Private Equity
Greenpark Capital, the London-based private equity secondaries investor, has completed two hires, including Christophe Nicolas from European buyout heavyweight Permira.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
VNU, the Dutch information and media company, has agreed to sell its World Directories business to private equity firms Apax Partners and Cinven for just over €2bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
MACH, the Luxembourg-based billing services provider owned by Advent International and Providence Equity Partners, has acquired Danish rival Dan Net for €160m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Barclays Private Equity has backed the £44 million secondary management buyout of Antler Group, the UK luggage brand, from Royal Bank Equity Finance.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The former prime minister of Israel Ehud Barak has joined Tamir Fishman as a partner in the firm’s private equity division and member of the advisory council.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Inflexion Private Equity has completed a first exit from its Fund 2, with the £32m sale of the Ster Century cinema chain to a management team backed by Hutton Collins.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Investcorp, the global buyout investor based in Bahrain, has acquired APCOA Parking, the Stuttgart-based parking management company, for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Recently PEO argued that becoming a US corporation was increasingly attractive to most European VC-backed companies. SJ Berwin's Simon Witney is not so sure.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Israeli venture capital firm has expanded its venture partners team as it prepares for a first close of its fourth, $200m technology fund.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
3i has appointed a new chief executive, snatching Philip Yea from under the noses of UK property company British Land.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
