The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs JB Were has sold Hirepool, an equipment rental company in New Zealand, to Next Capital in a NZ$172 million secondary buyout.
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has partnered with Belgian investor Adrien Invest SCRL to purchase a minority stake in France’s Sparflex Group.
The Westport, Connecticut-based firm has sold US Maintenance to Australia-based Transfield Services.
IDFC Private Equity has made its second investment in India’s healthcare in less than a month.
Private equity firm Behrman Capital announced that it has sold its portfolio company, Tandem Health Care, a healthcare service provider, to JER Partners and Formation Capital in a $620m transaction—its second major successful healthcare exit this quarter.
UK lower mid-market firms Sovereign Capital and Palamon Capital Partners have had a busy week, with Sovereign completing two deals, while Palamon closed its €670m second fund and invested in a German corporate gift certificate company.
The Blackstone Group, US manager of the world’s largest buyout fund, is in talks to acquire seven Center Parcs Europe properties.
Clayton Dubilier-led Rexel, the world’s largest distributor of electrical supplies, has acquired General Electric’s electrical supplies unit, GE Supply, for $725 million.
Following the €10bn plus close of its fourth buyout fund last week, Permira has received acceptances from 52% of shareholders for a €815m takeover bid for Hungarian chemicals business BorsodChem.
Swiss private equity firm Capvis has acquired a majority stake in Lista B+L, a drawer and shelving company headquartered in Switzerland.