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Bridgepoint secures Leeds-Bradford AirportBridgepoint fended off several bidders to secure the purchase of Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Bridgepoint cleared for landing at Leeds-Bradford
Buyout firm Bridgepoint Capital has emerged as the preferred bidder for UK-based Leeds Bradford Airport. Its offer, which according to reports is worth about £130 million, has trumped that of four other bidders.
- Cognetas and Sagard win €670m Desjonquères race
Buyout firms Cognetas and Sagard have triumphed in the race to buy Desjonquères, the bottle-making division of French group Saint-Gobain.
- Walker names team and outlines terms
Sir David Walker has called some of the biggest names in UK private equity to help him draw up a voluntary code for increased transparency and disclosure. Half his team are from big buyout firms.
- Bridgepoint does two deals in a week
Bridgepoint has bought UK retailer Fat Face from Advent International for £360 million, and the educational business of Wolters Kluwer for €728 million. The investments are the firm’s second and third of 2007.
- Vitruvian holds first close on €424m
Veteran Apax manager Toby Wyles’s return to market with his own firm Vitruvian Partners is on track after holding a first close at the end of February on €424 million.
- Blackstone, EQT and Rubenstein take top spots
The Blackstone Group has won the Editors’ Award for best large buyout firm of the year in Private Equity International’s Global Private Equity Awards. David Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group’s co-founder picked up the Editors’ Award for personality of the year, while EQT, the Nordic champion, won best mid-market firm.
- Bridgepoint buys and sells
European private equity firm Bridgepoint has made its second German investment of 2007 and has sold one of its portfolio companies.
- Dunedin double whammy
UK-based mid-market firm Dunedin Capital Partners has exited two of its portfolio companies in as many weeks, creating money multiples of 4.3 times and 3.6 times.
- APCOA sells to Eurazeo in secondary deal
Investcorp, a Bahrain-based alternative assets manager, has sold APCOA, a car park operator, to Eurazeo, the French investment group in its first deal outside of France.