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PPM, Montagu sell €345m chemicals assetPrivate equity firms PPM, Montagu and MB Funds have agreed to sell Finnish Chemicals to trade buyer Kemira Oyj after eight years of holding the investment.
- Descazeaux made partner at Apax
London-headquartered private equity firm Apax Partners has announced six promotions in its Paris office.
- Blackstone offers €8bn for stake in Wind
The global buyout group has tabled an offer for a 63 percent interest in Italian telecommunications group Wind, valuing the business at €12.6 billion in what would be the largest ever European private equity deal.
- Cinven joins Eutelsat private equity club
Cinven has agreed to pay DeaSat €337 million for the Italian group’s 11% interest in the satellite operator which also counts Goldman Sachs, Texas Pacific, Lehman Brothers and Eurazeo among its backers.
- Eurazeo becomes largest Eutelsat investor
Eurazeo has upped its stake in Eutelsat in a deal marking the third change in the company's ownership structure in the last month.
- ATP takes 12% of Nordic Capital deal
ATP Private Equity Partners, the private equity arm of Danish pension fund manager ATP, will co-invest alongside Nordic Capital to acquire Danish rescue and safety company Falck for over €700m.
- BNP Paribas grows German LBO presence
Christian Lange joins the European bank as part of an effort to expand its leveraged finance team.
- Apax takes 50% stake in Cinven’s CBR
Apax Partners has agreed to acquire half the equity of German closing retailer CBR, the €500m turnover company bought outright by private equity house Cinven in October.
- Cinven completes French cable deal
The second largest cable company in France has been created following the €528m sale of their cable activities by France Télécom and Vivendi Universal.
- Competitive tensions
There is no shortage of players in the French buyout market, which has been a popular destination for institutional investors in recent years.With corporates starting to re-emerge as potential bid rivals to private equity firms, auctions are getting crowded. Andy Thomson took the Eurostar to Paris