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EQT, Macquarie acquire SSP for £1.8bnEQT has acquired contract caterer Compass Group’s airport and railway concessions business, while Macquarie has bought its UK motorway services arm.
- Linklaters loses global PE head to Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters partner Charlie Jacobs will take responsibility for the firm’s London private equity practice following the departure of global private equity head Graham White and partner Raymond McKeeve.
- Wendel set to buy Materis
Agreement has been reached between vendor LBO France and Wendel Investissement just a few weeks after Eurazeo pulled out of talks to buy the building materials company.
- CVC launches €1.4bn retail takeover
The European private equity firm has launched a €1.4bn agreed takeover bid for Spanish clothing retailer Cortefiel on top of its bid for cable and wireless group Auna.
- PE-backed leverage deals up more than 30%
Latest figures from data provider Dealogic have confirmed the enormous amount of liquidity in the debt markets that was available for private equity deals in 2005.
- PAI ranked Europe’s most active fee payer
Homegrown firms operating in the European LBO market account for the bulk of fees paid to investment banks so far this year, according to figures from Thomson Financial and Freeman & Co.
- HgCapital grows in Germany
The European midmarket specialist firm has announced the appointment of five more staff to its Frankfurt office.
- CVC buys Spain’s Mivisa in €527m secondary
Suala Capital and PAI Partners have reaped a lucrative return from the sale of Mivisa to CVC Capital Partners in Spain’s largest secondary buyout.
- Providence buys into Spanish media group
Specialist private equity group Providence Equity Partners has secured a 25.5% stake in Retos Cartera, beating competition from Apax, Blackstone, Permira and PAI.
- PAI Europe IV closes on €2.7bn
Paris-based PAI Partners has closed its new buyout fund on €2.675bn, confirming that European buyout funds are highly in demand at present.