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  • LBO giants launch PR offensive in Germany(2)
    Philip Borel- 4 January 2013

    Hanns Ostmeier has stepped down from The Blackstone Group to chair the German Venture Capital Association’s new mega-buyout platform.

  • Warburg Pincus’ bid for Bausch & Lomb trumped(2)
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, the buyout arm of the investment bank, and US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are reportedly partnering Advanced Medical Optics’ rival bid for optics company Bausch & Lomb.

  • Warburg Pincus’ bid for Bausch & Lomb trumped
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, the buyout arm of the investment bank, and US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are reportedly partnering Advanced Medical Optics’ rival bid for optics company Bausch & Lomb.

  • Advent buys Takko from Permira
    Jo Nash- 4 January 2013

    European buyout firm Permira has sold Takko, a German fashion discount chain, to Advent International for €770 million. The deal comes as Permira looks to sell another retail asset – UK high street chain New Look.

  • Carlyle plots $22bn Virgin Media bid(2)
    Jo Nash- 4 January 2013

    The Carlyle Group is preparing a $22 billion takeover bid for UK cable TV and mobile phone business Virgin Media, as it looks to replicate the success of its previous European investments in the sector.

  • LBO giants launch PR offensive in Germany
    Philip Borel- 4 January 2013

    Hanns Ostmeier has stepped down from The Blackstone Group to chair the German Venture Capital Association’s new mega-buyout platform.

  • New Look auction collapses(3)
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    UK retailer New Look looks likely to be refinanced rather than sold, after the final consortium targeting the company failed to agree with the vendors’ valuation and withdrew from the auction.

  • Warburg Pincus targets as much as $15bn(3)
    David Snow- 4 January 2013

    The global private equity giant is on the road now with a new fund that will attempt to close on substantially more than its previous $8 billion vehicle.

  • New Look auction collapses(2)
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    UK retailer New Look looks likely to be refinanced rather than sold, after the final consortium targeting the company failed to agree with the vendors’ valuation and withdrew from the auction.

  • Carlyle plots $22bn Virgin Media bid
    Jo Nash- 4 January 2013

    The Carlyle Group is preparing a $22 billion takeover bid for UK cable TV and mobile phone business Virgin Media, as it looks to replicate the success of its previous European investments in the sector.