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  • Blackstone and HIG bolster debt arms through acquisitions
    Oliver Smiddy- 6 January 2013

    Alternatives managers the Blackstone Group and HIG Capital have both acquired debt management businesses in a bid to further expand their debt capabilities.

  • HIG Europe continues prolific deal activity
    Clare Burrows- 6 January 2013

    The European arm of HIG Capital’s recent acquisition of The Losberger Group was its eleventh deal this year – and it remains bullish about the current market.

  • HIG bags Bezier using debt for equity swap
    Oliver Smiddy- 6 January 2013

    HIG Europe has won control of struggling marketing company Bezier using a debt for equity swap, an increasingly common tool for sponsors acquiring distressed assets from banks.

  • HIG affiliate closes $1.1bn fund
    Nicholas Donato- 5 January 2013

    Bayside Capital's latest debt vehicle has exceeded its target, just two years after closing a $3bn distressed debt fund.

  • HIG injects £30m equity into window deal
    Toby Mitchenall- 5 January 2013

    The European arm of US private equity firm HIG Capital sees manufacturing firm Synseal as a platform for consolidation.

  • HIG in $278m healthcare take-private
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    The mid-market firm will augment its healthcare portfolio with Allion, a provider of pharmaceuticals and disease management services to HIV/AIDS and chronically ill patients.

  • Advent stocks its closet with $380m Charlotte Russe deal
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The women’s apparel company last year rejected an unsolicited offer of roughly $175m from KarpReilly and HIG.

  • Gresham partner joins HIG
    Toby Mitchenall- 5 January 2013

    Alistair Mills' appointment as a director in HIG Europe's London office brings to 25 the firm's investment team headcount.

  • KarpReilly, HIG rejected by Charlotte Russe
    Suzanne Weinstock- 5 January 2013

    The clothing retailer has rebuffed an unsolicited buyout offer worth between $165m and $175m as the company works to remedy its ailing operations.

  • KarpReilly, HIG partner on $165m retail buyout
    Matilda Battersby- 5 January 2013

    The two private equity firms have submitted a proposal to delist American fashion retailer Charlotte Russe, a year after KarpReilly failed to secure buyout negotiations for the company. The proposed deal represents up to a 38% premium over yesterday's closing share price.