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Ripplewood joins former BMG exec to back Time Warner direct marketing spinoutBolstering its global direct marketing platform, New York-based private equity powerhouse Ripplewood Holdings today announced its acquisition of Time Life Inc. from the former AOL Time Warner.
- Apax names new CEO
Martin Halusa has been appointed CEO of the global private equity house, replacing Ronald Cohen who becomes executive chairman.
- Late Apax offer fails to win Kirch day
The creditors of insolvent German media group KirchMedia have accepted Haim Saban’s E525m offer for the group’s ProSieben TV unit.
- PE firms take full control of KB-W
Deutsche Telekom has sold its remaining 40 per cent stake in Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg, a German cable company, to a consortium led by Blackstone Group.
- Monaco Telecom attracts PE interest
A string of private equity firms including Eurazeo, PAI and Apax are reported to have expressed an interest in acquiring the 55 per cent stake in Monaco Telecom held by Vivendi Universal.
- Berwin Leighton Paisner expands PE practice
The law firm has hired former Osborne Clark practitioner Geraint Lloyd as a partner at its London offices to work on private equity transactions and fund formation.
- Seat goes to BC Partners, CVC, IA, Permira
A group of four private equity firms has agreed to pay just over E3bn for a 61 per cent stake in Seat Pagine Gialle in the first part of a deal that will become Europe’s largest ever buyout.
- Carlyle brings in Dutch advisor
The Carlyle Group has appointed Cees van Lede, former chairman of Akzo Nobel, to the advisory board of its E1bn European buyout fund.
- CVC, JP Morgan buy Singaporean Yellow Pages
The two equity houses have teamed up to share risk and reward in a $127m buyout of Singapore Telecommunications' directories business.