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Carlyle lines up Dunlop bidThe US buyout firm has teamed up with Meggitt, the UK-based aerospace and electronics supplier to make a £900m bid for Doughty Hanson’s Dunlop Standard Aerospace.
- Carlyle bolsters aviation platform
The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy Garrett Aviation Services, a provider of maintenance, repair and operations services to the aviation industry, from General Electric.
- KKR to sell on part of PanAmSat
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has agreed to sell part of its stake in the satellite operator to The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners shortly after the deal closes.
- Milbank poaches Freshfields Munich team
Law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has appointed private equity lawyers Peter Nussbaum, Norbert Rieger and Rolf Gerald Füger to lead a new push into German buyouts.
- Doughty makes 3.5x money on ATU sale
Following last month’s aborted IPO, Doughty Hanson has agreed to sell German automotive operator Auto-Teile-Unger to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $1.75 billion, returning $850 million to its fund.
- CalPERS’ Hayes leaves for Oak Hill
Rick Hayes, the head of CalPERS’ huge and influential private equity programme, has resigned to lead a fund of funds business for Oak Hill Capital Management, the alternative investment firm affiliated with oil billionaire Robert Bass.
- Carlyle in $650m shipping exit
New York-based buyout firm Castle Harlan has agreed to buy Horizon Lines, the largest container shipping company in the US, from the global private equity house.
- ARC Financial closes C$403m energy fund
The Canadian private investment firm’s fourth venture vehicle will focus on startup and early-stage energy companies.
- Carlyle to buy Verizon Hawaii for $1.65bn
Verizon Communications, the largest US local telephone company, has agreed to sell the global private equity house its local and long distance operations, as well as its Internet services and print directory.
- Apollo to buy Borden for $1.2bn
The New York firm has agreed to acquire Borden Chemical from buyout house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in its second specialty chemical purchase in little more than a month.