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Blackstone remains confident on CelaneseFollowing significant arbitrage activity, The Blackstone Group has lowered the level of shareholder acceptances required to complete its €3.1bn bid to take Celanese private.
- Celanese trading ’under investigation’
Reports say Blackstone Group’s €3.1 billion public-to-private takeover of German chemicals logistics business Celanese is being investigated by stock market regulator BaFin.
- Blackstone nabs CSFB pro to oversee portfolio
DLJ Merchant Banking’s James Quella jumps ship to Blackstone to monitor the performance of the private equity firm’s portfolio companies.
- KKR agrees to $3.55bn PanAmSat buyout
In the year’s biggest US private equity deal, KKR has agreed to buy PanAmSat from its majority stakeholder, DirectTV Group.
- Private equity exits back on agenda
A rash of recent realisations from private equity-backed businesses suggests that exit routes are once more opening up after a fallow period.
- CSFB replaces Quella with operating three
Private equity group DLJ Merchant Banking has hired three new operating executives, Ron Beegle, James Finkelstein and Larry Pickering, to fill a void left by the departure of operating head James Quella for Blackstone.
- KKR agrees to $3.55bn satellite buyout
In the year’s biggest US private equity deal, KKR has agreed to buy PanAmSat from its majority stakeholder, DirectTV Group.
- The 2003 North American Private Equity Awards
Blackstone, Sequoia, Carlyle, CD&R and Texas Pacific are among the winners of PEO's inaugural North American Private Equity Awards.
- Blackstone to buy lodging chain in $3.1bn deal
Drawing from both is real estate fund and private equity fund, the New York firm will take private Extended Stay America, an operator of low-priced lodging facilities.
- 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.