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Warburg, Blackstone back Kosmos explorationWarburg Pincus and Blackstone Capital Partners have backed the launch of a $300m energy exploration and production venture in West Africa.
- Sponsors bet on chemicals
100 European chemicals companies are now under private equity ownership, but realisations are a challenge, according to a new report.
- Carlyle Europe Real Estate fund raises €430m
The Carlyle Group has announced the final close of Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners following a spate of deal activity in 2003.
- 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.
- Blackstone offers E3.1bn for Celanese
Blackstone Group, the US private equity firm, has announced a E3.1bn offer for Celanese, the industrial chemicals company – its second major deal announcement in Germany in a week.
- Blackstone completes DB real estate deal
The US firm’s real estate group has agreed to pay $1.2bn to acquire a 51-site real estate portfolio in a sale and lease-back agreement with Deutsche Bank.
- Goldman rules out new Debenhams offer
The US investment bank’s private equity unit has said it will not back a higher offer from Laragrove for the UK department store.
- Advent buys German electronics group Moeller
The global private equity house has paid an undisclosed sum for one of Germany’s largest privately-owned industrial and building electronics component producers.
- Private equity investors buy into property
With a slew of private equity-style real estate investments making headlines in Europe, opportunistic property investment funds are preparing for a period of growth. Andrew Bloomenthal finds out why they are proving popular with the buyside.