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Pamplona in $450m rail dealThe firm acquired Beacon Rail Leasing using capital from its $2.7bn Fund III.
- Centerview hires Pamplona’s Ratzan as partner
Brian Ratzan has left Pamplona Capital management after roughly two years at the firm.
- Ardian sells Diana for €1.3bn
The business attracted bids from The Blackstone Group, BC Partners, Eurazeo, CVC and Pamplona.
- Carlyle closes in on Turkish exit
The US firm is in exclusive talks to sell a stake of Medical Park, a Turkish hospital group, to London-headquartered Pamplona.
- Apax buys US fashion retailer (again) for $1.1bn
The firm will acquire clothing retailer rue21 using capital from its Fund VIII, which is targeting close to €6bn. Apax previously owned a majority stake in rue21, which filed for a $125m IPO in 2009.
- Pamplona merges service companies in $1.4bn deal
The firm has invested both debt and equity in CSC ServiceWorks, a combination of laundry services company Coinmach Services and tire inflation business AIR-serv.
- Vestar requests extension on Fund VI
Vestar’s limited partners are considering the firm’s request to continue marketing its sixth fund on a reduced $2bn target through April 2013.
- Pamplona hires Vestar executive
Former Vestar Capital managing director Brian Ratzan has joined Pamplona Capital Management, where he will lead the firm’s expansion into the US private equity market.
- PIPEs, equity-only deals gain momentum
GPs are inreasingly employing non-LBO strategies in the US, including making distressed debt plays and PIPEs, Ernst & Young research has found.
- Pamplona rescues German car part maker
Leverkusen-based TMD Friction, which for six years was owned by UK buyout firm Montagu Private Equity, has now been bought out of bankruptcy by UK-based asset management firm Pamplona, saving 3,800 jobs.