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Bain and Blackstone join Coles Myer bidBain Capital, The Blackstone Group and Pacific Equity Partners are joining a consortium of buyout firms that has approached Coles Myer with a takeover offer.
- Battle for biggest ever buyout explodes into life
A Vornado-led consortium has launched a $37.6 billion counter-bid for Equity Office.
- US buyout groups join BVCA
Bain Capital, Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR have signed up to the BVCA, a UK trade body, as the industry continues its charm offensive.
- Blackstone is sole bidder in United Biscuits auction
Premier Foods, a UK food group, has terminated discussions with United Biscuits in the £1.7 billion auction for the biscuits and snacks maker, leaving Blackstone as the sole remaining interested party.
- Coles Myer shares slip after board rejects private equity takeover bid
Shares of Coles Myer has traded lower after the second largest Australian retailer rejected an indicative A$17.4 billion bid put forward by a private equity syndicate.
- Carlyle LP meeting nears 1000 people
As many as 900 people are expected to attend Carlyle’s annual investor meeting in Washington DC next week, during which the firm is expected to unveil further details about its new Middle East and hedge fund platforms.
- Kelting to head European leveraged finance at Barclays
David Kelting, the joint head of Barclays Capital’s sponsor origination team, has been promoted head of European leveraged finance, replacing Chris Coles, who is going on sabbatical.
- Bain and Apax squeeze into €8.3bn Philips deal
The two global buyout firms have found a route back into the Philips’ semiconductor deal which KKR and its consortium tied up at the beginning of August.
- Lovells makes two hires for London
Lovells is rebuilding its London private equity practice with the hire of two partners following the departure of private equity head Marco Compagnoni earlier this year.
- Lion Capital chips in for Kettle Foods
Lion Capital, the former European arm of HM Capital Partners, has paid between $280m and $320m for Kettle Foods, a maker of snacks and ‘healthy’ food brands in the US and UK.