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From ‘whiz kid’ to presidentHamilton ‘Tony’ James, the newly appointed president of The Blackstone Group, helped build up DLJ’s influential merchant banking business.
- Blackstone names new head
In the latest high-profile private equity succession announcement, The Blackstone Group announced the appointment of Hamilton James as president, replacing Stephen Schwarzman, a founder of the firm.
- Spirit Group completes £2.1bn recap
The UK pub group backed by Texas Pacific, Blackstone, CVC and Merrill Lynch has taken advantage of liquid debt markets to fund the UK’s largest recapitalisation of a private equity-owned business.
- Blackstone builds B2B media platform
The New York private equity firm has established a new platform with publishing veteran Robert Krakoff to invest in business-to-business communications and media companies.
- Blackstone signs £564m nursing home deal
Nursing Home Properties, the UK nursing home chain, has agreed to a £563.5m offer from Blackstone Group, the US private equity firm.
- Blackstone readies partial Celanese exit
The private equity group plans to raise up to $750m from selling shares in the chemicals group it acquired seven months ago.
- Blackstone buys German glassware maker
The US private equity firm has acquired Gerresheimer Glas in a secondary buyout from JP Morgan Partners and Investcorp for an undisclosed sum.
- Blackstone’s Celanese buys polymer business
The German chemical maker has agreed to buy Vinamul Polymers for $208m only weeks after The Blackstone Group announced plans to sell shares of Celanese in a partial exit.
- Blackstone signs €1.4bn German property deal
The latest in a series of German real estate deals has seen the US private equity firm acquire 30,000 rental properties from WCM AG, its third European transaction in a week.
- Game of chicken
In March, Blackstone's €3.1bn landmark public-to-private of German chemicals group Celanese almost hit a wall when hedge funds refused to tender their shares. PEI's Deal Mechanic explains why