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Report: Tom Lee to quit firmThomas H. Lee is reportedly leaving the Boston-based LBO firm he founded with plans to raise a rival buyout fund.
- Tom Lee in $1.6bn directories exit
Thomas H. Lee and CIVC will reap a huge profit in the sale of TransWestern Publishing, a US yellow pages publisher, to London’s Yell Group.
- Lehman backs music roll-up
Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking has backed the launch of EverGreen Copyright Acquisitions, a music catalog roll-up.
- PE consortium makes €7.3bn VNU offer
The Netherlands-based media group said it is not currently in discussions with any other potential buyers.
- General Catalyst holds $365m interim close
General Catalyst Partners has held a $365m interim close for its fourth fund, putting the Massachusetts-based VC group near its $375m target.
- H&Q Asia goes later-stage
Following H&Q Asia Pacific’s announcement of a co-investment partnership with THL Partners last September, PEO’s Judy Kuan speaks with H&QAP founder Dr Ta-lin Hsu about the evolution of the firm and the direction it is taking going forward.
- TH Lee bolsters operating team with Viacom hire
Ahead of a massive fundraising, Thomas H. Lee Partners has announced the hiring of Richard Bressler, a top Viacom executive, as a managing director in charge of providing services to portfolio companies.
- TH Lee, underwriters named in suit
French businessman Gerard Sillam has named Thomas H. Lee Partners and the underwriters of Refco’s IPO in a recent lawsuit.
- JW Childs rebuffed in indemnification lawsuit
Boston-based JW Childs lost a key ruling in an indemnification suit the firm levied against the former owners of Hartz Mountain, a pet supplies company the firm had owned between 2000 and 2004.
- Hope floats
A group of private equity insiders is bringing – at last – an inter-island ferry service to Hawaii.