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LGV makes 4x in sale to BridgepointBridgepoint's third deal from its 2008 fund - now 14 percent deployed - has proved positive for the captive private equity unit of Legal & General.
- Close Brothers trims advisory arm
The European investment bank’s corporate finance advisory business, which has advised on recent private equity deals including Hg's £126m exit of Boosey & Hawkes, has pruned its London team by 11 bankers as the slowdown in M&A activity takes its toll.
- Craegmoor again switches buyout sponsors
Advent International has purchased the UK healthcare group from LGV Capital after watching the company for 'over seven years'. LGV acquired the business for £200m from a Warburg Pincus-anchored group in 2001.
- LGV appoints Ivan Heywood as CEO
The UK mid-market arm of Legal & General has found a successor to Adrian Johnson, who leaves the company after around eight years at the helm.
- Merrill Lynch wins dentist auction
The global bank’s private equity arm has bought a UK dentist, reportedly seeing off competition from rival firms including Blackstone and Bridgepoint.
- Cinven secures bolt-on for hospital group
LGV Capital, the UK mid-market buyout firm, has exited the hospital group it bought from BUPA in 2005. Rival Cinven is reuniting the hospitals with a larger group it acquired from the UK private healthcare insurer.