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Gores Group doubles down on dealsThe Los Angeles-based private equity firm’s two acquisitions are consistent with the focus of its third fund, which closed on $2bn earlier this year.
- Carlyle rolls on with £1bn RAC buyout
The Carlyle Group’s recent deal spree - it has agreed three deals already this month - continues with the acquisition of UK-based roadside assistance group the RAC.
- Apollo wins ‘American Idol’ take-private
US buyout group Apollo has agreed to pay about $509m in cash to de-list the parent company of popular talent show ‘American Idol’.
- Gores Group hires managing director
The Alec Gores-led firm has added former Moelis & Company managing director Anthony Guagliano to its M&A group, based in Los Angeles.
- Marlin in $139m software deal
The Gores Group spin-out is deploying capital from the $650m turnaround fund it closed last year.
- Marlin in record $650m fundraise
The turnaround specialist has once again raised a fund in less than three months, surpassing its $450m target and more than doubling its predecessor.
- Marlin targets $450m for Fund III
The Gores Group spin-out raised $300m for its prior fund in less than three months.
- Avaya to pay $915m for Nortel assets
The Silver Lake- and TPG-backed company won out over a joint venture between Siemens and The Gores Group, despite protests from creditors including MatlinPatterson.
- Gores enters Nortel fray
The Gores Group joint venture with Siemens has stepped into a raucous bankruptcy fight for business units of bankrupt Nortel, for which a company backed by TPG and Silver Lake has already bid.
- Satellite company terminates $475m Gores acquisition
Israel-based Gilat has pulled out of a deal with a private equity consortium led by the Los Angeles-based firm, citing an ‘intentional breach of the merger agreement’. The company has called for payment of a $47m break-up fee.