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- Consortium tops Debenhams offer
CVC, Texas Pacific and Merrill Lynch Private Equity have made a 455 pence per share recommended offer for the UK retailer, superseding the Permira consortium’s 425 pence offer made in July.
- Blackstone pushes real estate activity
Having added a prime asset to its London hotel portfolio, the US private equity group is in talks with Deutsche Bank over the purchase of a E1bn portfolio of 50 Deutsche offices in Europe.
- Permira launches Debenhams bid
Permira’s anticipated 425 pence per share offer for the UK department store chain is supported by Goldman Sachs and Blackstone.
- Ostmeier to run new Blackstone office
The Blackstone Group has announced the opening of an office in Hamburg, Germany, to be headed by former BC Partners executive Hanns Ostmeier.
- Blackstone leads $4.2bn Ondeco acquisition
The US private equity firm, investing alongside Apollo and Goldman Sachs, has announced the purchase of water treatment provider Ondeo Nalco from Suez, the energy group.
- UBS builds private equity team in US
At a time when a significant number of major US funds are gearing up to fund raise in 2004, UBS has made a series of appointments at its US private equity funds group to deepen its presence in what the firm sees as a core market.
- More PE interest in European directories
3i and Veronis Suhler Stevenson are planning to make an offer for Herold Business Data, the Austrian yellow pages unit owned by Verizon and Telekom Austria.