2)
Blackstone has hit back at a rival consortium by sweetening its own offer for US real estate business Equity Office Properties, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial shareholder vote.
- Blackstone Group in $3.3bn pharmaceutical deal(2)
Adding to its global pharmaceutical platform, the private equity giant has agreed to buy Ohio-based Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services.
- Blackstone hits back in biggest ever bidding war(2)
Blackstone has looked to strike a knockout blow in the battle for Equity Office, a US real estate business owned by Sam Zell, by increasing its bid to $38.3 billion and ramping up its break fee.
- Buyout firms in $50bn fundraising bonanza(2)
Blackstone, KKR and Terra Firma are set to raise fund vehicles totalling nearly $50 billion in the coming weeks.
- Equity Office deal pits friends against friends(2)
The battle over the largest private equity deal yet involves the biggest names in private equity and real estate setting personal relationship aside in favour of a bidding slug-fest.
- Update: Equity Office reaffirms Blackstone bid(2)
Sam Zell’s US real estate group has voted to accept the private equity giant’s bid of $54 per share, despite Vornado Realty Trust’s offer of $56 per share.
- Goldman advises Sainsbury consortium(2)
Three buyout heavyweights CVC, KKR and Blackstone are mulling a bid for the UK-listed grocer on the advice of Goldman Sachs, which would join in, if an offer goes ahead.
- Biggest ever buyout could become biggest ever bidding war
US distressed debt specialist Cerberus may look to trump Blackstone’s $36 billion offer for Equity Office, the biggest buyout to date.
- Battle for biggest ever buyout explodes into life(2)
A Vornado-led consortium has launched a $37.6 billion counter-bid for Equity Office.