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TowerBrook ties up Jimmy Choo dealTowerBrook Capital Partners has bought iconic UK shoemaker Jimmy Choo in a £185 million deal, generating a substantial return for previous owners Lion Capital in just over two years.
- Industry takes advantage of booming credit markets
As lenders continued to supply debt to the industry at increasingly favourable terms, private equity firms were able to cash in last year by taking big cash dividends from refinancing, writes James Taylor.
- Graphite launches £400m fundraising
Investors are eager to pile into UK mid-market firm Graphite Capital although the level of interest anticipated will easily outstrip supply and leave some disappointed.
- Activa Capital promotes two to partner
French private equity firm Activa Capital has added two partners to its business, as it looks to raise its latest €250m fund.
- Lion Capital backs La Senza acquisition(3)
Lion Capital-backed lingerie retailer has bought another lingerie business from reality television investor Theo Paphitis.
- Lion Capital backs La Senza acquisition(2)
Lion Capital-backed lingerie retailer has bought another lingerie business from reality television investor Theo Paphitis.
- Lion Capital backs La Senza acquisition
Lion Capital-backed lingerie retailer has bought another lingerie business from reality television investor Theo Paphitis.
- Blackstone is sole bidder in United Biscuits auction
Premier Foods, a UK food group, has terminated discussions with United Biscuits in the £1.7 billion auction for the biscuits and snacks maker, leaving Blackstone as the sole remaining interested party.
- Gresham to sell snacks company for up to £85m
Four private equity firms are reportedly lining up second-round bids for Whitworths, a UK dried fruit snack company acquired by Gresham Private Equity in 2001.
- Lion Capital chips in for Kettle Foods
Lion Capital, the former European arm of HM Capital Partners, has paid between $280m and $320m for Kettle Foods, a maker of snacks and ‘healthy’ food brands in the US and UK.