SJ Berwin's Jonathan Blake and his private equity team talk about private equity fund-raising and fund structures in today's environment
Now that BT has agreed to sell its telephone directory business to them, the deal’s private equity backers are keen to see what else they can buy.
Pubmaster has until midnight tonight to clinch a deal for Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries or back off, having earlier seen off a rival bid from private equity firm Botts & Co.
New money from ETF Group, Amadeus, 3i, Dawnay Day Lander and BrainHeart.
Private equity firm Cabot Square Capital has sold Unilodge Holding to the Unite Group for £108.8m.
BPE backs the £270m MBO of Preferred Mortgages. It’s the second big deal involving a non-conforming mortgage lender in a week.
Prelude Trust, an early stage technology investor, has reported 25 per cent growth over the last year.
Finnish and Swedish VCs Eqvitec and IT Provider have struck an alliance to strengthen their positions in the Nordic VC market. Joint investments are planned for the near future.
Apax, Merlin, 3i and SEB Foretagsinvest flash the cash.
Bridgepoint Capital and bank of Scotland have put about £20m into a new pan-European PR firm to be headed up by Michael Murphy, formerly of Shandwick International. The new firm has already made its first acquisition.