Netherlands-based private equity firm Greenfield Capital has acquired the Dutch subsidiary of failed UK telecoms provider Energis.
The UK law firm has appointed investment funds specialist Timothy Spangler as the firm looks to boost its private equity practice.
Philip Green’s 408p a share bid looks hard to resist provided Green's pre-conditions can be satisfied. Comment from Breakingviews.com.
Exits, in insurance terms, pose a major challenge for venture investors, purchasers of portfolio companies and management alike, says Aon's Teresa Jones.
Thomas H Lee and Blackstone Group have emerged as frontrunners for Vivendi’s $2bn US publishing arm.
Appetite for UK healthcare transactions shows little sign of waning with West Private Equity’s £84m deal for Southern Cross taking the recent total invested in the sector close to £1bn.
End2End investment for DB Capital Venture Partners; RBDC exits Geoquip Holdings
These are interesting times for general partners. In particular, those leading some of the largest and most prominent private equity firms in the US and elsewhere are, and largely not out of choice, experiencing widespread scrutiny at present. And much of it is pretty negative. This is because both the specialised and mainstream media have […]
Life isn't easy for general partners in the current environment, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, designed to restore confidence in the US public markets, isn't making it any easier. Prakash Mehta examines three areas in which the reforms will change the way things work in private equity.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, chiefly aimed at resurrecting investors' trust in the public markets, has prompted a fierce debate about its many unintended side effects and their impact on the private equity industry. To find out what exactly the issues are, Private Equity International consulted two legal practitioners. In these pages, Franci J. Blassberg of Debevoise & Plimpton and Prakash Metha of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld get to grips with the new rules and the ways in which they are going to affect the private equity business.