Unitas Capital

Japan's Asahi Breweries is alleging it overpaid for Independent Liquor, which it bought from the private equity duo in 2011 for NZ$1.53bn.

The Hong Kong based-firm has exited vacuum pump maker Edwards Group.

The Hong Kong-based firm has acquired a controlling stake in an industrial operation divested by China’s ZTE Corporation.

Japan's Asahi Breweries is alleging it overpaid for Independent Liquor, which it bought from the private equity duo in 2011 for NZ$1.53bn.

Unitas has completed a trade sale exit of an Australian automotive parts business to a US-based company for an estimated total of $950 million over two deals.

The Australasian firms will sell Independent Liquor to Japan's Asahi Group - another example of Japanese firms expanding via cross-border M&A.

The pair has sold Leader & Harvest, a Chinese cleantech company, for $650m, a figure representing more than three times the price paid in late 2009.

A Unitas-led consortium will buy hydraulic cylinder manufacturer Hyva, whose sales in emerging markets have soared under 3i’s ownership.

Jonathan Chamberlain, managing director for private equity at Blackstone, has been appointed partner at the TPG Asia spin-out.

The buyout firm is the latest global manager raising capital for investments in the region, Private Equity International has learned.

Haide Lui, who previously worked on HarbourVest Partners’ primary investments in the Asia-Pacific region, has joined the Chinese mid-market firm.

Dipan Patel, who joined the firm in 2009, was most recently a principal and focuses on growth investments in the technology sector.

Privately Speaking: Jean-Eric Salata, Baring Private Equity Asia 2014-04-01 Drew Wilson Asia’s growth story is beginning a new chapter. Some of the central characters have fallen from grace, and there’s no happy ending in sight: deals and exits have become more challenging in China and India,

Privately Speaking: Jean-Eric Salata, Baring Private Equity Asia 2014-04-01 Drew Wilson Asia’s growth story is beginning a new chapter. Some of the central characters have fallen from grace, and there’s no happy ending in sight: deals and exits have become more challenging in China and India,

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The firm sold the UK-based manufacturer last August in a deal that was valued at up to $1.6bn.