KKR's Brickman to buy landscape firm, with financing

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co portfolio company Brickman Group Ltd won antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission for its acquisition of rival landscaping firm ValleyCrest, owned by Michael Dell’s investment firm, MSD Capital LP, with a loan package led by Jefferies & Co, after investment banks for KKR pulled back from financing the deal, according to a filing.